Seagate’s new 4TB Xbox expansion card costs more than the Xbox Series S

Seagate present offers a 4TB mentation of its Xbox retention enlargement card. | Image: Seagate

Seagate has announced a caller 4TB mentation of its retention enlargement paper for the Xbox Series X and S consoles. It’s the archetypal clip the institution has introduced a caller capableness since launching 2TB and 512GB versions of the enlargement paper successful precocious 2021.

The 4TB paper is disposable starting contiguous done Seagate’s online store and Best Buy for $499.99, but is discounted to $429.99 arsenic portion of a limited-time motorboat promotion. For comparison, the Xbox Series S starts astatine $379.99, portion the Xbox Series X starts astatine $599.99. 

But, the added retention whitethorn beryllium required by folks with ample libraries of games. Depending connected the options and expansions you install, games similar Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 and Microsoft Flight Simulator tin easy gobble up hundreds of gigs of retention each. You tin summation the Xbox’s retention capableness utilizing an outer thrust connected implicit USB, but to play games straight from an SSD, without having to determination files around, requires the retention enlargement cards.

You whitethorn privation to hold for a terms drop, though. The 2TB mentation of the paper was primitively priced astatine $399.99, but is present listed connected Seagate’s online store for $249.99, with a existent promotion bringing it down to $219.99. 

For astir 3 years, Seagate was the lone institution offering expandable retention cards for the Xbox Series X and S, but successful mid-2023 Western Digital introduced its own. Its existent pricing and capacities are comparable to Seagate’s offerings. Western Digital hasn’t yet introduced a 4TB option.

Although the added contention did assistance bring the terms of Seagate’s enlargement cards down, they’re inactive much costly than retention expansions for the PlayStation 5, which allows you to usage immoderate SSD arsenic agelong arsenic it meets definite show requirements. Not lone does Western Digital already merchantability a PS5-compatible 4TB SSD for $339.99, it besides offers an 8TB option, though that volition acceptable you backmost a steep $699.99.