Can you install Xbox games on the Xbox 360?

Answer 1

First, you put the disc into the disk drive. Then, go to the "My Xbox" channel. Instead of pressing the A button to start the game, press the Y button, and it will take you to the game options menu. The third choice down is "Install game" If you press it, it will begin to install the game onto your hard drive. The memory and time to install all depend on the game you are using. When it is done downloading, many things will be different about your game. It will load faster, crash less, freeze less, and you won't need the disk. Well, you sort of need the disk. You put the disk into the drive to start the game up, and when it's loaded, you can take it out of the slot. Installing games are useful, and It takes a lot less time to load. The only down side of it is that it takes up a lot of memory, and that you have to insert the disk first to make it load. The only reason they did that is because they wanted to prevent people from pirating the game. I hope you found this answer useful, and that you go install your game right now!

Answer 2

The latest Dashboard update (aka The New Xbox 360 Experience) allows you to install a game to the hard drive (bear in mind each game is between 7-8 GB in size). This generally allows for faster load times and less heat generation. There are some games, such as Halo 3, that run worse from the hard drive - this is because they were programmed to run optimally from the DVD drive. Check with each game's publisher to get the best option for that particular game.

Once you install the game to the hard drive, you must have the disc in the tray in order to play it. The disc will spin up to verify the validity of the game, and then run it from the hard drive.

Answer 3

You will still need the CD to play the game.

Basically, it's to help with load times, to extend the life of your 360 (since the disc will be spinning less) and to allow the software developers the chance to make larger games in the future.

Answer 4

YES YOU CAN IF YOU HAVE A HARD DRIVE BY while in the dashboard:

It's very simple to load the game onto the hard drive when you are in the new dashboard. Just follow these quick steps:

1. Load the disk into your Xbox 360 console and go to your Xbox 360 console
2. Scroll down to My Xbox
3. Scroll across to Game Library and hit the A button
4. This should put you on the Recent Games window and your game should be highlighted, so you should just need to hit the A button. Otherwise, scroll to the Recent Games window and choose the game.
5. On the game screen, choose Install to Hard Drive. This process should take a few minutes, but once it is complete, you'll be able to enjoy improved performance.

Answer 5

You go to game marketplace, you go to genres (genres are the type of game that you want e.g shooting games) and you look for the genre that you want, then you look for the game you want and then click buy. You need to be with Xbox LIVE and you need to have a credit card hooked into your account.

Answer 6

hell no Accutully you can with the new update this aug 11. You'll be able to download full xbox 360 games right off your console

Answer 7

you can install games to make it load faster and the xbox would be quieter. but you would still need the disk to play the game