At the moment there s only one option available the seagate storage expansion card for xbox series x.
Xbox one x storage options.
Xbox series x is compatible with standard standalone hard drive and products with the designed for xbox badge are supported by xbox.
Microsoft details xbox series x and s custom storage options.
The short answer is that you will be able to use existing xbox one storage expansion options on the xbox series x s which notably includes the existing xbox one external storage peripheral.
For the best experience the 1tb seagate storage expansion card for xbox series x s plugs into the back of the console via the dedicated storage expansion port and replicates the console s custom ssd experience providing additional game storage at the same.
Not only does this apply to games optimized for xbox series x s but also your favorite backwards compatible xbox one xbox 360 and original xbox games.
When backwards compatible games are played directly from either the internal ssd or the storage expansion card you will see significant improvements in load times due to the next generation.
Seagate s storage expansion card for xbox series x is a custom pcie gen4x2 nvme ssd which means it s pretty dang fast nvme ssds are the fastest storage option you can currently get for pcs.
Using your xbox controller navigate to the format storage device option and press the a button to select.
You just plug it into the port on the back of your machine and you re good to go.
By gabe gurwin on september 28 2020 at 7 15am pdt 28 comments.
Microsoft the officially licensed 1 tb storage expansion card for the xbox.
The xbox series s will arrive on november 10th and while that 299 price is compelling for a next gen console some of its specs are significantly lower than its big sibling the xbox series x.
The official xbox one series x 1 tb expansion drive recalls the old memory cards of the xbox and xbox 360 days.
