Confirmed: USB Memory Support Comes to Xbox 360 on April 6

March 26, 2010 12:20 PM

Last week, Joystiq had a report that Microsoft would be enabling USB devices for use as storage on the Xbox 360, freeing the masses from proprietary hard drives and memory units. This has been confirmed by Microsoft's Major Nelson.

The details of the report were very accurate. USB hard drives or flash drives may be used, but will require at least 1GB of space. Any space to be used for Xbox 360 storage will have to be partitioned and formatted. Up to 16GB may be partitioned on a single USB device and two can be attached at a time for 32GB of storage.

The Xbox 360 will run a quick test on your device to determine if its meets the requirements before formatting. Microsoft recommends using flash memory as hard drives with spinning parts will have slower performance.

The functionality will be released through a Dashboard update on April 6. Additionally, Microsoft and SanDisk will be partnering to release pre-formatted, ready-to-go flash drives to be used as Xbox 360 storage in May.

Brian Leahy

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curl2k1

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March 26, 2010 12:26 PM

32GB........ seriously...
- nosseman
  
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  March 26, 2010 12:30 PM
  
  They wont kill the HDD addon market and 16gb is better than nothing.
  - Endymion_
    
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    March 26, 2010 5:50 PM
    
    He's saying you can plug up to two 16GB USB drives in simultaneously.
- at0micgarden
  
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  March 26, 2010 12:50 PM
  
  gay
- deadhorse
  
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  March 26, 2010 1:18 PM
  
  seriously... better than I was expecting... which was nothing.
- TehShadow
  
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  March 26, 2010 2:36 PM
  
  I was kinda hoping I could attach my spare 500GB drive.
  - inkyspot
    
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    March 27, 2010 12:01 AM
    
    Wouldn't that kill the market for their expensive 60, 150 and 250 gig hard drive?
    
    That would've been sweet though.