Can I use a USB flash drive to download XBL content directly to it?

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I have the 4GB Xbox system with no hard drive, but I need to get one soon so I can download the madden early release.

Instead of buying an expensive HDD with excessive storage that I'll never use, can I just use a USB flash?

http://www.amazon.com/Xbox-360-Flash-SanDisk-SDCZGXB-016G-A11/dp/B003EV7ED8/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1376276103&sr=8-4&keywords=xbox+360+slim+20gb

I know people buy these things for extra storage space to transfer content from their hard drives, but I don't need it for storage.

Anyone with experience know if I can just pop it in and download XBL content such as the early release directly from XBL to the flash drive and then play it from the flash drive?

 
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Chief Keef said:
limit for what?
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The amount of storage space per flash drive. Meaning, if you have a flash drive larger than 32gb, you can only use up to 32gb of the space. There is also a limit of 2 flash drives that can be plugged in/in use at once, but I think that both can be 32gb, giving you up to 64gb to work with. I could be wrong on them combining as I've never actually tried it (never needed to), but I'm pretty sure you can.

 
Flyersfan said:
Go for this one, more space and cheaper. Works the exact same as the official Xbox one you linked.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007JR532M/ref=pd_lpo_k2_dp_sr_1?pf_rd_p=1535523722&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=B001T9CTS2&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=0B663V5RB94BYT2B62NS

It's also on sale for 19.99 at RadioShack.
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Wow thanks for that. I may even go for the 16 gig one since that would be plenty space for the early release.

 
OK so I went to Radio Shack to get that USB drive, now the question is how do I download directly to it.

I'm trying to download Crackdown to test it out. Crackdown is over 6GB, and my USB is 16GB. Is there a way for to change where I want to download Crackdown to? It says 'save to' at the top but I can't get there to change it. I think it's trying to download it to my 4GB memory unit which obviously can't fit it.

EDIT: NVM, I see that when you download something it just puts it to the USB.

 
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Whoa, wait a second. Sorry to bump this but I have one more question to ask.

I downloaded Crackdown directly to my USB to test it out and it worked fine. However, it won't allow me to join co-op games or play cooperatively. Anyone know what this is about? An error message pops up and says something like, 'you cannot play cooperatively without a hard drive'. If this is just something with Crackdown than that's fine. But if it's more than I'm in trouble.

Does anyone know if I can play co-op or online in general without a hard drive and just the USB? It's vital to me because 100% of my time playing the Madden and NHL Early Release will be spent online.

 
Chief Keef said:
Whoa, wait a second. Sorry to bump this but I have one more question to ask.

I downloaded Crackdown directly to my USB to test it out and it worked fine. However, it won't allow me to join co-op games or play cooperatively. Anyone know what this is about? An error message pops up and says something like, 'you cannot play cooperatively without a hard drive'. If this is just something with Crackdown than that's fine. But if it's more than I'm in trouble.

Does anyone know if I can play co-op or online in general without a hard drive and just the USB? It's vital to me because 100% of my time playing the Madden and NHL Early Release will be spent online.
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It depends on the game. It says on the back of the cover if a hard drive is required. Or, if you are downloading a game, it will/should tell you if a hard drive is required for single and/or multiplayer on the product page. You can find it when you scroll over to the right (it's the page that tells you how many players, if there's 720p/1080p support, etc). If it doesn't say anything about a hard drive there, you should be good to go.

 
Is requiring a hard drive to play online tied to the multiple balance issue patches that it'll receive? I know for a fact with Battlefield 3 that those patches can be quite large thus would require some sort of hard drive.

 
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