Alright, so here’s the deal. Seagate just launched this absolute unit of a 4TB Storage Expansion Card for Xbox Series X|S, and they’re not shy about the $499.99 price tag either. Almost made my coffee jitter spill on my lap when I saw that. Anyway, if you’ve been wrangling with those massive game files—like, seriously, who knew you’d need 400GB just for Black Ops 6?—this upgrade might be your saving grace. Or not, depending on your wallet’s mood.
So yeah, these Storage Expansion Cards aren’t new; Seagate did the 1TB and 2TB ones before, but this 4TB beast is here to solve—or at least delay—our “not enough space” problems. Listen, I’ve danced around deleting games just for some breathing room more times than I’d care to admit. I mean, more space means less of that, right? Plus, no more missing game updates because your console throws a tantrum over no space left.
Now, let’s chat tech geek stuff for a sec. This 4TB piece of hardware is as smooth as its 1TB and 2TB little brothers in terms of speed and performance. Honestly, it’s like slipping on a glove. And yeah, unlike those basic external drives, you can play games directly off it without doing that back-and-forth shuffle with your internal SSD. That’s cool, I guess, but it’s also why your wallet might be sobbing a bit.
Oh, and it’s tied into this fancy Xbox Velocity Architecture—faster load times, prettier textures, yadda yadda. Plus, if you’re into those older-gen games, it gives them a bit of a performance boost. Not too shabby.
Let’s not forget the price though. So, they slapped a $499.99 label on it. Sure, there’s a $70 cut at Best Buy right now, and you can snag one from Amazon US or those UK spots like Argos or whatever. But here’s the kicker: that price is the same as a 1TB Series X console. Insane, right? And still, quadrupling your console’s storage sounds tempting, if you put some headphones on your common sense for a minute.
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