Xbox 360 game updates when no new ones have been released

[MJ]

Why do I get prompted to update old games with an update when no new ones have been released and I already installed the most recent update the last time I played the game?

All this hard drive space and it's as if the console can only hold a set number of updates in total, so when you play a game you haven't played in a while you have to reinstall the update and the oldest one drops off. Why are they not saved to the game's profile on the hard drive?

[EvilBoris]

Mine went through a stage of doing this, maybe try clearing the update cache

[MJ]

Is that the special button combination that deletes all and only game updates?

[EvilBoris]

yesth

Go to system dash
choose memory
highlight you HDD and press Y
then press
XX LR RB XX and that will clear game updates out

[MJ]

Thanks.

I have now done this and inserted each one of my games to get the latest update and will see how it goes from here.

Out of curiosity, have Rainbow Six: Vegas and MotoGP '06 had new updates recently because these are two of the culprits that always seem to prompt for updates?

[MattyD]

Funny you mention this as I was about to post about the same thing.

Rainbow Six Vegas had an update to change some of the ad boards (both the Lynx/Axe ones and the made up ones) to advertise some movie or other. Other than that, I don't know what's going on.