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Taiwan tech firm Macronix has been drafted in to manufacture the cartridges for Nintendo’s 3DS, consumer blog Kotaku reports. Furthermore, the site claims that the cartridges will boast a capacity of 8GB – putting them firmly in Xbox 360 territory when it comes to the amount of data that a …
Read More »US: Sandisk shipping 360 USB drives
PC peripherals firm Sandisk has released its first Xbox 360 branded USB memory drives in North America. As spotted by VG247, the devices come in two flavours – an 8GB variant for $34.99 and a 16GB version for $69.99. Microsoft added the ability to use any USB mass storage device …
Read More »360 USB support goes live
The Xbox Live update that enables 360 owners to use USB flash drives as storage devices for their console has now gone live. Microsoft confirmed that today’s mandatory update introduces USB support and allows gamers to configure their memory sticks to hold profiles, game saves, downloadable content and more. Third-party …
Read More »360 USB memory support confirmed
As was rumoured earlier this month, Microsoft is to release a firmware update that will allow Xbox 360 owners to use USB mass storage devices to store all manner of game information. Both flash cards and hard drives will be compatible, though the Xbox 360 will only utilise up to …
Read More »USB storage support for 360?
An upcoming update for Xbox 360 will allow owners to use USB memory devices, documents obtained by Joystiq are said to claim. USB drives of up to 16GB (and a minimum of 1GB) will be supported, with users able to define how much of their USB device will be used …
Read More »Nintendo details answer to ‘Wii storage woes’
At GDC today Nintendo finally answered criticism from gamers and developers that the storage capacity of the Wii was too small – by upgrading the console to support high capacity SD cards. The Wii System Menu 4.0 firmware, available to download to consoles today, introduces a new Menu in the …
Read More »Nintendo admits Wii storage is a problem
Nintendo has for the first time admitted that the limited 512mb internal memory stored inside the Nintendo Wii is beginning to pose a problem, and has stated that it is looking to address it. NoE’s MD of marketing Laurent Fischer famously said last month that geeks and otaku are the …
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