Xbox series x external hard drive wont idle

Hiya!!

I watched the info video of the XBOX Series X breakdown and what's in there and to say this is going to be a beast is an understatement. The only thing that I dont like is that even though you can still use your existing external hard drives with this
console for storing and playing your current XBOX One X games, you wont be able to with the XBOX Series X games. You will have to use their optional 1TB plug in external SSD hard drive to do that.

Happy Gaming!!

Hi,

If your game is now a Series X optimised title, it can no longer be played off an external hard drive. It must be moved to either the internal storage or an optional expansion card.

External USB hard drives are too slow to play Series X optimised games. None Series X games will still run from your external drive. The internal storage in the Series X is a fast NVME SSD. These drives are several times faster than mechanical hard drives.

This article explains the difference between using a regular external hard drive versus the custom external storage for the Series S/X- https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2020/09...xbox-series-s-custom-storage-solution-primer/

An external hard drive used on the One will work for the Series S/X, but won't have the exact same performance as the one created for the Series S/X.

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.

Hi, I'm playing on Xbox series X and installed onto an external hard drive.