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Microsoft is the first to name its next-gen console storage price, and it doesn’t come cheap.
The Xbox Series X / S 1TB expandable storage card costs $ 220 (that’s roughly £ 170), as listed by US retailer BestBuy.
As a reminder, Xbox Series X has 1TB of built-in SSD storage. Xbox Series S has 512GB of onboard SSD storage. Microsoft has yet to say how much of that built-in storage will actually be free to use.
Xbox Series S / X games must be run from an SSD, either the console’s internal drive or an expandable storage card, to take advantage of its faster loading capabilities. However, you can put them on a USB hard drive when you don’t need to play them.
And you can still play Xbox One, Xbox 360, and original Xbox games via USB hard drive, although moving them to SSD will increase their load times.
See how Rich Leadbetter plugs in an expandable SSD card in his Xbox Series X below:
Xbox Series X hardware is here. Let’s get to work. pic.twitter.com/5obAOUiXn4
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For balance, it’s worth remembering that PlayStation 5 will upgrade its own 825GB internal SSD storage in the same way. Sony has yet to announce the details of its own official option and has said that it will support SSD drives made by other manufacturers.
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