What's the point of selling external hard drives SPECIFICALLY FOR XBOX SERIES X/S if you...

Discus and support What's the point of selling external hard drives SPECIFICALLY FOR XBOX SERIES X/S if you... in XBoX on Consoles to solve the problem; I bought an external hard drive that was specifically made for Xbox Series X/S. I was told it would allow me to store and be played off of yet that was... Discussion in 'XBoX on Consoles' started by SheistyLawyer, Jan 28, 2024.

  1. SheistyLawyer
    SheistyLawyer Guest

    What's the point of selling external hard drives SPECIFICALLY FOR XBOX SERIES X/S if you...


    I bought an external hard drive that was specifically made for Xbox Series X/S. I was told it would allow me to store and be played off of yet that was not true when I attempted to actually play a game. I STILL have to either have it on the internal or a card inserted in the back. Seems like a ripoff to me.

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    SheistyLawyer, Jan 28, 2024
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  2. Smwutches Win User

    External storage

  3. Nkosana23 Win User

    Why can’t I move my non x/s game on to my added on hard drive?

  4. Obsessive Power Win User

    External hard drive not working

    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.
  5. Smwutches Win User

    Why does my friend have to copy a game from his external to his internal hard drive?

    If he has a Series S/X and is trying to play a Series S/X optimized game, it will only run on the internal drive or on an expansion card made for the Series S/X. It won't run on a regular external hard drive or SSD.
  6. Obsessive Power Win User

    The new expansion card for Xbox Series X

    Hi,

    Current external hard drives are USB 3.0 5,400 RPM mechanical hard drives. These drives are very slow compared to the Expansion card. You won't be able to run Series X/S games from current external hard drives, not even the 2.5" external SSD drives either.
    But, you will be able to archive your Series X/S games to these drives to save downloading again.

    The expansion card can run all compatible Xbox games. Which will be Series X/S, Xbox One and the BC Xbox 360 and original Xbox games on the BC list.

    Xbox One and other Backwards compatible games will load a lot faster on either the internal storage or the expansion card than they would if you ran them off your external hard drive.

    Microsoft has a video on YouTube showing 'The Outer Worlds' loading in just 11 seconds on a Series X/S SSD, compared to nearly 60 seconds on Xbox One.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wCX0n9Jci4
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