Let’s face it. Xbox 360 games are expensive. Whether you’re concerned about wear and tear on your game DVDs or whether you want to make copies in the event of a disaster, copying Xbox games with the relative ease that you might copy a computer games is incredibly useful. We should say that it’s not quite that easy – there are a number of steps you have to take, hoops you have to jump through, and programs you have to download in order to effectively copy Xbox 360 games.
Isn’t It Illegal to Copy Xbox 360 Games?
Not quite. If you own the game, it’s perfectly legal, and even justified. When you play a lot of video games, they can often get scratched up, and if you scratch up your game DVD enough times, it can become unusable. As a gamer, you want to protect your investment. As long as you don’t sell it to make money, it is well within your rights to make a backup copy.
How Do I Copy Xbox 360 Games?
Most techniques people use to copy Xbox 360 games involve three standard steps. You need to modify your Xbox 360 to accept copied games, you need to rip the game to your computer, and you need to burn the game to a blank DVD. All three of these steps require unique programs, which you can purchase as a bundle from various sources like Game Copy Pro, or which you can download or buy separately, in the case of various BIOS flashes, hardware mods, and ripping, copying and burning programs.
How Do I Make it Easier to Copy Xbox 360 Games?
Oftentimes, the hardest part of copying Xbox 360 games is the process of ripping a game to your computer in the form of an ISO. On the Internet, you can download game ISOs directly from torrent sites or sites like Usenet. You just need to make sure that the ISOs are patched. If they aren’t, there are separate programs you need to download to patch the game.
Something to Remember When You Copy Xbox 360 Games
Always use reputable game copying software! While you’re trying to a legal, justifiable action, there are plenty of people out there who aren’t. Game copying blurs the line between legal and illegal, and as a result, there are plenty of virus-riddled programs out there. Make sure you’ve read several objective reviews of your game copying program(s) before you download them to your computer.
The most important reason you need a reputable game copying program or set of programs, however, is because many of the steps could end up doing serious damage to either your games or to your Xbox 360. The ripping process, in particular, requires you to a) connect your computer to your console, with the game in the console and b) write information from the console to your computer. The Xbox 360 wasn’t designed to interface with computers, so you need to be very careful during this process.
Follow your program’s instruction manual to a T, and don’t assume you know more than the program’s creators! Otherwise, your attempt to save money by copying your $60 games in the future could result in the need to replace a $300 console in the present.
What You Need
- The Programs
- Updated/Modified Xbox Console
- A computer with a DVD Burner (dual layer)
- Blank DVD-Rs
Final Note
When you successfully copy Xbox 360 games, the best thing to do is to pack the original game away for safe keeping, and to play off the copied one. That way, if you ever have to sell your copy of Need for Speed Undercover, people won’t wonder why the only workable copy you own is on a blank DVD with the title written in Sharpie marker. Have fun copying, burning, and playing your newly-backed up games!
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ALvaro
574 days ago
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