Xbox's pricey storage expansions are finally getting cheaper

Xbox Series X Seagate Storage Expansion Cards
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If you fill up your hard drive on an Xbox Series X or S, getting mജore storage space is a pricey proposition, but the burden is finally easing thanks to a permane🙈nt price drop.

Both modern Xbox consoles use a proprietary slot, so only officially licensed manufacturers can make storage expansions. Up until now, only Seagate had bee🙈n producing storage expansion cards, and they have been extremely pricey, especially in comparison to the rapidly falling prices o🦩f PC M.2 drives - a generic solution that happens to be supported by PS5.

for all three Seagate cards. The 512GB is now $90 (down from $140), the 1TB is now $150 (down from $220), and the 4TB is $280 (down from $400). Equivalent pricing outside of the US has not yet been fully broken down, but it does appear that the 1TB model, at least, will be (down from £255).

Those prices are still a bit higher than equivalent M.2 drives, though the difference is not nearly so astronomical as it was. This comes just a month after a 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:new ꦕstorage expansion🥂 card from Western Digital suddenly appeared on a . That ca♌rd has not yet been released but currently looks set to launch♏ at a price of $150, in line with the new Seagate prices.

You can still plug a cheap, standard USB hard drive into an Xbox Series console, but you can only use that to play older Xbox One titles or to store (but not play) Series-enhanced games. If you're looking for recommendations on the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:best Xbox Series X hard drive, you can follow that link.

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