Xbox 360 system update adds new features, more storage capacity

Microsoft didn’t forget about you, Xbox 360 owners.

The Xbox 360 sees a new update today that will allow the game console to support external USB hard disk storage of up to two terabytes in size, blasting past the current 32 gigabyte cap. The company says that this increase, which allows for more games, saves, and other data to be stored and used, was one of the most requested features voted on at the Xbox Feedback website. Today’s deployment of this update, which also adds several new backend features to the console, serves the more than 83 million Xbox 360 owners worldwide.

Smaller updates for the Xbox 360 operating system include the ability to review your purchase history, reset passwords, or view network statistics. There’s also a setting that allows your Microsoft account balance to appear in the upper right hand corner of the dashboard.

Xbox 360 OS version 2.0.17349.0 is available for download now.