Why can’t I play games direct from seagate hard drive??

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  1. Mark Reeves2
    Mark Reeves2 Guest

    Why can’t I play games direct from seagate hard drive??


    Hi all

    I have a seagate hard drive, but every time I want to play a game that’s stored there it tells me I have to move it to the Xbox memory.

    I then have to move a game from the Xbox to the hard drive then move the game I want to play from the hard drive to Xbox which can take ages especially if it’s a game that takes a lot of memory.

    Am I doing something wrong here?

    I’m pretty new to digital gaming so be gentle with me. Not had a console for about 14 years!

    :)
     
    Mark Reeves2, Dec 16, 2023
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  2. Mark Reeves2 Win User

    Why can’t I play games direct from seagate hard drive??

    Series S. it seems to be any game. I haven’t found one I can play directly from the hard drive yet. In honesty I haven’t tried many but seemed odd that I haven’t found any yet?
  3. Smwutches Win User

    Why can’t I play games direct from seagate hard drive??

    Are you using a Series S/X?

    Series S/X optimized games can only run from the internal SSD or an expansion card made specifically for the Series S/X.
  4. KindGryphon Win User

    Why can’t I play games direct from seagate hard drive??

    Series S. it seems to be any game. I haven’t found one I can play directly from the hard drive yet. In honesty I haven’t tried many but seemed odd that I haven’t found any yet?
    The only games that would be directly playable from an HDD would be Xbox one games.

    Xbox Series X/S games can only be stored but not played from an external HDD. Those can only be played from either the internal ssd or one of the WD or Seagate expansion ssd's that plug into the back.

    The reason is the Xbox Series X/S games are setup to take advantage of the speed of the internal ssd. For comparison Internal SSD has raw read speeds of 2.4 GB/s whereas HDDs would only be a max of 500 MB/s.
  5. DDT SDT Win User

    Can you play the same game on two Xboxes on the same account & Can you play one game and another game on two Xboxes?

    With my Seagate 4TB, Can I moved the games to from my Uncle's Internal Hard Drive to my Seagate 4TB External Hard Drive & still play them without purchasing?
  6. KindGryphon Win User

    Can you play the same game on two Xboxes on the same account & Can you play one game and another game on two Xboxes?

    With my Seagate 4TB, Can I moved the games to from my Uncle's Internal Hard Drive to my Seagate 4TB External Hard Drive & still play them without purchasing?
    No. It doesnt work like that.
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