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Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Pricey, but impressive.
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Posted . Owned for less than 1 week when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Impressive, not just in price but it's performance. If the price has you thinking twice, I get it. However, the speed is there and this thing is just like internal storage. If you need extra space, consider it.
You can get other storage for far cheaper, but that may leave you managing your library more than you would care to as you balance optimized games with non-optimized. This takes that out of the equation.
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If you have a Series X, or I guess a Series S (though if you're considering this within the first 6 months of owning a Series S, you should've just have gone for the X) this is a great product to have.
I have a lot of games, more than I probably should. So I use this to keep all my FPS games on. COD can suck up quite a lot of space on its own.
Its a bit expensive, until you compare it to high-end NVME SSDs on a PC. Then the price is on par.
The stick will sometimes get a bit warm from extended use, but nothing bad has happened yet.
If you don't care about being able to play your Series optimized games off of the drive, a good recommendation would be to get a large hard drive instead. Got a 6tb drive for under a $100 on Prime day. I use that for my back catalogue of games.
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If you are not familiar with high end storage for computers or gaming, then it is easy to see where most consumers will think this price point is outrageous. Do yourself some research to understand the tech this storage device uses and compare with other high end external storage options and anything that comes close may be any wager from $20 cheaper to $80 more expensive and you cannot play games off of them like you can with this storage card. To me it was well worth the price for plug n play functionality and it is the same speed as the internal ssd of the console. I can’t recommend this card enough. It’s so worth it that I have 2 storage cards myself. You won’t regret getting this in my opinion
Posted . Owned for less than 1 week when reviewed.
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Not bad after the price drop to $150, but still ridiculously priced for 1TB of storage in todays market. However, being that it is proprietary and does the exact same thing as the internal drive, 4 stars is my take. I would give 5 stars if priced at $99, especially now that the series X/S have been out for 2 going on 3 years now. Anyway, it is extremely easy to install, the system recognizes it right away, and you can move games around in storage manager. You get approx 902GB, which is not bad, but game files are SO LARGE. You easily need the 2TB version for breathing room. Wish there was a way to daisy chain these drives if that is even possible. Overall, I am satisfied with the price break and performance. Get one soon before prices go back up to over $200. You've been warned.
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This has been a great investment!
It's simple to use just plug it in the console reads it and you're good to go. There haven't been any issues running xsx games through the card and there has no drops in performance between the internal drive or the card. (I was rearranging a couple of games I played just because ...yea lol.)
I was lucky enough to get the console day one so I ran over to Best Buy and snagged this while trading in my previous gen Xbox.
At the time of purchase the price was cheaper than prices of normal ssd by around $5-10. Not that you can use different manufacturer's ssd in the xsx anyway. At least that I know of currently.
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With how big games are getting and consoles having limited storage this was a must. I wasn't thrilled about the price but I have a terabyte of additional storage and all I had to do was insert and it immediately started working. I've used Seagate hard drives on my computers so I knew this would work great. It's very cool to have that much storage is a small form factor and it's solid state. It is pricey but for ease of use and that much reliable storage you have to "pay to play".
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The whole concept of making specific memory cards for specific systems seems a little outdated especially since Microsoft deals with pcs and consoles, but with that said it is fast and plays the games downloaded to it with no issues. My 2tb HDD my wife got me originally with the xbox has to have games moved from it to internal storage (transfer speeds definitely faster than download speed) so the memory card is definitely better even with less stoarge capacity. Continuing down the nickle and dime path will only make consumers find other hobbies.
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Extra storage for optimized games, so they don’t need moved onto internal storage before playing. No compromise in speed. I wish I would have considered the larger capacity since I filled it up so quickly.
Posted . Owned for less than 1 week when reviewed.
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The price is quite high, but now that I gave in and purchased one, I'm glad I did. All of my "Do Not Delete" games had already filled up the Internal Hard Drive on my Xbox Series X, and with Game Pass constantly offering more games, it was obvious that I needed to buy this Expansion Card. It works just as fast as the Internal Hard Drive of my Xbox Series X. It's just nice having more available Hard Drive space on my Xbox Series X. I was surprised at how small this Expansion Card is too. Even though it's expensive, I think it's worth having one if you fill up your Internal Hard Drive on your Xbox Series X or S, especially if you have a Series S.
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Gift to a close friend for christmas. Increased his storage on his xbox series s. Only issue i have woth this product is cost. There are faster nvme ssds for pcs and playstation that are way more affordable than this first party solution. This does have a way easier installation compared to the nvme counterparts on the compititions gaming platforms.
Flawless performance, integrates into system well!
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Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
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So far so good, really appreciated the extra storage. Im not the go crazy kind of gamer, but i have at least a good 12games downloaded right now with some extra space to go! The performance is flawless, and I've had no issue playing games, would recommend to anyone, though it is kind of pricey. (I had some bestbuy certificates from the cc so i justified the money)
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Is this expensive? Yes. Is it more expensive than a similar capacity, name brand storage device for the PS5? Not really. PCIe Gen4 storage is expensive and will be for a while, but this is super easy to install, is the exact same speed specifications as the internal storage, and the Xbox Series console treats it as identical to the internal storage. Plus, you can easily swap additional cards in and out, if needed. Convenience and quality are why it's the price that it is. I like not having to tear my console half apart in order to double its storage capacity.
Not necessary but preferable if you can afford it.
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Posted . Owned for 1 week when reviewed.
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Modern games are big. If you like to jump around between games you need more storage. This card is expensive but worth it to me for the convenience. I wanted the extra storage for flexibility and I didn’t want any drop off in performance by using a standard hard drive.
If you only play one game at a time then you probably don’t need it. If you do want the convenience and play a lot of games at a time then you won’t be disappointed.
Snaps in the slot in the back. Took 10 seconds to install and you are good to go.
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It's a little pricey, but a must have for the new generation XBox Series X. This SSD expansion drive is made well, and operates equally as fast as the internal 1TB drive built into the Xbox Series X. Lightning fast and runs much cooler than a standard drive. With the sizes of 4K games getting bigger and bigger, as well as monstrous updates, having an additional 1TB of storage space is crucial to being able to store multiple games. This drive will actually give you more available storage space than your internal drive, because the operating system drive is stored on the internal SSD.