Xbox One S External Optical Drive... Is it REALLY possible???

E.J.Berry · May 4, 2020

I have been contemplating purchasing an Xbox One S for my children (Who are MURDER on CD/DVD and Blue Rays... Not to mention the carnage of them using game disks. LOL)

Most of the games that I have bought for them, with a few notable exceptions of course, are in disk format, therefore my question is this...

Is it possible to connect an external (I assume Blue Ray) drive to the Xbox One S via a USB connection to install their games onto the new console? If so what components work best?

I have hunted in the forums with no real answers, (ex : "I don't think so." or "Maybe, I'm not sure." are the best I can find) so any
real answers are decidedly appreciated.

Thanks a bunch!

:)

matthewiag

I don't think it is possible due to a 3rd party drive will be using different firmware that the Xbox Operating system wont recognised

Korhog

optical drive is a part of the security system) nope, it not possible

E.J.Berry

So I guess basically that everything that I already have purchased will be garbage if I get them an Xbox S and I will have to start all over from scratch?

Great...

And I thought that Nintendo game systems were a problematic waste of money.

Suicidal Groovez

Hi, you cannot. There is a lot of reasons, piracy, licenses, etc.

Obsessive Power

Hi,

No, that won't be possible. The One S all digital can not use external Blu-ray drives.

The main reason would piracy. External drives (even if they could be approved) would be much easier to modify to allow installation of copied Xbox One games.

Xbox One S External Optical Drive... Is it REALLY possible???