@jordanlund to [email protected] • 5 days agoThe 2TB WD_Black C50 expansion card for Xbox Series X/S hits record low $190www.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square13arrow-up133arrow-down14file-textcross-posted to: xbox
arrow-up129arrow-down1external-linkThe 2TB WD_Black C50 expansion card for Xbox Series X/S hits record low $190www.theverge.com@jordanlund to [email protected] • 5 days agomessage-square13file-textcross-posted to: xbox
NGL, I’ve been waiting for this. Yeah, yeah, proprietary expansion, too expensive, but on the Xbox, you won’t (currently) do better.
minus-square@jordanlundOPlink2•3 days agoYes, series X and S games can’t be played from external storage. You have to move them to the SSD. Where you might be being tricked is that it WILL work for OLDER games, so if you’re using it for backwards compatible versions, it will work fine. https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/xbox/forum/all/whats-the-point-of-selling-external-hard-drives/dc0c20dc-0c00-4f32-9aa6-b9b194a3e90c https://www.seagate.com/support/kb/using-an-external-usb-drive-with-an-xbox-series-x-or-s/
Yes, series X and S games can’t be played from external storage. You have to move them to the SSD.
Where you might be being tricked is that it WILL work for OLDER games, so if you’re using it for backwards compatible versions, it will work fine.
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/xbox/forum/all/whats-the-point-of-selling-external-hard-drives/dc0c20dc-0c00-4f32-9aa6-b9b194a3e90c
https://www.seagate.com/support/kb/using-an-external-usb-drive-with-an-xbox-series-x-or-s/