Xbox 360 Connect Views

General Goods

Turn on your Xbox 360 console, and sign in to Xbox LIVE. At the very least, you will need a Silver Xbox LIVE membership, an XNA Creators Club premium membership, and a hard drive for your Xbox 360 console to be able to develop games for Xbox 360 using XNA Game Studio. While you are in XNA Game Studio Connect or playing an XNA Game Studio game, you need to be connected to Xbox LIVE.

If the connection key does not appear, the Xbox console could already be connected to this Windows-based computer. XNA Game Studio allows multiple connection keys for multiple users on multiple computers. For more information, see device center. To add a new connection key to the list of connection keys recognized by this Xbox 360 console, press X. To reset all connection keys and generate a new connection key to connect to this Xbox 360 console, press Y.

If the connection is successful, the XNA Game Studio Device Center on the Windows-based computer will display Successfully connected to the Xbox 360 console. XNA Game Studio Connect on the Xbox 360 console will display Waiting for computer connection, followed by the name you have chosen for your Xbox 360 console in the XNA Game Studio Device Center.

If the XNA Game Studio Device Center fails to connect to the Xbox 360 console, click Try again to edit the connection key and try again. If the connection continues to fail, make a careful note of the error message displayed at the bottom of the XNA Game Studio Devices dialog box. This error message can help you or a technician diagnose the cause of the connection failure, if it did not result from mismatched keys. For more information about troubleshooting a failed connection, see troubleshooting deployment.