Question about a fix in Series X updates - Seagate Expansion Drive

Xbox Series X|S games can not be run from USB storage devices. These drives are too slow for Series X|S games, regardless of them being on Game Pass or not.

Series X|S games can only be played on either the Internal SSD, a Seagate Storage Expansion Card for Xbox Series X|S or the WD_BLACK C50 Expansion Card for Xbox

Hi,

There are two drives, with some different capacity options

Seagate Xbox Series X|S Expansion Card

https://www.seagate.com/products/gaming-drives/xbox-gaming/storage-expansion-for-xbox-series-x/

Western Digital WD_BLACK C50 Xbox Series X|S Expansion card

https://www.westerndigital.com/products/external-drives/wd-black-c50-expansion-card-for-xbox-ssd

This is what the expansion card is - https://www.xbox.com/en-US/accessories/hard-drives/seagate-expansion-card

Series S/X games will only work on the internal or an expansion card. If you use a regular external hard drive, they will not run.

If the games are Series S/X optimized, they can only be run from the internal hard drive or the Seagate expansion card. No other external drive can run those.

Hi,

External hard drives are not fast enough for Xbox Series X|S titles. Unfortunately you can't play these games off slow USB external hard drives. They need either be installed internally or to an optional Xbox Series X|S Expansion card.