Xbox Hacker: New 360 Disc Format ‘XGD3′ Frees Up Space

by Mike Bendel on March 30, 2011 @ 12:54 pm


Microsoft announced yesterday that it is seeking beta participants for an updated Xbox 360 disc format. It turns out, according to well-known Xbox hacker C4Eva, this format is dubbed XGD3. Highlights include additional disc capacity for storage, a new layer for “protection issues,” along with more AP and content integrity checks — presumably to combat piracy.

While the media remains the same — DVD, dual-layer at 8.5GB — Microsoft’s current format structure creates a partition weighing in at around 1GB, filled with anti-piracy sectors. It’s believed that this update tweaks the approach to significantly save on space, or omits the partition altogether. At any rate, this would give developers a nice bump in space to work with.

Additionally, CV4Eva says the 20500 SDK adds support for this format.

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Comments
angelsniper45 says:

I'll give it a few hours before it's hacked.

March 30, 2011, 9:19 pm
Robby says:

Yeah c4eva is usually fast at making updated firmwares. If you have a modded console, do the usual stay offline when the dashboard hits and wait til you get the green light.

It's nice to know that developers are going to get a gig of more space, they can add more to games now for the xbox atleast.
March 30, 2011, 11:09 pm
Kwipper says:

Wow... is it April Fools Day already?

March 31, 2011, 4:11 am
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