Alright, so Seagate decided to drop a 4TB Storage Expansion Card for the Xbox Series X|S, right? And hold onto your wallets, folks, because it’s going for a mind-boggling $499.99. Yeah, not cheap. They’ve had the 1TB and 2TB versions out for a bit now, but clearly, we needed even more space. I mean, have you seen the size of games lately? Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 could practically take over a small country—or at least 400GB of your drive. Exhausting to keep juggling downloads, deleting, redownloading. Ugh.
Anyway, the whole point is to load your Xbox with as many games as you like without that dreaded “not enough space” notification cropping up. Whew, no more interrupting your game night because an update can’t install. Breathe easy, gamers.
About the 4TB beast—it’s identical in performance and speed to its baby brothers, the 1TB and 2TB. Slides right in with the Xbox Series X|S’ innards. And here’s the cool part: you can run games straight from it. No messy file transfers needed, unlike your clunky old external drives. Worth the price? Maybe.
Oh, let’s not skip the geeky details. These cards cozy up with Microsoft’s Xbox Velocity Architecture. What does that mean? Quicker load times and a more immersive gaming escapade. Also, playing older games? Yeah, might actually make ’em run better than back in the day. Sweet little perk.
This 4TB gizmo is exactly the same size as its smaller counterparts, sporting that familiar 128MB cache. Still, if you’re thinking of picking one up, brace yourself for the $499.99 price tag. Best Buy’s shaving off $70 right now, so there’s that. You’ll also find them on Amazon, both in the U.S. and in ye olde UK at spots like Argos and Scan. Funny enough, this card sets you back as much as a 1TB Series X. Wild, right? But hey, quadrupling storage is tempting, especially when your game collection’s looking like a hoarder’s paradise.
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