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[ManaByte]

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/seagate-1tb-game-drive-for-xbox-series-x-and-series-s-external-custom-pci-express-gen4-x2-nvme-solid-state-drive/6425015.p?skuId=6425015

Well there it is. $220 for the expandable storage.

 

[HTK]

Pretty expensive for 1TB was hoping 2TB for that price. Strategy is to hold off buying these SSDs for at least a year or two if possible.

 

[Jaguar Victory]

I'll probably wait a year. Hopefully the price comes down a smidge.

 

[DiddyInAHellcat]

Damn

 

[KingdomHeartsFan]

What sucker is gonna pay $220 for 1tb of storage lol.

 

[Kagey K]

Yeah no, that’s too much in Canadian Tire money for me. Gonna need a price drop before I’m going to consider that.

 

[ManaByte]

What sucker is gonna pay $220 for 1tb of storage lol.

 

[Knitted Knight]

Jeeeebus. The Samsung one that "supposedly" meets Sony's specs is overpriced to hell too. Thank god I'm going physical. I can manage games storage more easily til these drop in price significantly.

 

[quest]

I'll wait until it drops to !49.99 or less. I can wait or other drives come out.

 

[ManaByte]

Jeeeebus. The Samsung one that "supposedly" meets Sony's specs is overpriced to hell too. Thank god I'm going physical. I can manage games storage more easily til these drop in price significantly.

Sony still hasn’t said how you’ll upgrade the drive and there’s no visible expansion slot on the PS5.

 

[KingdomHeartsFan]

People can justify the tech all they want. If you pay $220 for 1TB of storage over just hooking up a HDD you a sucka or you got more cash than you know what to do with. If that's you good on you, but that's certainly not me.

 

[SlimySnake]

2.4 gbps and 1 Terabyte should not be $220. thats utter nonsense.

you can get those for a $100 on newegg.

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[jaysius]

Yeah no, that’s too much in Canadian Tire money for me. Gonna need a price drop before I’m going to consider that.

If only it was priced like the trash at Crappy Tire... it'd go on sale for $9.99, they are seriously the fucking worse with their "HUGE SALES" of high low pricing, jesus fuck the pots and pans with $400 off making them $59.99 such awful psychology. Also while we're at it fuck Shopper and their 40%+ VIG on top of MSRP on almost everything in the store.

 

[Demojay13]

$360 for Australians. Looks like I'm keeping my old 4tb drive to swap out games.

 

[ManaByte]

People can justify the tech all they want. If you pay $220 for 1TB of storage over just hooking up a HDD you a sucka or you got more cash than you know what to do with. If that's you good on you, but that's certainly not me.

Next gen games can’t run on a normal external HDD. They require a NMVe SSD.

 

[DragoonKain]

I currently have an 8tb each for my PS4 and XB1.

So at this rate I'll basically need to take out a loan to get ample storage for consoles that will have larger install sizes. Cool.

 

[KingdomHeartsFan]

Next gen games can’t run on a normal external HDD. They require a NMVe SSD.

I know, you can still hook one up and swap games back and forth.

 

[Bogroll]

I'll save reward points to soften the blow and hopefully they come down next year.

 

[jaysius]

Wait until we get the prices on the SSD's required to meet the INTENSE SSD speed performance that PS5 requires.

I'm sure it'll be a little less, but the price won't be pretty, at least Sony will allow for 3rd party SSDs not strictly proprietary SSDs, there will be slim chances on any alternative brands to make this bizarre niche product for Xbox Series S/X.

 

[LeftThumbstick]

1tb will do me fine with the console because who needs more than 10+ games installed at any given time.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

So it’ll be $300 cdn.

no thanks. I’ll swap files with my external HDD.

at $150 cdn, maybe I’ll bite.

 

[jaysius]

I know, you can still hook one up and swap games back and forth.

Show me the proof of this claim. As far as I've read this is pure speculation/dreaming.

 

[Orky]

People can justify the tech all they want. If you pay $220 for 1TB of storage over just hooking up a HDD you a sucka or you got more cash than you know what to do with. If that's you good on you, but that's certainly not me.

its not even an HDD. You don’t know what you are talking about at all.

 

[Kittehkraken]

You can buy a Switch Lite for that and still have some money left over.

 

[digital_ghost]

When your storage is almost as costly as a series s. That just sucks.

Greedy microsoft. I'll delete my games until prices come down.

 

[MarkMe2525]

Those bastards

Greedy microsoft. I'll delete my games until prices come down.

Technically greedy Seagate, but I think MS should not allow them to charge this. That last 19.99 erks me too. Just make the damn thing $199.99.

 

[ManaByte]

Show me the proof of this claim. As far as I've read this is pure speculation/dreaming.

?

You can ALREADY do that on Xbox. Easily too. And the Xbox Series X Madden already shows up in your library.

 

[j0hnnix]

I'll keep backup games on secondary drive external and swap in and out. Not much of a hassle for now

 

[intheinbetween]

Does this expansion meet the same speeds as the internal one?

 

[StreetsofBeige]

Sony still hasn’t said how you’ll upgrade the drive and there’s no visible expansion slot on the PS5.

What???

I thought cerny said there’s an expansion slot or something in the back of PS5?

 

[HTK]

Microsoft's looks like proprietary SSD, I hope Sony's has an actual M.2 slot like a PC but, you have to buy the one that meets the specs from any manufacturer like a PC. I hope they take that approach like they did with PS4 mechanical drives/ssd.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

Does this expansion meet the same speeds as the internal one?

Ya. It’s the official MS/Seagate SSD card.

 

[THE DUCK]

I don't understand why people say "thank goodness I bought the physical version" do you have some sort of magic machine that doesn't require install of 60gb to play?
Not really any different from digital with a good internet connection.

 

[ManaByte]

What???

I thought cerny said there’s an expansion slot or something in the back of PS5?

We’ve seen the back.

 

[Orky]

Show me the proof of this claim. As far as I've read this is pure speculation/dreaming.

Its confirmed several times. Where did you read otherwise? Why don’t YOU show US Proof for that claims it’s not supported?! Because I’ve never seen it anywhere.

Some of these new features rely on the Series X’s custom SSD which means new games built for the Series X have to reside on either the internal or extended SSD drives. These games won’t work if they reside on the external HDD. They can be stored on the HDD as a backup but they’ll have to be transferred to one of the SSDs to be played.

Here’s How External Storage Works On The Xbox Series X

There are two ways to connect an external storage device to the Xbox Series X.

www.forbes.com

 

[KingdomHeartsFan]

Show me the proof of this claim. As far as I've read this is pure speculation/dreaming.

Your literally the first person I've seen that doesn't know this is a thing.

its not even an HDD. You don’t know what you are talking about at all.

What are you talking about? I never called it a HDD I said "If you pay $220 for 1TB of storage over just hooking up a HDD you a sucka or you got more cash than you know what to do with."

 

[LOLCats]

where is the guy that started yelling at me because I was complaining about a proprietary storage solution ?

go find that guy and tell him to shut the fuck up

 

[Jigsaah]

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/seagate-1tb-game-drive-for-xbox-series-x-and-series-s-external-custom-pci-express-gen4-x2-nvme-solid-state-drive/6425015.p?skuId=6425015

Well there it is. $220 for the expandable storage.

LMFAO...there's no way this is gonna fly.

I hope they got something like what PS5 is doing...allowing you to download pieces of a game.

 

[fersnake]

ouch, just buy a freaking 4tb external and swap your games if you dont want to delete them.

 

[jaysius]

We’ve seen the back.

If looks like there's a small rectangle shaped hole at the top, but that wouldn't be big enough to fit a Nvme right?

Also slightly off topic, why the fuck aren't our expensive consoles grounded?

 

[MarkMe2525]

I'm hoping someone at best buy can answer my question.

 

[captainraincoat]

I know, you can still hook one up and swap games back and forth.

They have not clarified if u can do that yet
As far as I read it’s only for last gen games

 

[ManaByte]

If looks like there's a small rectangle shaped hole at the top, but that wouldn't be big enough to fit a Nvme right?

Also slightly off topic, why the fuck aren't our expensive consoles grounded?

Thats for a lock.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

Well someone posted a pic a week or two ago about it being $219.99 from a store inventory screen.

Looks like it was spot on.

 

[wolffy71]

With how many ssd are gonna be getting made and sold, these prices will surely drop significantly. It may take a year or two so we are gonna have to wait or bite the bullet

 

[Kagey K]

1tb will do me fine with the console because who needs more than 10+ games installed at any given time.

I currently have 469 games installed in my main X and 301 on the bedroom one.

I never know what I might want to play.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

They have not clarified if u can do that yet
As far as I read it’s only for last gen games

Pretty sure you can hold next gen games on a HDD. But to play any game at next gen performance it has to be an SSD.

 

[ShirAhava]

Looks like I'll be 'cleaning the fridge' instead

 

[Xyphie]

M.2 2242 NVMe SSD with 1TB looks to be around $150 on NewEgg. That's a drive without DRAM cache too, so if the Xbox SSD has that it's actually not too bad of a markup. I believe it's a Phison controller without DRAM though.

 

[Sir Vilhelm]

Pretty sure you can hold next gen games on a HDD. But to play any game at next gen performance it has to be an SSD.

Truth