Here are some must-have accessories for your Xbox Series X or Series S

The Xbox Series X and Series S consoles will launch on Tuesday, November 10. Whether you were able to secure one in time for launch day, or if you plan to get one soon, you might want some new accessories to snag on your big purchase.

First, controllers. You probably already know that Microsoft’s Xbox One Wireless Controller is also compatible with the new Series X / S consoles, which is great. However, the older controller model lacks a few features that might make the newer a worthy upgrade for you. For example, the revised controller has a dedicated share button for saving clips and screenshots and sharing them online, a USB-C port for charging the $ 24.99 Microsoft rechargeable playback and charging battery, along with some physical enhancements. and cosmetics on the d-pad and triggers. It’s not a completely new controller, like the PS5’s DualSense, but that is achieved with its lower price of $ 59.99.

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In addition to working with Xbox consoles, the new controller also has Bluetooth support so you can easily connect it to your Android phone or PC. If your PC doesn’t have Bluetooth, you can purchase the Xbox Wireless Adapter made for Windows 10. Microsoft sells the PC adapter mentioned above for $ 24.99.

The next thing you want to think about is storage. The Xbox Series X ships with a built-in 1TB SSD, and the S Series has a 512GB SSD, although each offers less storage for games than advertised. In the case of the S Series, you will only have 364 GB of that original amount to use. The X Series 1TB drive only has 802GB of usable space for games. So you might want a bit of extra storage, and opting for a multi-terabyte drive might seem like the obvious move, as more and more games are venturing into 100GB territory. You’ll definitely save money this route, but I recommend using this type of storage for your collection of old Xbox One, Xbox 360, or original Xbox games. The reason is, you’ll want to save that precious SSD space for your most played games, particularly those created especially for these newer consoles.

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Delegating your older games to slower, but much cheaper storage is a smart way to let you have all of your games accessible without cluttering up your already limited SSD space. However, it is worth noting that any external USB drive will be significantly slower to load than the respective X Series and S Series SSDs can handle. For more information, check out this in-depth review of different points of view. hard drive performance Digital FoundryRichard Leadbetter.

Seagate Game Drive for Xbox 4TB External Hard Drive

Prices taken at the time of publication.

A 4TB hard drive is great for storing old Xbox games if you plan to play them on Xbox Series X / S. It also includes a two-month trial for Xbox Game Pass Ultimate.

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Of course, you can buy faster storage to add to your X / S Series console, but it will cost you a lot more money than the old option. Microsoft partnered with Seagate to make proprietary 1TB SSDs that can be inserted into the back of any console. These $ 220 SSDs are advertised so fast like storage inside your new console, so this is the best place to store all the new games you want to quickly load up and switch between them at will. And, if you have the money to spend, you can buy multiple 1TB cards and hot-swap them to access more games.

We will include more accessories once they are available.