XBOX 360 Downloadable Games - The Requirements . . .
Microsoft XNA Game Studio Express for the XBOX 360 was Just Recently Released and it is still in the "Early Stages" ...
Currently, Here is What You will Need to Play the Games and Demos from this Site on Your XBOX 360 ...
To share your Xbox 360 game with others, some requirements must be met:
The XNA Framework runtime environment for Xbox 360 requires that a physical hard drive be present on your Xbox 360 retail console.
Right now XNA Game Studio Express is only designed and tested for Windows XP SP2. Windows Vista and Windows Server 2003 are unsupported platforms, although They are working on bringing Vista support in a future update.
The individual you are planning to share the game with must be logged in to Xbox Live and have an active subscription to the XNA Creators Club.
The receiving user must have downloaded the XNA Framework runtime environment for the Xbox 360.
The receiving user must have XNA Game Studio Express installed on their own development PC.
The game project, including all source and content assets, must be shared with the receiving user.
The receiving user then compiles and deploys the game to their Xbox 360.
Prerequisites to run XNA Game Studio Express:
You must download and install Visual C# Express and the latest DirectX runtime updates. Also, you need a Direct3D 9.0 video card capable of supporting at least Shader Model 1.1. The recommendation is that your graphics card supports Shader Model 2.0. Check your graphics card manufacturer’s website for more information about your specific graphics card.
Microsoft is actively working on other ways to allow you to more easily distribute your games and are very excited about the possibilities this will open up for independent game development.
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