External optical drive

Discus and support External optical drive in XBoX on Consoles to solve the problem; Is it possible to connect an external optical drive to a XBox Series S (eg. for installing Games?).? Thanks 0ec43f03-25fd-4e4b-942d-b1d394765417 Discussion in 'XBoX on Consoles' started by RaimundGruber-Ortner, Nov 27, 2020.

  1. External optical drive


    Is it possible to connect an external optical drive to a XBox Series S (eg. for installing Games?).?

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    RaimundGruber-Ortner, Nov 27, 2020
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  2. Smwutches Win User

    Playing Xbox Disc Games on New Xbox Series S

    No. The console wouldn't be able to install drivers to recognize an external optical drive.
  3. dempup Win User

    Do You Have to buy XBOX game pass to play good games in any xbox

    No stress. Feel free to ask all the questions you might have. And no, external optical drives will not be supported, but you are able to use external hard drives to add to your storage capacity.
  4. ElectroFlying Win User

    xbox 360 freezing repeatedly and game unreadable

    Sounds like the optical drive is about to give up the Ghost.

    Before it goes completely out, I would purchase a 2TB USB external hard drive and copy all the disc based games to it. That way, the next time you're ready to play say. Halo Reach, the optical drive only has to read the codex from the disc itself and the
    game then launches/plays from the external drive saving a lot of wear and tear on the optical drive. Pretty much in the same way as current gen (X1/PS4) does.
  5. F5 Penguin Win User

    Disc games on Xbox One S All Digital Edition through USB External Disc Drive

    I think he's asking if it'll be able to use an actual optical external disc drive, and not a hard disk drive.

    I don't believe the Digital One S will support optical. I haven't seen anything saying it would.
  6. Warlok9 Win User

    Microsoft should release an Xbox One without a Blu-Ray Drive

    Whatever man, I just want OPTIONS!!! MULTIPLE SKU's!! THat Optical drive would never leave the shipping box if it was external.
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