Xbox 360 Updates
Technical SupportOne of the things that makes Xbox 360™ so powerful is its capacity for receiving improvements—automatic enhancements to its features and performance—even after you've brought it home. Over time you'll encounter the following types of Xbox 360 updates:
Important To benefit from updates, your Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system must be connected to Xbox Live with high-speed Internet service.
System UpdatesThe first time you connect your Xbox 360 system to Xbox Live, the service updates your console's flash memory with all improvements made between the day the console was manufactured and the day you brought it home. Your console will receive additional updates at varying intervals as Xbox programmers continue to innovate and refine both the Xbox 360 system and the Xbox Live service. Title UpdatesTitle updates consist of improvements to specific Xbox 360 games. When a title update is available for a game you're playing, Xbox Live stores the update right on your Xbox 360 Hard Drive or Xbox 360 Memory Unit (at least one of which is required for Xbox Live play). The game then loads the update the next time you play. This allows game developers to continually improve their products, and all you have to do is dive in and lose yourself in the ever-improving action. Disc UpdatesCertain games may be designed with a degree of sophistication that requires an update to your Xbox 360 system's flash memory. The discs for these games will include all necessary updates right alongside the game data. The first time you load such a game, the game disc will automatically update your Xbox 360 console for optimum performance with that game. |
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