It suks that there is a limit of 16 GB, and it also suks that if you already have a hard drive (one for my PS3 & Laptop) you can't really use it cause the 360 will format it again. Meaning it will erase everything already on it to make a special section for the 16 GB.

This is just a short term fix, not a long term solution.

I think I'll be using part of my 4 GB flash drive for this.

@Conner

if  read this correctly, i don't think you'll be able to do that. looks like it's all or nothing with this external storage solution for the 360. just check out the picture again.

Hope this doesn't help people cheat

yipee

I'll just stick with my PlayStation

It's a great idea, but I don't know why they would be advocating the use of flash storage over hard drive. If you just want to temporarily store information to take from one place to another then yes, USB drives and the like are the way to go, but for permanent storage of data, flash memory is not near as reliable as a hard drive.

I can see the reason for the putting a limit, but 16 GB is a tad low considering that anyone interested in storing alot of data has probably already ditched their 20 GB HDD if they had one and jumped up to a 120 or 250 by now. I think allowing up to 50 GB on an external wouldn't be too much to ask.

^ugh if it's gonna delete by hard drive data(I have my ps3s data on my big hard drive) Then you can count me out. >.<

Awesome that's what i thought would happen but my CODMW2 360 is still at +200GB :) but yeah way to go MS on doing this bravo!!!!

Would there be a way to create multiple 16 GB or less partitions on a single large capacity storage device, all usable by the 360, or will it only allow the creation of one xbox usable area per device?

yeah too bad there's a 16gb cap otherwise id just plug in my 320GB external hard drive and put everything on there. It would be sick to get one of those Terabyte-sized hard drives you could practically download the whole marketplace.

"to release an Xbox 360 branded USB flash drive that will be “pre-configured and ready to go” "

Uh...no thanks Microsoft. I can imagine...$100 for a 16GB Xbox licensed thumbdrive. LOL

Good. Then I'll get my game saves backed up in case of RROD. DLC I can just download again, so no big problem.

I'm trying to think of any applications for this, for those of us who have plenty of hard drive space anyway..

Sounds like a good idea. Be a lot cheaper then buying a new hard drive. So I think it's a good move on Microsofts part, just wish they'd allow a higher limit.

@Cowboy Hiphop: Since it formats the drive at the beginning it's pretty much a one-time thing. Say you plug in your 320 GB hard drive - it's going to completely format it, then make a 16 GB partition for the X-Box and leave the rest open. If you do the process again it's going to format it again and make the partition again, so it does you no good.

Nice try though.

Goodbye 512 MB Xbox memory units! Hello to using one the two dozen 2 GB thumb drives I use to build forts for bringing my profile around with me! 'Bout time.

I think I'll just nab the 250G HD.

Will you be able to store games on it, you know, like we can do on our hard drives now?  My disc drive is acting up so I have to put games on the hard drive.

I love this.

I also love how Microsoft recently stopped allowing third party memory cards, with just enough time in between so people who had those would go out and buy a new Microsoft memory card. Nice move...

I'm cool with the limit. I can just have more that one flash drive., Little flashdrives like that are cheap cheap. Beats the crap outta the old way back in the day. Remember reformatting your multi "page" memory card for the zillionth time because stupid ps1 wouldn't recognize your saves? ARGH!