Xbox 360 PayPal update arrives right on schedule ... in some territories

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Microsoft has today begun the anticipated rollout of probably the least anticipated Xbox 360 system update in the post-NXE era. The automatic update is being "gradually" deployed to consoles across the globe through Xbox Live over the next few weeks. "Just like any other update to our service," Major Nelson notes, "you will know you've received it when you turn on your Xbox 360 console, connect to Xbox Live and receive a notification to download the update."

Most notable, the update includes the option to add your PayPal account as a billing option on the console (it was previously limited to Xbox.com) for Microsoft Points and Marketplace content purchases. The feature will be available to all Xbox Live users, excluding those in Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Czech Republic, Finland, Greece, Hungary, India, Japan, Russia, South Africa, South Korea and Taiwan. So ... just a few (million) people left out.

Additionally, the new system update adds and enables (by default) an auto-standby feature that's activated after one hour of console inactivity. You can switch it off in System Settings, but ... why? Finally, the update will also introduce support for the new Xbox game disc format (a.k.a. "XGD3"), which adds 1GB of storage capacity and some fresh anti-piracy coating.

According to internal documents we obtained earlier this month, Avatar Kinect is scheduled to be released as a separate update on May 27.

http://www.joystiq.com/2011/05/19/xbox-360-paypal-update-arrives-right-on-schedule-in-some-ter/#comments

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-DynastyPosted:

will, great and now they'll be makin more dash stuff just let us be dang!!

TTGKODYPosted:

Okay guys, I will sum up something important about new dashboard update.

1. When my flashed Xbox 360 connect to Xbox live and did an update, the dvd drive was back to brand new original firmware which causes :

- No burned games works
- No NON-JTAG thing works.

2. I reflashed my Xbox 360 with LT+ v1.1 firmware after that update :

- Burned games work again except all AP25 games we have known ( black screen remain till you reset the console ). I just tested with those AP25 games and some games I am playing, here is result :

+ Fable 3, Assassin's Creed Brotherhood, NFS Hot Pursuit, Halo reach, Modern Warfare 2, Black Ops don't work anymore since they maybe have new AP25 check ( 6 AP25 games had been pre-patched with latest AP25 through current abgx software ( v1.0.5 ). For some reports before, people said Black Ops and Modern Warfare AP25 were removed on new dash, but sorry this is wrong, they have new AP25 and we have to wait till new AP25 patches release.

+ Super Street Fighter 4, Fifa 11, L.A. Noire still work as normal. These are games I'm currently playing.

+ Non-JTAG things wont work anymore, even you reflash your console or not, these incredible things are completely gone for now.

3. As some rumors before, the xbox itself will reflash the DVD drive back to original ( everytimes it reboots, this is completely wrong because after the update, I reflashed with LT+ firmware then reboots my xbox about 10 times and the LT+ still there, no problem with it.

PS : I have Lite-on 93450c on Jasper v2 ( MFR date : 2009-11-09 ).

I don't have BenQ or Samsung Drives, so if anyone asks for information about these drives, please wait for other people who using these to report.

From: http://thetechgame.org/showthread.php?t=394952

TTGBoiPosted:

something i am wondering is if we stay on the 12625 dashboard, will there be a mod like jtags later on? lol

ArrowPosted:

DO NOT UPDATE if you have a modified console. Wait and see what happens and for fix's to be released.

PS Sill no update for me yet in Ontario, Canada...

NetflixPosted:

-IHiBRiDz-IV- What id like to know is, if you have a flashed xbox drive, what will happen?
Yeah I never tried to log on yet. I'm going to wait about a day or so..& see what happened to other people.

deathhavenPosted:

Spartan I seen a paypal option on xbox.com a while ago.


they added it to the xbox console so you dont have to go to your comp to add it

Minato-KrunchPosted:

What id like to know is, if you have a flashed xbox drive, what will happen?

SpartanPosted:

I seen a paypal option on xbox.com a while ago.

MoDxMW2Posted:

lol cant wait for it to come to me im on 13142 >_

TTG_SheThRaNPosted:

lol i just made a post about this befor itt came up lollolol


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