Xbox 360 System Update Preview

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Jme621

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Is it a Halo: Reach case that the disc comes in? I plan on trading in my current copy of Reach when the new one comes, but I'm hoping it has a case (for game management purposes). (Basically, what I'm asking is -- is the case shown above one for Reach?)

came as shown, still wrapped in plastic when i took pic

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It looks like Microsoft is testing the possibility of updating the system via games as well as the internet

Pretty sure it's always been a requirement for game discs to come with the latest version of the dashboard? Before I was on Live I got updates through the discs (in 2006).

They need to test this one because they need to see if consoles without the firmware update can use the new disc format without going crazy and saying it's an unidentified format... that's the way I see it anyway...

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So I got accepted into the DISC version of the program, but unfortunately the Xbox console I registered into the program is having problems and so I had to get myself a new one. Does anyone know if there's a way to change my beta access so it's tied to the new console instead of the old one, or am I SOL until the program ends and the update becomes publicly available? I had sorta hoped that since I was getting my update off the disc that it would work on my new console but that warning that comes with the disc says otherwise.

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c.grz

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letter says its full copy, not sure what you mean by official

I guess "official" isn't a great word to use...I meant an actual copy that would normally get released to the public....artwork and all....

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Jme621

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I guess "official" isn't a great world to use...I meant an actual copy that would normally get released to the public....artwork and all....

doubtfull since this is same version of game, just on the new layout disk

and you could always google the artwork and print your own

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I guess "official" isn't a great world to use...I meant an actual copy that would normally get released to the public....artwork and all....

No, there's no reason for them to do that. People could just trade them in, and why give another copy when you're already giving the full copy?

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Same here, though honestly I'm not particularly excited about this test as it means not much to me, and I already have Halo Reach.

Same. I'm just hoping some more interesting stuff comes out for it, like the rumored Netflix update. It'd be nice to get a Facebook update, too.

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I am curious what exactly the difference between the preview disc and the regular Reach. What did they put in that extra gig?

Well the update for one would be in that space. They don't need to artifically increase Reach's filesize to test if the new disc format works properly.

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Nimdock

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I am extremely confused.

I got an email saying I didn't get in a few days ago.

I don't see that group available in my connect dashboard.

Now today I just got an overnight Fedex envelope with the disc.

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I want to try it but I might be locked out of xbox live which would suck.

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