New Xbox 360 Format Disc Can Carry Up to 10GB of Data

A couple of weeks ago, it was reported that the new format disc adds up to 1GB of data. Today, new reports indicate that the Xbox 360 format disc can carry up to 10GB of data.

According to the anonymous tipster, the Halo Reach disc that appeared on every beta tester’s doorstep seems to carry approximately 10,780 MB of data (uncompressed), which is equivalent to roughly 10GB. No one can figure out yet what this file could be. It may include some filler to maximize the capacity of the dual-layered disc. As of today, hackers seems to be having a hard time making their modded console works on the new dashboard update that Microsoft released for beta testers.

Below are the pictures of the new Xbox 360 disc being ripped via a modified Xbox 360 called JTAG. Since we don’t have validity of the size, we can take this news as a rumor.

20 thoughts on “New Xbox 360 Format Disc Can Carry Up to 10GB of Data

  1. The leading rumour on this is that its a form of copy protection so the image can’t be burnt to a DVD+R DL. Most likely some filler data

  2. Good work Microsoft, keep this coming, maybe one day you will dream to finally reach Blu-ray size. In life you need a dream and now with 10Gb, it’s a step closer to the (upcomming) 128 Gb BD.

    Rofl really? DVD is ALMOST obselete these days.

  3. What pathetic, MS needs Bluray which can hold 50GB. Forget DVD that thing is so outdated.

  4. its not 3gb extra. if its real 10GB of using for game its almost double amount then. i mean real capacity that xbox 360 games could used now was not even 7GB some less then 7GB. so its would add realy lot.and would end piracy for all. couse noone have DL disc that can have 10GB space.

  5. @ Nixon

    Or the entire mega drive library.

    3 gig might add half an hour of Blu-ray footage, but it game terms it’s still alot.

  6. Blu-ray is expensive shit. What the world needs is HD-DVD, a far superior format. It uses mpeg4 compression not the outdated mpeg2 used on blu-ray. Blu-ray discs are so big because it’s mostly uncompressed data. The discs scratch easily and there have been huge problems with reading them as they decay quickly.
    Just like the old VHS vs Betamax war. Betamax was far superior but you fucking cunts bought VHS. It’s your fault we’re in this mess. If you twats didn’t buy it then it wouldn’t be produced.
    No fuck off you dumb redneck sister loving dirty aids infected crack head niggers.
    And remember your dumb for a reason.

  7. actually its about 4gb extra, the discs we use now can store only 6.8 gb for games, the rest of the disc space is used for anti piracy.
    so 10.72 gb adds alot about 50% extra!!

  8. In reply to 1nsaint, the answer is `blue laser diode`.
    So my question is why did the average consumer choice the Blu-ray format over the much superior HD-DVD format.

  9. @i pity the fool i just had to call out your BS
    1- Both HD-DVD and Blu-ray use the same formats them being VC1, H.264 (AVC), and Mpeg2 the only difference between HD-DVD and blu-ray besides storage is how much more interactive HD-DVD was until BD-live 2.0 was released
    2- Blu-rays have a special Anti-scratch surface and dvd’s do not (i have tons of scratched dvd’s only 2 scratched blu-rays and they were used games from game stop even then they are not scratched bad at all)
    3- Bluray discs have the same life span if not linger than DVD’s you may be thinking about how to PS3 laser diode degrades over time
    4- Im not even touching that last bit of your i just needed to let every body know the FACTS not fanboy delusions.

  10. @i pity the fool as to your 2nd comment people who first bought into HD media are the enthusiast crowd people who buy a $600 PS3 $1200 reciver and $10,000 (may be exaggerated a little XD ) tv’s. Not (insert name of reguar Joe) and when it came to surround sound and picture quality both HD-dvd and Bluray were very close Audio wise, but Bluray could use higher bit rates on Video than HD-dvd because of the exta storage.

  11. @1nsaint

    sorry dude, i just removed my PS3 fanboy glasses and wow, do I see things differently now. my bad…..

  12. Woooww! 10GB That a impressive for a DVD. The HDDVD is long dead but the DVD still live. Too bad it 40 GB short of the BD.

  13. MS finally realised that DVD is not large enough. The 360 format is so outdated even the Wii and PS2 can store more of actual game data then the Xbox 360 due to copy protection on the 360. Stick with Bluray and the PS3 and you wont have this storage limitation problem.

  14. The optical drives inside the 360 use the DVD-9 specification and are limited by that specification due to the hardware of the DVD drive. The DVD-9 specification is for discs that can store up to 8.54 gigabytes. I don’t see how Microsoft can go beyond the 8.54 gigabytes limitation unless they physically replace the optical drives. What they have done in the past is reserve 1+ gigabytes for copy protection purposes which have proven to be a failure so they are now looking for new ways to protect the discs. Because of that they are giving the space they used back to the developers. My information is based on a post I read by Major Nelson on Microsoft’s X-Box Live website.

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