Can’t stop playing your Xbox 360? Do you save a lot of content on it? Do you like to buy cheap memory card for saving your content on your Xbox 360? If yes is your answer, then you might want to make some swiftly changes.

Major Nelson, Microsoft spokesperson, announced on his blog that “unauthorized Memory Units will no longer work with the Xbox 360″ once consumers download and install the system’s anticipated November update. While the move is meant to thwart piracy, it’s also incited some backlash from Xbox 360 gamers.

What’s on the update? Facebook and Twitter functionality, 1080p HD movies on-demand through Zune video, streaming music through Last.fm, and news services through MSNBC -just to name a few- are packed inside.

Xbox memory card

At issue is the fact that a standard, first-party Microsoft memory card holds a rather paltry 512 MB of storage and retails for $29.99. Gamers looking for more bang for their money have been able to buy third-party memory cards with up to 4 GB of storage for only $50 — nearly eight times the space for less than twice the price. But once the update goes live, any memory card not recognized by Microsoft as an “approved” device will simply fail to work with the system.

Disgruntled Xbox 360 owners have been weighing in on Major Nelson’s blog (currently sporting roughly 400 comments), frequently pointing out that chief competitor Sony lets users save games with any USB-compliant storage device and can even swap in non-Sony branded hard drives.

So which memory cards won’t work? That’s a little tough to say, as Microsoft has yet to issue a full, specific list of approved and non-approved memory cards. However, they do offer tips for figuring out whether or not your card cuts the mustard.

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