I have an Xbox 360 and I am online with it. I'm picking up another Xbox 360 for my brother, which will be offline. So before I pass it over to him, I want to download any Xbox any updates, and I also want to download updates and patches for various games (Fallout 3, Skyrim etc), by putting my copy of each game in to run the game, and prompt the update download.
Downloading game updates and patches for an offline console. I see there are ways to download Xbox 360 title updates to your PC, which apparently isn't illegal either (and so it shouldn't be).
Oct 22, 2015 To put it bluntly: if you digitally download/purchase a game off the Xbox 360 dashboard, a huge percentage of said games simply won't have title updates available to the user, something of which is readily available to users with the physical copy of the game. Minecraft is a constantly evolving game, and new updates can add some crazy content, as well as fix serious problems. Updates are usually downloaded. Dec 14, 2007 - Xbox® game support enables your Xbox 360™ video game console to play an array of games from your original Xbox video game console. Sep 22, 2017 - Insert the game disc you want to update into your console's disc tray. The game will begin to boot up. You'll be alerted if there is an update for your game. Select 'Yes, update now,' to allow the console to download and install the update from Xbox Live. On the console, sign in to Xbox Live and start the game. Choose to download the game update. If you can download game updates when the Xbox 360 console is connected directly to the modem, but you can’t otherwise, there might be a problem with your router or gateway configuration.
My question is, do you think I'll need to install the games as well (and then he would play the already-installed games using his discs), or can I just download the updates and patches for each game, which would create a folder for each game with the updates and patches inside, and then he can install the games himself later on with his copies of the games (which would save me some time)? I'm guessing that him installing the games later wouldn't overwrite the already-downloaded updates and patches?
For more than a decade, game publishers have updated PC games to patch errors or released new content. But this process is relatively new for console publishers. With the advent of online gaming, Xbox 360 gamers have been bombarded with updates since the console's 2005 release.
Turn on your Xbox 360 and log into Xbox Live. You don't need the Gold level pay-based account to update your game. Game updates are provided for free with the Silver account level.
Insert the game disc you want to update into your console's disc tray. The game will begin to boot up. You'll be alerted if there is an update for your game.
Select 'Yes, update now,' to allow the console to download and install the update from Xbox Live.
Select the storage device for the game update. After you make your selection, a progress bar will appear. Your Xbox 360 may restart after the installation completes.
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