Alright, so here’s the scoop, and it’s a bit all over the place, but stick with me. Seagate just dropped this massive 4TB Storage Expansion Card for the Xbox Series X|S, and can you believe it — it’s priced at $499.99. That’s like… a lot. I mean, seriously, I could get an entirely new console for that kind of cash.
Anyway, these cards have been around in smaller sizes — like, we’ve seen the 1TB and 2TB ones doing their thing. And let me just say, in this era where games are ballooning into these enormous digital beasts, you really need that extra space. Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, for instance, devours 400GB if you go all out. It’s like a greedy digital monster. So, constantly juggling downloads and deletes… exhausting. Right? Who has the energy? Not me.
With this new expansion card, you can totally fill your Xbox with more games than you possibly have time to play — theoretically. It’s a lifesaver for those pesky auto-updates, too. Ever run out of space mid-update? Yeah, fun times. Not.
Now, this 4TB wizardry isn’t just a gigantic chunk of storage dangling off your Xbox. Nope, it actually runs at the same speed as the internal drives of the console, which is nifty. You can dive right into games straight from it, no need for tedious transfers. And let’s be honest, who wants to sit there twiddling thumbs while waiting for a game to move from one place to another? Not I.
Seagate’s cards have this exclusive thing going with Microsoft’s fancy Xbox Velocity Architecture. What does that mean? Faster load times and smoother textures — because apparently, that’s a thing we care about. Also, playing older games on one of these cards? Hashtag better performance. An old game running better than it did? Magic, I tell you.
Oh, and physically, the 4TB card looks just like the 1TB and 2TB ones. Same dimensions, same 128MB cache thingy. So, it blends in — no flashy peacocking here.
But hey, not cheap! That $499.99 price tag? Ouch. Though, surprise, surprise, there’s a $70 discount at Best Buy right now. And you can grab these cards from your usual suspects — Amazon, the likes of Argos in the UK, etc. Funny thing, the cost for this card is almost like forking out the same cash as a 1TB Series X, or an upgrade from a beefier 1TB Series S. Wild, right?
Dress it up in tech jargon or not, quadrupling your storage does sound dreamy. If only my wallet agreed.
I meandered a bit there, but hey, hope you caught the drift.
