New System Update for Xbox 360

There is a new System Update available for your Xbox 360.

The official announcement says: “The March 2006 Xbox 360™ update will prepare your Xbox 360 console for future system and title updates.”

You will automatically receive this update the next time you sign-in to Xbox Live from your Xbox 360. If you don’t, try running the “Test Xbox Live Connection” from the Network Settings area of the System blade. You need an Xbox 360 storage device in order to successfully receive the update.

The System Update will also be distributed in upcoming game discs, magazine discs, and even through the retail kiosks.

Comments

• Anonymous
  March 02, 2006
  Let the baseless speculation begin!

• Anonymous
  March 02, 2006
  please tell us more ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

• Anonymous
  March 02, 2006
  or is it the cam or multi chat or a update to play the old xbox games or was there some things wrong with the software that u guys made?????????????

• Anonymous
  March 02, 2006
  What does this update do?

• Anonymous
  March 02, 2006
  The "official announcement" is completely unacceptable, at least in my opinion. If an update/patch is being done to MY $400+ console, I EXPECT to be told exactly what is  fixed/patched. These patches/updates should be treated just as Microsoft treats Windows updates.
  
  We want detailed explanations of what is being done to OUR consoles!

• Anonymous
  March 02, 2006
  I also expect better documentation about what the updates acually updates.
  
  It would also be nice if the version number was included, not just the "date name" since that name is never used in the system.

• Anonymous
  March 03, 2006
  It might be YOUR console, but it's MICROSOFT's LIVE service, not yours. If you want to ACCESS THEIR SERVICE, you accept the download. If you don't want the update, you don't HAVE to download it. You just can't use their service.
  
  Deal with it.

• Anonymous
  March 03, 2006
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• Anonymous
  March 03, 2006
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• Anonymous
  March 03, 2006
  Forget the patch - how come XeZaR has got to play G.R.A.W already!?! THAT MAKES ME SOOOO JELOUS!

• Anonymous
  March 03, 2006
  I'm with you sp4zzj4zz. If I'm going to pay for a service, and pay for a system, then I expect to be notified as to what is going on with it. Any other way is completely unacceptable.

• Anonymous
  March 03, 2006
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• Anonymous
  March 03, 2006
  well said...  I would imagine it patched up a few security holes to boot...  
  
  Any news when the Xbox Live Arcade Texas Hold 'em game come out?
  
  I found this site with some info... but not much else:
  
  http://www.xbox360poker.com/
  

• Anonymous
  March 03, 2006
  also XeXar - how do you like GRAW?
  
  Is it going to finally give us a good FPS for LIVE?
  
  Thanks...

• Anonymous
  March 03, 2006
  There is no way of knowing if the information supplied by MS is completely accurate. I can only trust that MS adheres to a standard set of conventional corporate ethics, which includes NOT lying to their customers. As it currently stands, I do trust MS, maybe blindly, that they follow these codes. Therefore, I have no real reason to question their claims as I take them at face value and trust that they are correct.
  
  I'm not quite sure I understand your question about how I determed the suffieciency of the information provided with the last update. Sufficient is a relative term, and so, I myself deemed the information to be adequate.
  
  I think that maybe you meant "How did you determine that the documentation was accurate?" If so, refer to my first paragraph.
  
  As for the testing the new features, no, I did not not travel to the Netherlands to run network tests, how perceptive of you. Although, the improvements to the guide were easily identified, the save game issue was easily tested, and the detailed disc error messages are also easily seen, if you were having an issue with disc readibilty beforehand, which I had.
  
  The difference is this, the previous update had practicable information while the current update does not. Like I said in a previous post, this isn't/wasn't a huge deal to me, I'll update no matter what, becuase I trust that MS is continuing to make my console better via XBL. I would just like to have better documentation of what is being done.
  
  I'm sorry if my opinions threaten you. Not everyone has to agree, but we all can agree to disagree. Non-info seems fine you, for me, it's not. I also retain the right to be unhappy with specific parts of a service I pay for. Just because I am unhappy with one aspect, does not mean that I am not generally pleased with XBL overall.
  

• Anonymous
  March 04, 2006
  When will the language problem in Belgium be solved?
  
  we speak DUTCH and we see FRENCH banners/downloads on a ENGLISH dashboard.
  
  greetz
  Yves De Pryck
  YLA G

• Anonymous
  March 04, 2006
  Although MS can be sneaky, I somehow doubt they'd lie in their documentation, I'm sure there are laws preventing that.

• Anonymous
  March 08, 2006
  Well said Tails! :-) Finally someone who's straightforward.
  
  I enjoyed listening to Major Nelsons podcast, where he jokingly said that "it's a bit frustrating that people don't believe you, when you're actually telling the truth." People can't accept that it was such a simple update as to...prepare for future updates. There MUST be something more to it!

• Anonymous
  March 15, 2006
  is there a way to upgrade my 360 without having online
  

• Anonymous
  March 22, 2006
  Why can't they offer the updates via www. ...Why just over xbox live?Not everyone has broadband access..

• Anonymous
  March 23, 2006
  i just brought the xbox 360 the day it was released and i was told that it will run the old games but i put my old halo in and it wont work does anyone know what magazine the cd for the update comes in???
  thanks old skool gamer  boom!! headshot

• Anonymous
  April 29, 2006
  microsoft said officially the 360 can use dial up interent service but it would be really really slow and the update would take like 4 hours to download

• Anonymous
  June 03, 2006
  can i have the softwar of the normal xbox.....
  sarbast_hameed@hotmail.com

• Anonymous
  July 02, 2006
  were is the update to play normal xbox games. very frustrated here ! ! ! i was told u could play the normal xbox games but they are wrong ! ! !

• Anonymous
  July 12, 2006
  i want the update so i could play normal xbox games on xbox 360.

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  August 01, 2006
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• Anonymous
  October 17, 2006
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• Anonymous
  October 18, 2006
  some magazines have the update on a disk... or you can just stick in halo and if your signed onto xbox live then it should download... or just simply go to xbox.com and burn the file to disk and stick it in ur xbox

• Anonymous
  October 18, 2006
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• Anonymous
  October 23, 2006
  me neither :S [Domain Registration]

• Anonymous
  December 16, 2006
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• Anonymous
  December 26, 2006
  This is the first time I've tried this.I hope it helps me

• Anonymous
  February 10, 2007
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• Anonymous
  March 26, 2007
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• Anonymous
  April 09, 2007
  Hiii     I Wana know IF I can Download  The Softwre  From the internt Its Truley Important Thing I need it  Pls Help Me Thanks ABDO HASEN

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