How Can You Increase Xbox Series Storage?

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Not sure what type of storage to get for your Xbox Series console? In today's video I walk through the different options and share which ones might be the best for you.
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Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
1:25 - Storage Types
2:52 - Storage Suggestions
6:28 - Dad's Perspective

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@BusyDadGaming 2 жыл бұрын

What storage are you using on your Xbox console?

@Spyder1159 2 жыл бұрын

Purchased an Xbox Series S a few weeks ago because i got tired of waiting for Series X to become widely available. I repurposed a USB 3.0 500 GB WD Passport hard drive for external storage. Anything not S/X optimized goes on this drive. I'll get about 400-450 Mbs transfers between drives, which is 2-4x faster than my fastest downloads.

@BusyDadGaming 2 жыл бұрын

That’s awesome and yeah, transfers will generally be faster for transfers unless you have crazy fast internet.

@scottpitts5414 2 жыл бұрын

Went with the seagate 1 TB storage expansion. Pricey but worth it.

@BusyDadGaming 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I def like having it. Especially with both consoles.

@elshubi52 2 жыл бұрын

Hey Sam, great video, I never went for a SSD or HDD lol landed up getting a great deal on a used series x so I let my s go and upgraded that way, looking forward to being able to play old discs now as well Imagine I will still run out but will take a little longer

@5150crazyfun Жыл бұрын

I just got an Xbox series s about two weeks ago. And it's already clear I'll need to expand the storage. What I don't understand is why instead of expensive storage options why Microsoft doesn't just release consoles with higher storage capacities for a little more. Seems to me even releasing a 1tb or 2tb Xbox series s would be the smarter option and cheaper in the long run.

@BusyDadGaming Жыл бұрын

I bet we see a series s with more storage this year. When they originally launched, solid state was pricey.

@richmlvcable 11 ай бұрын

We're getting the 1TB Series S in September which is super annoying for those who have the 512GB + expansion card... the new model is also in Black which looks better too 😢

@TecraX2 11 ай бұрын

@@BusyDadGaming That aged well - "Back In Black"

@wantitoverbynow 11 ай бұрын

@@TecraX2but it’s fucking retarded they didn’t just start out like this

@jayd8919 2 жыл бұрын

Love it, thank you for clearing everything up nicely.

@BusyDadGaming 2 жыл бұрын

My pleasure and thanks for watching!

@Wintersoldier73 2 жыл бұрын

I mentioned in one of your other videos, I have a HDD & External SSD as well as the 1TB expansion card. My entire 360 library is on the HDD as well as games I don't play anymore, usually games that were free, so I downloaded them. The majority of my Xbox One library is on the external SSD as well as the XS optimized games that can run off an external source. The expansion & internal drive hold the games I'm currently playing & anything I've downloaded from game pass. So my entire digital library 227 games owned) is sitting on about 3TB & I still have about 2 free.

@BusyDadGaming 2 жыл бұрын

That makes sense and games from the Xbox and 360 eras are so much smaller that it's easy to fit entire collections on a hard drive. The X1 era, games expanded (and even more so now), but I'm curious to see how things go as new compression technologies advance.

@Wintersoldier73 2 жыл бұрын

@@BusyDadGaming That's where Sony has had the advantage.

@chuckmoore1380 Жыл бұрын

Great explanation! Now I understand why my Fallout 4 game plays perfectly on my Xbox Series X system from my older external drive, but the newer Series X/S optimized games have to be on the internal storage.

@BusyDadGaming Жыл бұрын

My pleasure, I'm glad I could help. Thanks for watching!

@MetallicaKing48 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this video, I appreciate you sharing information on SSD versus HDD. I have both myself, and I can say that I have a fair experience in both. The SSD will be more costly upfront but it pays for itself. As with HDD, you can’t go wrong. You still get a lot of space for a very reasonable price. Especially if you’re wanting to emulate more towards a more retro gaming style. But it’s like you said, it just depends. Based on what the consumer wants.

@BusyDadGaming 2 жыл бұрын

That's a good point. If you're into emulation, might as well go with the most storage possible as loading times aren't really an issue on those. Otherwise, get what makes the most sense.

@marioKILLEDyou 4 ай бұрын

7:05 “hot swap” I knew that was a real word, I had an argument with a coworker yesterday about that.

@BusyDadGaming 4 ай бұрын

Lol, yeah. It means you don't power down the system prior to unseating/re-seating the card.

@marioKILLEDyou 4 ай бұрын

@@BusyDadGaming the conversation was “Gears 5 has weapon lockers and if you put a weapon in a place where there’s already a weapon there, you aren’t overlapping it you are hot swapping it”

@RickSuaz 2 жыл бұрын

The expansion card is expensive, but it's totally worth it. I have my Samsung storage for the normal games and The xpansion card for S/X games. I wish Microsoft made it cheaper so everyone could get one because it's quite something.

@BusyDadGaming 2 жыл бұрын

I agree, it's a great card. Until we have more competition and NAND prices come down, I don't see it coming down in price.

@samuraijose817 Жыл бұрын

You can just buy 2 consoles screw it.

@RoyalBoyle78 Жыл бұрын

Shop for what though?, you can't play XSX/XSS games on an external drive.

@samuraijose817 Жыл бұрын

@Jeremiah Dallison wait you got a working drive? How many tb?

@brkbtjunkie 2 жыл бұрын

I use Silicon Power SSDs for my business, have bought more than 100 over the years. Highly recommend them for cheap Sata storage. 1TB is $75 right now, plus $10-15 for an external enclosure.

@BusyDadGaming 2 жыл бұрын

Not bad at all and for someone that is a bit more in-depth with their hardware, an option.

@brkbtjunkie 2 жыл бұрын

@@BusyDadGaming just requires popping the drive into the enclosure, takes 20 seconds. 1TB of fast storage for $85-90 is the best deal I’ve found and their storage is actually good compared to other makers like SanDisk

@FWDSUXARSE Жыл бұрын

@@brkbtjunkie I do the same although the last few drives I've bought are Mushkin but SP is great for the money.

@happycloudgamer1088 2 жыл бұрын

Great video 🙂

@BusyDadGaming 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks and thanks for watching!

@patitojuan6093 Жыл бұрын

Thx. Very underrated

@BusyDadGaming Жыл бұрын

Thanks, I appreciate it and thanks for watching!

@philbrown9764 2 жыл бұрын

I bought the 1Tb plug in for my Halo Series X, with the money I sold my Xbox One X with. And I still have a 4Tb external that I had for my last console, that I’m not using and probably won’t.

@BusyDadGaming 2 жыл бұрын

That'll most likely be enough storage and at least you have the external to store so you don't need to re-download things.

@Lozin80 Жыл бұрын

I’m going to pick up the expansion card 2TB for my Series X today. I have an 8TB WD Black EHD on my PS5 and it’s been great for storage but I think I gotta go expansion card for the Xbox

@BusyDadGaming Жыл бұрын

It's nice having the extra storage for sure.

@anisopiavision736 2 жыл бұрын

I love the plant in the background

@BusyDadGaming 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I wish it were real bamboo, but maybe someday.

@Supersteam09 2 жыл бұрын

I like your approach. The Seagate should be if you need more storage to play X/S games, SSDs should be the preferred choice if you want to store or play games prior to X/S, HDD is ONLY for budgeting or are having a hard time affording SSDs.

@BusyDadGaming 2 жыл бұрын

I appreciate it and I agree. Thanks for watching!

@samuraijose817 Жыл бұрын

It's the fact the things cost as much as the console. IDC if I'm rich that's some Bs.

@Supersteam09 Жыл бұрын

@@samuraijose817 Disregard the fact that NVMEs can cost around the same price too. I mean the price does suck but NVMEs can range that high. I am aware NVMEs can be 2TB and be less than $300, (less than $400 for sure but I did find some for less than $300), I believe the market is over saturated with them causing the price to drop

@samuraijose817 Жыл бұрын

@@Supersteam09 wow now I wanna know is it harder to make a console or a SSD drive and xpansion card and m.2s. like what are these companies having to do that I gotta pay so much.

@Supersteam09 Жыл бұрын

@@samuraijose817 Simple answer is NVMEs are the fastest memory cards on the market. Faster than typical SSDs, and MUCH faster than HDDs. HDDs are the cheapest but they’re slow. I’ve seen 8TB or even higher for around $100. I haven’t kept up with them. SSDs are $150-$200 (and this is like 1TB or 2TB). NVMEs (adequate ones) can be $230+ (At minimum. Although it can be found cheaper but usually without a heatsink) for 1TB. The 2TB Expansion card is quite questionable with it’s $400 (since I know 2TB NVMEs can be found cheaper).

@Senuta76 Жыл бұрын

I have a 5TB external drive and a 1TB expansion drive on mine. I have all my Game Pass games on the regular 5TB external then all my purchased in the expansion card but all my currently playing games that won’t support my regular 5TB I’ll use the internal until I’m done playing it then I transfer back to the 5tb external drive.

@BusyDadGaming Жыл бұрын

Makes total sense. I tend to transfer a lot these days. I now have the same 4TB HDD, and 2 1TB SSD drives, then the expansion card. Waiting for those transfer times on the HDD kind of make me laugh at this point.

@sergepepin1948 Жыл бұрын

thk for the reply !i found it really pricey! compared to the 2 terra 7,400 MB/s i bought for my ps5 (clocked at 6.400 ounce installed ) at 300$ for the same price as the seagate 1 terra that got the third of the speed's (2.4GB of raw ) ( for the same price (canadian $)

@BusyDadGaming Жыл бұрын

PS5 allows any m.2 compliant drive at a baseline speed. Xbox you're stuck with the Seagate card. That alone keeps prices up on Xbox, which I'm not a fan of.

@nramca 5 ай бұрын

So much changed in a year, the wd and sea gate have slashed the prices so much

@BusyDadGaming 5 ай бұрын

Yeah, took 3 years, but finally they are reasonable.

@sinister1891 2 жыл бұрын

This is where I think Sony has a slight edge. I don't like how Sony has handled the storage situation but at least it offers more options I hate that Seagate is the only option if you want to play your series s or x. Games directly off your ssd.

@BusyDadGaming 2 жыл бұрын

I agree in compatibility for current-gen games. Sony, although not ideal, at least provides options whereas Xbox doesn't. Not the biggest fan of that.

@elshubi52 2 жыл бұрын

Isn't this temporary though? Won't they allow others to manufacture the drives later on? Also have sony, not much better if you want decent space coz your nvme needs to read 5000mbps so still not cheapest

@BusyDadGaming 2 жыл бұрын

We don't know how long the exclusivity is for. Many assumed a year, myself included, but we're passed a year and it's still going so we'll have to wait and see. What I like about Sony is the option to choose. Their implementation isn't that great in my opinion, but it does at least offer a choice.

@b3rseker23 2 жыл бұрын

I plan on going on the cheaper side and buy an HDD, but I am just not sure yet... If I download a game and save it to the HDD, can I just swap between its external storage and the console storage, without redownloading or reinstallation? Does it take a long time to transfer from external to console until the game is playable? Thanks for the useful video, Dad, really helped me a lot 😌🙏

@BusyDadGaming 2 жыл бұрын

You can swap between the HDD and the internal drive. It'll depend on what the size of the game is that will define how long it'll take. It doesn't usually take too long to transfer between the two drive. On average, somewhere in the neighborhood of 10ish minutes or so.

@babyboy1971 2 жыл бұрын

I bit the bullet and got the seagate 1tb expansion drive and I don’t regret it. What would be the best option for games I’m not playing or games I want to chamber for the internal or expansion cards?

@BusyDadGaming 2 жыл бұрын

I'd go with an HDD for those games since you're not really worried about speeds or playing games from it.

@babyboy1971 2 жыл бұрын

@@BusyDadGamingthanks for the info. Out of curiosity, if I got a Samsung SSD will it let me play some newer games right from it?

@Kiwi_5758 5 ай бұрын

Off my external hard drive, i cant play xs games off it, only on my internal xbox. Will the ssd card let me play xs games when plugged in off that ssd card?

@BusyDadGaming 5 ай бұрын

If you're using the Seagate or WD SSD cards, X|S games will work on. External SSD or HDD those same games won't work on.

@longlivetheblackmamba2-8-24 2 жыл бұрын

Do you know if you need to play Xbox fps boosted games on the internal/segate card or can it still be played on and external hdd with the fps boost?

@BusyDadGaming 2 жыл бұрын

FPS boosted games I couldn't find any requirements for external drives. My guess, it would require an SSD to run properly as an HDD could present potential bottlenecks. I haven't tested it on older games so I don't have first-hand knowledge of it either.

@scupking Жыл бұрын

I think I will get a normal 1 TB for non S/X games and the 1TB expansion (when it goes on sale) for the X/S games.

@BusyDadGaming Жыл бұрын

Makes total sense and essentially what I did.

@crakkfuentes74 Жыл бұрын

Is the Seagate going to be good for moving all the games on my series s over so I can put a big game like call of duty on the system hard drive. Do I lose save data if I have to move them back and forth in order to play them?

@BusyDadGaming Жыл бұрын

You'd be fine moving the games and their save files. Xbox provides cloud saves so they are backed up even if you did lose something locally.

@MrLuffy9131 Жыл бұрын

Just wondering what would you suggest for like a (4+ gb) external hard drive. And it's not for series S specific games unless RDR2 is one but I'm new to this so I'm not sure if it would make a difference in performance or not

@BusyDadGaming Жыл бұрын

RDR2 isn't a Series only game so you'd be fine running it off of an external drive. SSD would get you faster loading speeds, but that's totally up to you on what you feel you'd need. More space or faster speeds.

@MrLuffy9131 Жыл бұрын

@@BusyDadGaming I'm going for more space or is it actually possible to hook up an sd and an hdd? and I know they have the gaming p10 black ones with 5gb but i was wondering if you would suggest something else

@BusyDadGaming Жыл бұрын

You can hook up a HDD and an SSD, you'd just choose where to download. I have that setup in addition to the expansion card.

@MetalGateDragon Жыл бұрын

I found an old 500gb mechanical hdd. That's what I'm using right now on my Xbox Series S. I don't have many games for it. It is the first Xbox that wasn't a hand me down and I completely slipped the Xbox One generation. I just purchased an enclosure and bingo.

@BusyDadGaming Жыл бұрын

Yeah, HDD def work, especially for storing all of your games.

@sergepepin1948 Жыл бұрын

can you tell me the speed of the seagate expansion card ? i dont see the speed listed anywhere including seagate own official page ! and the 2 terra in canada is 479 $ on amazon

@BusyDadGaming Жыл бұрын

It's 2.4GB of raw I/O speeds. If data is compressed, it can transfer even more.

@Ab-dt1tq Жыл бұрын

What you explained in the first 1 min is the story of my life 😂😂

@BusyDadGaming Жыл бұрын

Lol!

@MedardoInterial Жыл бұрын

Me too!! Lol

@SirStrikes336 Жыл бұрын

If I have a game download and copy the game to storage disk, could I take that storage disk and move the game to my other Xbox without having to re-download it?

@BusyDadGaming Жыл бұрын

You could, yes.

@OswaldBatesIIIEsq Жыл бұрын

I have the Series S. I would like to get "NBA 2K23" but I've read that it can't be played from an external HDD. Would the Seagate card help with that or is it a lost cause?

@BusyDadGaming Жыл бұрын

If it's the Series version, then it would need to either be on the internal drive or a Seagate expansion card. Series-only games can't be played off anything else.

@Jac0b22 Жыл бұрын

The next gen version can only be played on the internal or the seagate expansion. The current gen version can be played on either

@yuvarudra6602 Жыл бұрын

Simple is both. All old free games can store in ssd & even new games which we r not playin. Expansion for new games which we play & once full then can shift.

@DEVIL-nx4qp 2 жыл бұрын

great video but sadly xbox series s is using usb 3.2 gen 1 ports which means the fastest speed you can get is about 512 mb so even the t7 with 1050mb speed is an overkill for the xbox

@BusyDadGaming 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, and thanks for watching! USB 3.2 Gen 1 transfer speeds are up to 5GB. The Seagate expansion card is 2.4GB. There's plenty of headroom for most storage solutions.

@DEVIL-nx4qp 2 жыл бұрын

@@BusyDadGaming its 5 gigabits ,its actual speed is 0.5 gigabytes or 500mb bytes (bits=10x bytes) and the speed for ssd and hdd are writen as bytes so in usb speeds the speed for samsung t7 is 10 gigabits.(kinda annoying and confusing but i learned this the hard way after getting a t7 and using in with a 5gb port and maxing out at 500mb reed and write .......Samsung T7 Up to 1,050MB/s USB 3.2 Gen 2 (10Gbps, Type-C)

@BusyDadGaming 2 жыл бұрын

Great call-out, totally spaced in bits instead of bytes. However, 10Gb is 1.25GB and 5Gb is .625GB so that would be the cap.

@babyboy1971 2 жыл бұрын

@@BusyDadGaming so if I am choosing for the series S, will the T7 still be a good choice. Right now on Amazon the 1TB T7 is slightly cheaper than the 1TB T5!

@farcue3325 Жыл бұрын

Quick question mate. I really only got the seagate external so i could record longer gameplay clips, only to plug it in and see i can only record 1 minute videos still. Seriously that is quite annoying. Is there anyway to make it happen am I just doing something wrong mate?

@BusyDadGaming Жыл бұрын

I don't use the onboard recording for Xbox because of that limitation. I have a few capture cards that feed into OBS.

@daverodenberg5350 2 жыл бұрын

I have a 2TB hard drive on my series x that I have all the older one/360 games on. Then I have the 1Tb expansion card that I swap between my s and x. I install my most play next gen games on the internals of each

@BusyDadGaming 2 жыл бұрын

Those are good storage options. I do very similar.

@kurenai6586 2 жыл бұрын

So the seagate expansion is the only one that you play the Xbox series x/s games on?

@BusyDadGaming 2 жыл бұрын

That can play Series games from, yes. You can play any non-Series game on other storage drives however.

@kenphillips479 2 жыл бұрын

Hows the expansion drive cost more then the console it self come on x box

@BusyDadGaming 2 жыл бұрын

The 2TB version is pretty expensive and in no way would I buy it. The 1TB can be found on sale for around $180, which is in line with similar drives.

@kcmullins6179 Жыл бұрын

I just now started the video lol.... but imma ask anyway... 😆 is the series S and Series X expansion card , actually a M.2 nvme SSD card???? Reason I ask I'd because it looks very similar to a m.2 case lol... is that's true... can't I just swap out the stock expansion card inside the expansion card case with a new super fast m.2 nvme ??? I got a bunch of em along with a ton of ssd's 1T and up.. I don't even bother with 500g 800gb ect... only 1T and above

@BusyDadGaming Жыл бұрын

It's using a Phison E19T PCIe Gen 4 controller using the CFexpress connection standard. You wouldn't be able to swap a m.2 connector and have it work. There are videos that go through how to create your own custom card that can work from what I've seen.

@goblininferno460 2 жыл бұрын

I wish people would stop saying that HDD take a lot longer to load. On the series console it doesn't i have ran most of my xbox one games and 360 games on a 4TB HDD and have felt longer load times than i do on my internal storage.

@goblininferno460 2 жыл бұрын

Ive had mine at 90% and i still can get into games in under 40 seconds.

@BusyDadGaming 2 жыл бұрын

Technically speaking, the difference in speeds between the WD Black HDD and the WD Black SSD is nearly 15x. Digital Foundry did a piece on loading between the One X and the Series S and it was pretty big, depending on the title. It also really does depend on what you're playing. Red Dead 2, for example, is going to be a drastic difference whereas Hades may not be.

@KallMeKes 11 ай бұрын

My xbox only that 365GB of storage since its pretty much the first model, so i run into the problem of not having enough storage alot

@BusyDadGaming 11 ай бұрын

Yeah, it can be rough. Finally have additional storage options besides just Seagate now.

@nat3dgr34t 2 жыл бұрын

Is it possible to plug in the ssd expansion and plug in a hard drive in for more storage at once?

@BusyDadGaming 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, you can use both at the same time. You can also use as many hard drives as there are USB drives from what I've heard. I don't have that many hard drives, but I've used the expansion card, an SSD, and an HDD and they have all worked fine at the same time.

@nat3dgr34t 2 жыл бұрын

@@BusyDadGaming thank you

@BusyDadGaming 2 жыл бұрын

My pleasure and thanks for watching!

@angelmunoz1461 Жыл бұрын

On any external hard drives can u play the games u install on there

@BusyDadGaming Жыл бұрын

Any non-Series game, yes. If it is a Series game, then you won't be able to play it off of an external drive.

@rubbadubdub7529 Жыл бұрын

Please tell me they updated tht only XS games need the Seagate memory card

@BusyDadGaming Жыл бұрын

Unfortunately, no. I don't think that will change since the USB port isn't even close to fast enough to mimick it's storage speed. I do hope competitors are allowed to make them, but that hasn't happened either.

@cadet50118 Жыл бұрын

I have filled my internal storage and got a 8tb hard drive. Xbox series x games needing the internal storage space is frustrating.

@BusyDadGaming Жыл бұрын

I agree, with only the Seagate options being the alternative is frustrating.

@ghost1mf348 Жыл бұрын

I play Destiny 2, what would u recommend? I play on xbox series x

@BusyDadGaming Жыл бұрын

Destiny 2 doesn't require Series only storage so you're better off using an external SSD.

@babyboy1971 2 жыл бұрын

What games will play on the T7?

@BusyDadGaming 2 жыл бұрын

Any non-Series game can be played off of it just fine.

@KingSora909 Жыл бұрын

My question is can you have fast load times and a lot of storage for a good price

@BusyDadGaming Жыл бұрын

On console, doesn't seem like it.

@MRTA420 Жыл бұрын

I hate that the sea gate is the gate keepers of next gen gaming experience and I wish they didn’t but whatever

@BusyDadGaming Жыл бұрын

I agree. I hope the exclusivity ends soon, but we have no clue how long that will last.

@InfamousHp Жыл бұрын

Those SSDs were damn near the cost of the proprietary Xbox expansion card. If I’m gonna pay north of $200-$300 I might as well get the Xbox card.

@BusyDadGaming Жыл бұрын

Yeah, not a fan of the price of the cards and they haven't dropped outside of sales.

@kittycatwithinternetaccess2356 Жыл бұрын

They need to add more TB for the expansion cards and make them more affordable

@BusyDadGaming Жыл бұрын

I hear WD will start producing expansion cards so that should help introduce some competition and drive prices down a little.

@davidhauck5418 Жыл бұрын

I’m using a sea gate expansion card 1 terrabyte I have a sea gate 2 terrabyte external storage

@BusyDadGaming Жыл бұрын

It's a great combination and makes it easy.

@joe29ny 2 жыл бұрын

Microsoft really needs to fix this storage problem what about their cloud storage why waste money on hard drive when they can just give us cloud storage to run these games

@BusyDadGaming 2 жыл бұрын

If they added cloud storage to my M365 account, that would be awesome. I love that idea.

@samuraijose817 Жыл бұрын

I just don't understand why these things cost almost as much as the console.

@BusyDadGaming Жыл бұрын

The technology used in addition to supply issues keeping pricing high hasn't helped. I hope we see more discounts on them soon.

@Revan_Zero Жыл бұрын

I use an HDD for Xbox series Games I'm not currently playing and for Xbox one/360 games, mostly due to my internet is not that stable (latam internet hahaha)

@BusyDadGaming Жыл бұрын

Yeah, poor internet can be brutal and makes downloading really rough.

@Revan_Zero Жыл бұрын

@@BusyDadGaming I have it more stable than some friends, but I prefer not to risk this and have my games downloaded in a HDD/SDD to transfer in the future

@BusyDadGaming Жыл бұрын

Makes sense. You can still store Series games on a external drive, just can't play them. So it's better than having to re-download them all the time.

@self5621 Жыл бұрын

Does this help with updating games faster?

@BusyDadGaming Жыл бұрын

Possibly, depending on what your internet speed is.

@self5621 Жыл бұрын

@@BusyDadGaming ok thanks

@BusyDadGaming Жыл бұрын

My pleasure.

@easylee4uify 2 жыл бұрын

My solution to this is time, prices will come down as the market slowly saturated with different versions.

@BusyDadGaming 2 жыл бұрын

I agree, it's a matter of time. I'm unsure what the time of exclusivity is for Seagate so that'll play a part too.

@lestagez Жыл бұрын

the issue is 3 series x games takes up majority of the xbox memory, so i think the only logical choice is the expansion seagete

@BusyDadGaming Жыл бұрын

It's unfortunate, but yeah. It also depends how good compression technology becomes or is leveraged over the next few years. If some of those new technologies are implemented, then storage won't be as big of an issue as it is right now.

@TakaChan569 Жыл бұрын

The prices on xboxs expansion cards is kinda ridiculous compared to PS5 and even PC, i mean it is useful but 400$ for a 2tb lol.

@BusyDadGaming Жыл бұрын

Yeah, not a fan of the price point at all.

@javviii 2 жыл бұрын

This is the dilema I’m in but I can’t justify the price of the expansion card

@BusyDadGaming 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, it can be quite a bit.

@ICARUS_I Жыл бұрын

I absolutely hate that there is currently only 1 option to expand internal storage for the Series X, while the PS5 on the other hand has a multitude of options for expanding its M.2 slot and while also being significantly more affordable even for 2TB options. This is why proprietary ports suck ass. Also looking at you PS Vita.

@BusyDadGaming Жыл бұрын

Yeah, not a fan. At least we will have more options in the future with WD producing units.

@whiteknight5100 2 жыл бұрын

I just purchased a 512GB expansion card for my Series S.

@BusyDadGaming 2 жыл бұрын

It makes a lot of difference and if you get a Series X, you can then use it on both.

@whiteknight5100 2 жыл бұрын

@@BusyDadGaming Series X will be on my list once it becomes available on shelves. Can't find it in my area of the US. Same with PS5..

@BusyDadGaming 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, they are crazy right now.

@eddiemunstro5409 Жыл бұрын

SSD but eventually expansion card is ideal unless theres a break thru with the hack box but I don’t think those are as reliable as expansion cards Data bonder ! Input card* Beetle blast !😂

@torack589 2 жыл бұрын

Ok 2 terabytes cost $400 plus after taxes that little card is worth almost the price of the system how do they get away with that? How does something so small in tech equal the Xbox🧐

@BusyDadGaming 2 жыл бұрын

The type of memory that it is, is pretty pricy. For similar memory on PC, it's around the same ballpark.

@YerikMarkov 2 жыл бұрын

Isn't it more like 1.8TB rather than 2TB?

@homelochino3864 Жыл бұрын

i mean my hdd is still pretty good i use it for my xbox series s why overcomplicate lol

@charlesharrell6618 Жыл бұрын

They should have left it like 360 days jut buy the game and play it

@BusyDadGaming Жыл бұрын

They still had memory issues back then with HDD. I still remember the HDD that latched to the top of the console.

@AlphaXiro Жыл бұрын

Real answer really the Seagate mdot2, what's the point of getting a series x or s if you can't play no series x or s game. The real question, is there a(n) hard drive out there that let you play the x and s game with out paying an arm or leg. Anybody? Nope good.

@BusyDadGaming Жыл бұрын

Unfortunately, nope. If it's a Series only game, it's either the internal drive or the expansion drive. Those are the only two options, which I'm not a fan of.

@kenphillips479 2 жыл бұрын

Its so stupid oh look at this latest and greatest console its so fastt and great spend a buch of money to get it oh you wanna hold more then 3 games get ready to spend more money

@whiteknight5100 2 жыл бұрын

3 games? Yeah right. I held 15 games on just the console storage alone.

@BusyDadGaming 2 жыл бұрын

I got around 3 to 5 AAA games on a Series S. More if I was playing more indie games.

@kenphillips479 2 жыл бұрын

@@whiteknight5100 my series s has cold war vangaurd and roblox and its full

@whiteknight5100 2 жыл бұрын

@@kenphillips479 Just don't keep everything on the console

@okami9039 2 жыл бұрын

Everyone kept screaming series S is for casual gaming for like an hour or two and for someone who doesn't play a lot of games every day

@raulg9129 2 жыл бұрын

I disagree, just get the expansion card, can play ALL games, no need to change files between drive and system. What they should do is get more options in storage sizes. A 250, and 750 GB like the samsung 980 pro has.

@ronaldguz 2 жыл бұрын

And maybe reduce the ridiculous price

@BusyDadGaming 2 жыл бұрын

I would like additional options by additional companies. I would encourage competition between companies for the expansion cards. I'm not sure how long the exclusivity is with Seagate, but I welcome the day when we have more options there.

@ronaldguz 2 жыл бұрын

@@BusyDadGaming that would be great

@paulmidgley8040 2 жыл бұрын

May awell just buy Another xbox.

@BusyDadGaming 2 жыл бұрын

Buy another Xbox so you have more storage?

@paulmidgley8040 2 жыл бұрын

@@BusyDadGaming yeah well I'm not a technically minded boffin but I know what I meant. I just think these ssd or hdd expansion cards are way too expensive. So instead of forking out on a little card for 300 quid (rip off) buy another xbox. Yeah it's bollacks and I didn't really meen it but hey ho. I've had a few but i do love my series s.😁

@BusyDadGaming 2 жыл бұрын

Lol, makes more sense. It's def an options, but then you're also limited between the two consoles and what they have on their internal storage. Having something that can eventually go between the two would make life easier overall, even if not the expansion card.

@paulmidgley8040 2 жыл бұрын

@@BusyDadGaming I'm new to all this storage card thing so I have no idea which does what or which would be the best to get.

@BusyDadGaming 2 жыл бұрын

Unless the expansion cards are made by a variety of companies, they will continue to be priced at a premium. Those will also be the only storage options that can run Series X|S games like the internal storage can so we're kind of stuck as the generation goes on.

@ALMOALLIM 2 жыл бұрын

Man you do use a lot of hand gestures you should stop, OK video though

@BusyDadGaming 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the feedback and thanks for watching!

@ProvenSawlid 2 жыл бұрын

Paying as much for storage as you do the console itself That’s ridiculous man

@BusyDadGaming 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, the 2TB version is just crazy.

@stevecoates5308 2 жыл бұрын

Gay u have to buy for this Xbox

@BusyDadGaming 2 жыл бұрын

It is pretty lame, but I wish either system had more storage (Xbox and Playstation). Both force you to upgrade storage if you want more than a few games on your drive.