Rumor: Next 360 Dashboard Update To Include USB Mass Storage Support

[x3sphere]

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According to an internal document procured by Joystiq, the next major Xbox 360 dashboard update will introduce support for USB mass storage devices ranging from 1GB to 16GB in size.

Credited to a senior software development engineer at Microsoft, the document specifically reads that "increased market penetration of high-capacity, high throughput USB mass storage devices, a 2010 Xbox 360 system update." Adding credence to the report is a screen cap above, which depicts a dialog box for formatting such devices from within the Xbox 360 Dashboard interface.<!--more-->

The size limitation leaves us somewhat perplexed, considering there are USB flash drives out there that eclipse 32GB in storage capacity.

 

[leonard]

<p>It's possible that it's just a case of the xbox only being able to format an external drive a certain way. Lets say FAT12 which would be capped at 32gb. If your drive is already formatted to FAT and is larger, it wouldn't make sense for it not to work. As it currently already does with movies/music/pictures. I think the 32gb cap will only apply to external HDD/flash drives that are formatted to NTSF and have to be formatted through the system.</p>