Since shortly after the reveal of Xbox Series X, Microsoft has been very clear on how owners will be able to expand the console’s storage. The company later revealed that the same method is also being used on Xbox Series S. Microsoft teamed up with Seagate to create proprietary expansion cards about the size of a flash drive. These Gen 4.0 PCIe SSDs have the same speed and throughout as the internal drives, and they are necessary for next-gen games. Today, for the first time, we get to actually find out how much they’re going to cost - and they’re expensive. Only Best Buy in the US has them up for pre-order. There’s only the 1TB version, available for $220, nearly 45% the price of Xbox Series X, and about 75% of the price of Series S.
Best Buy has the expansion cards listed for a November 10 release, so they’re going to be available alongside Xbox Series X and Series S at launch. You may still be able to secure a pre-order for Xbox Series X and Series S, hit up our page for more.
