That expands either console with room for dozens of new games, with ample headroom for additional titles later down the line. It triples the internal storage capacity seen with Microsoft's best Xbox console, Xbox Series X, with an impressive five-times increase for the smaller Xbox Series S. While Xbox owners have countless storage options available, we've found a 2TB external drive provides an ideal upgrade for those running low on storage.
But mechanical storage expands your console for a fraction of the cost, providing more gigabytes for your dollar. Hard drives act as an affordable upgrade to your console capacity, although trading the performance reserved for SSDs. When in the market for Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S storage expansions, an external hard drive presents a lower entry cost than alternatives.
