getting data on an Xbox 360

[cmshowers]

A friend of mine just got an Xbox 360. I set it up for him and got it on the network and all that jazz. Later in the evening, he found updated rosters for NCAA '07 online and asked me to help him load them into the game. I thought to myself, no problem; you can probably get them over windows file sharing or on a flash drive or burned on a CD. So far none of these have worked. The rosters are in .z36 files and the website guides tell you to go buy a memory card and transfer kit. This seems ridiculous to me that I can't just move a file over the network or on a flash drive. The Xbox 360 seems to only be able to read media files through these methods. Has anyone else ran into this? I think I might be missing something obvious since I have about zero experience using an Xbox 360 (or any console for that matter).

Thanks for any help!

 

[erwos]

You're going to need to use the memory cards.

 

[cmshowers]

Alright, that seems to be the consensus. But...why? Did M$ make it so you can't have a mass storage device plugged into a USB port on the 360? If the memory card (which is just a flash memory device) can be adapted to USB, why can't a USB flash device be adapted to the pinout of the memory card slot on the 360? If you format a flash drive in FATX can it then be used as a memory device? I know it can't be that easy...

By the way, we've already given in and bought a memory card, I'm just not happy about it.

 

[cornfield]

Alright, that seems to be the consensus. But...why? Did M$ make it so you can't have a mass storage device plugged into a USB port on the 360? If the memory card (which is just a flash memory device) can be adapted to USB, why can't a USB flash device be adapted to the pinout of the memory card slot on the 360? If you format a flash drive in FATX can it then be used as a memory device? I know it can't be that easy...

By the way, we've already given in and bought a memory card, I'm just not happy about it.

looks like you solved the riddle on your own. As long as there are people like you to pay them for it why not? It's sad but all there stuff is like that God forbid your power brick bricks lol you'll be out 100 bucks. Want wifi? That will be another $100. Don't want to have to buy batteries every 2 days? That will cost you $20 bucks. Want to stream media from your pc? That will cost you a new windows operating system. Want to play any non microsoft proprietary video format? Sorry you can't unless you use some buggy software like transcode360 or tversity. Want a bigger hard drive? That will cost you $180.

Personally I was able to get a premium and extra wireless controller all new and sealed for $300 from a friend. Would have cost me $500 with tax normally, don't think I would have been able to justify a purchase just to play the 2 xbox360 exclusive titles I'm interested in otherwise. All of this nickle and dime bullshit is taking the fun out of gaming. Good luck.

 

[cmshowers]

looks like you solved the riddle on your own. As long as there are people like you to pay them for it why not? It's sad but all there stuff is like that God forbid your power brick bricks lol you'll be out 100 bucks. Want wifi? That will be another $100. Don't want to have to buy batteries every 2 days? That will cost you $20 bucks. Want to stream media from your pc? That will cost you a new windows operating system. Want to play any non microsoft proprietary video format? Sorry you can't unless you use some buggy software like transcode360 or tversity. Want a bigger hard drive? That will cost you $180.

Hey, it isn't my 360/my money. I'm just the friendly neighborhood computer nerd. I understand the reasoning behind requiring their very expensive memory card is that they only sell them in sizes smaller than the games and that way you can't download illegal copies of games and put them on the memory cards. I figure someone has found a way around this since the Xbox 360 has been out for a year and a half now. But I can't find what I want to know anywhere.

 

[MaxKool]

looks like you solved the riddle on your own. As long as there are people like you to pay them for it why not? It's sad but all there stuff is like that God forbid your power brick bricks lol you'll be out 100 bucks. Want wifi? That will be another $100. Don't want to have to buy batteries every 2 days? That will cost you $20 bucks. Want to stream media from your pc? That will cost you a new windows operating system. Want to play any non microsoft proprietary video format? Sorry you can't unless you use some buggy software like transcode360 or tversity. Want a bigger hard drive? That will cost you $180.

Dude, welcome to console gameing. Its been like that on everysingle system EVER. Nickle and dimed on accessories..... Its not like MS is doing ANYTHING that hasnt been done before. And I dont know why you think somthing like transcode360 is buggy, ive been streaming with it for over a year now and havent had any issues with it... Tversity was realy cool with the TV streaming features, but definatly was buggy..... LOL same thing can be said about sony in the past...

Wanna play with 4 people? Go buy a multitap, wanna play online? Go buy a network adapter. Want wireless controlers? Sory buy them yourself. ...

 

[cornfield]

Dude, welcome to console gameing. Its been like that on everysingle system EVER. Nickle and dimed on accessories..... Its not like MS is doing ANYTHING that hasnt been done before. And I dont know why you think somthing like transcode360 is buggy, ive been streaming with it for over a year now and havent had any issues with it... Tversity was realy cool with the TV streaming features, but definatly was buggy..... LOL same thing can be said about sony in the past...

Wanna play with 4 people? Go buy a multitap, wanna play online? Go buy a network adapter. Want wireless controlers? Sory buy them yourself. ...

You are comparing the xbox360 to a last gen 7 year old console system, most games at the time the ps2 was launched were not built for online play or more than 2 players and wireless connectivity wasn't as main stream. I look at my 360 and think of what could/should have been. Console gaming is not like this actually you have it backwards. PC gaming has generally been for those who love upgrading their system every 3 months. Honestly I don't care people can pay all they want for overpriced accessories I just know I won't and thank god for competition.

also: I noticed that almost every time some one points out a fault of the xbox 360 someone immediately compares it to sony and the ps2. Very strange...

 

[Domingo]

Welcome to the world of console gamers who feel the need to defend their console of choice and derail any they don't own

The PS3's solves some of those problems, BUT it's missing HDMI/composite cables which is absolutely retarded. You've got a system which uses HD as pretty much it's entire selling point, yet it doesn't even include hook-ups in the box. The choice to make people buy a memory card adapter to use PS2 cards was also a stab in the back.

I don't think previous consoles were as bad about not including something that was essential.
For example, the only things I ever bought for the PS2 were a memory card and a $15 composite cable. Oh yeah, and a spare controller. Total cost was about $60...which is a far cry from what I've spent on the 360 and PS3 after only a year and a half.

 

[erwos]

The PS3's solves some of those problems, BUT it's missing HDMI/composite cables which is absolutely retarded. You've got a system which uses HD as pretty much it's entire selling point, yet it doesn't even include hook-ups in the box. The choice to make people buy a memory card adapter to use PS2 cards was also a stab in the back.

It's actually missing component cables, not composite cables. But that's like a $10 cable, too. Ditto for HDMI. As for the memory card adapter, the 360 doesn't even give you the option of using your old memory cards, so I think I prefer the PS3 path.

But, in the end, the point is the same: what the console manufacturers lose on the console, they try to make up on games and accessories.

I'm not aware of anyone successfully building a "360 memory card to SD/CF" adapter. It probably wouldn't even work for sizes other than 64mb and 512mb anyways.