An update is now available that will allow Xbox 360 owners to use any generic USB stick (over 1 GB in size) as a memory card to save profile data, save games, and even disc based games. Considering the price difference between a typical flash drive and the previously proprietary Xbox Memory Unit, this update is nothing but good news.
If you plan on using a USB flash drive keep in mind the drive must be at least one and no more than sixteen gigabytes in size. The USB sticks will need to be setup through your 360 first before you can use them. You can plug two sixteen gigabyte sticks in at once for a total of thirty-two gigabytes.
So here’s a question. You mention disc based games, does that mean I can save my Games on Demand to the usb stick and play from there?
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Kyle Lehtinen Reply:
April 6th, 2010 at 5:13 PM
I called up Xbox tech support to get the low down. According to the service rep. you can use a USB drive to save Xbox Live content including Games on Demand. The functionality is akin to the 360’s hard drive. Everything you can do (and can’t do) with a Xbox 360 hard drive you can now do with a USB thumb stick.
I’m prepping my own external drive now to get some first hand experience with the new feature.
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To bad you can’t save XBLA games. I need more room for them. But I realize it would lead to people loaning USB drives to each other if that worked.
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