Customer Ratings & Reviews

Western Digital delivers a solid and reliable expansion for the newest Xbox iterations. Offering up one terabyte of extra storage space on a series X it doubles capacity and series S it triples it. That’s a lot of extra games! Formatting is a breeze and transfer time isn’t even an issue as it’s practically seamless. It also comes with a handy loop on the back for clipping to smaller clips, and a cover to protect the input for transporting. I do have one gripe as to an add on with this product. The drive came with a free month of Xbox game pass ultimate. However when I entered the code in (and checked it twice) it came up as the code wasn’t found. This has happened to me on other occasions with other products and it’s usually because the code was already used or it was invalid. Either way having to contact the seller and then get shuffled to Microsoft to get a new code. That aside, as it’s not the main product, it is a great product and would highly recommend it for anyone looking to expand their storage for games, clips, and saves.

Fails to initialize, then when fixed crashes XBox.

This is my second expansion card for my Xbox One Series X. I bought one of the original cards when it launched and now that that one is full, I needed another and being a fan of Western Digital products, this new Xbox expansion card was a no-brainer. Despite having a Series X, I actually do not own any physical games. All of my games are downloaded either from the Microsoft Store or are a part of the Xbox Game Pass program. Being an old-school PC gamer, I tend to keep my primary drive installations to they system and my most played games, while I use secondary drives for everything else. In this case, I have Star Trek Online, Minecraft, MS Flight Simulator, and No Man's Sky on my main drive. All of the other games are on my original 1TB card and it is now full (it is at 943GB right now). I will be downloading Diablo IV soon and while that one will be on the main drive I will want to move Flight Sim to an external drive and later with some of the recent games that were announced (Starfield WOOT!), Diablo IV will join it on this new drive. While it may stink that you have to buy cards like this to store your library, I like the fact that you don't take a performance hit by using them and fortunately they have come down in price. The WD-BLACK C50 works perfectly straight out of the box, and is a MUST HAVE for any Xbox, plus I got an additional month of Game Pass Ultimate added to my subscription!

I love my XBox X, I made the switch from Playstation last year and I'm really glad I did. I knew it included a slot for a Hard Drive like this, but I kept putting off buying one. I have my console standing up on my TV stand and I hate having a bunch of wires coming out of it, thanks OCD. Games, either physical or digital, take up a ton of space, especially COD. The 1TB hard drive was filling up fast, so I was excited to receive this wonderful little piece of tech. It could not be easier to set up and use. It's packaged easily and pops right into the Expansion Box slot in the back of the Xbox. After I popped it in, I turned on my console and headed to the storage section in settings. The card was immediately accepted and nothing had to be done to set it up. The first thing I did was move all of my existing game data to the card. I was really surprised by how fast the data transferred over, way less time than I expected. I then changed the settings to download all future game data to the card. I know have a close to empty hard drive on the console and space for 2-3 more games on the expansion card. Gameplay off the card was perfect, I played the new Jedi Order game and it was flawless. You should get this!

These integrated memory card slots were a nice touch by Microsoft. They take up no physical room and the console treats it as just an extension of storage as if it's just one unit. The only downside was, cards were proprietary and up until now, there was a monopoly on them from another company. The Western Digital C50 1 TB card is already at a better price point than the other guys, helping to make these cards a lot more affordable and worth it. So far, this card is working great in my Series X. Moving games between the internal drive and the card was very fast, even for the biggest of games. I played a couple of games from the card and everything ran exactly the same as if it was on the internal hard drive. Setting up was as easy as sliding it in and then choosing whether it will be dedicated for the current console or if you intend to use it on multiple consoles. If you choose to transport it because of the latter, it does come with a card cover to keep it safe. It also comes with a 1(?) month subscription to Game Pass Ultimate, however this is for new members only. While I find it simple to manage my games and what I keep on my console at any given time, it's nice to be able to keep more installed in case I either want to pick something up again at a moments notice when I'm feeling like it or to play several different games with my family or friends that we may only play once in a while. Installing most games doesn't take too long (with a good internet connection) but some of the bigger titles, of course, are large enough where it can steal precious time away from playing with them.

I have been getting tired of late having to constantly delete games from my series X hard drive every time I want to install a new one. This is particularly a problem if you’re someone like me, who tends to play multiple games at a time. I have family members who each have their own favorite game to play online, so I have to have all of those installed, as well. Thankfully, Microsoft built in an expansion slot to allow for SSD storage upgrades, which I found myself in need of. Of course it is a proprietary connector, but Western Digital- a company that was been in the external hard drive market for as long as anyone- has thrown their hat in the ring with this product. Plugging it in is a simple as inserting a USB key, just slide it into the vertical slot on the back of the series X. Turn the Xbox on and, voila! You now have doubled your storage! The best thing about using that slot is that it fits seamlessly into the existing storage (the Xbox doesn’t treat it as separate external storage), so need to be transferring things from one drive to the other. It literally takes thirty seconds to install and reboot. Couldn’t be easier! I’d definitely recommend this to anyone with a series S or X that finds themselves bumping into their storage ceiling.

This memory card seems to be every bit as good as the official Xbox card at a lower price point. Setup is super easy as you just plug it in to the dedicated port and you are good to go. When booting up the Xbox, it will ask you if you intend for this memory card to stay entirely on the Xbox connected or if you intend to move it between Xboxes. If you are in a family household with multiple systems, moving between boxes can be very helpful if you are managing limited storage space. As large of an install as some games are (I'm looking at you Call of Duty/Warzone) coming in at 150+ GB being able to save space moving between systems is huge if you play in multiple rooms. The speed of this is much faster than connecting a traditional USB hard drive. The games will load faster and run more smoothly from the WD Black card rather than traditional USB drive. As an avid gamer, this has been a huge help in expanding my Xbox Series X's storage capacity while maintaining the smooth and quick load times and graphical fidelity.

At first, when I saw that it was an expansion card, I did not bother looking at the back of the Xbox X and seeing if there was a slot, I was under the illusion that I was going to have to install it internally like on previous Xboxes. However, that was not the case at all. All that is needed for this to work is an Xbox X/S. This was so easy to install that it was easier than setting up a new controller on the Xbox. First thing first, was unpacking the item. Then making sure the Xbox was off, you install it into the expansion slot in the back of the Xbox X/S. Once installed turn on the Xbox and go into your settings and make sure that you have the expansion card option, if you do, then great, it's installed. Now you can set up the expansion slot to be the primary installation spot for your new games/ applications. This was so easy I can't stress enough how great this little expansion drive is especially for a lot of these larger games. It was easy to install and easy to set up. I would definitely recommend this to a friend.

This expansion card is the perfect addition to the Xbox series X|S. Thanks to the powerful processing of the Xbox and this generation of gaming, you find that most video games can range from 75-200GB so you quickly run out of storage. I have always been the one to uninstall and re-download games when I want to play them but that starts to become a hassle after a while. Especially if you are paying for data service. As far as I can see, the card does read and write at 5GB per second. Which is on par for standard m.2 storage on a PC (and matches the PS5's speeds of their expansion cards) Installation was a simple "plug-and-play" as you follow the prompts on your Xbox after you first plug in your expansion card. It's a bit humorous that we have went full circle back to small "memory cards" sticking out of our systems. If you find yourself wanting 5 or more games available on your system at all times, this expansion card is perfect for you. Personally I like being able to have more options when gaming.

This storage expansion card was one of the easiest things for me to set up on my new Xbox series X. It was basically plug-and-play, which gave me one extra terabyte of storage within seconds.

This was a no brainer best upgrade for my Xbox. Always need more space for games and i wanted larger than 1tb but just getting 1tb for now. Easy to install and use!

This is an amazing product, totally worth it and it helped me get a ton of games on my Xbox and now I can play them for ever now and it also comes with free discord nitro and free game pass for one month each which I think is an added bonus! Thank you for making this amazing and I 100% recommend this to a friend

Excellent buy. This card was plug and play and freed up a lot of space on my son's Xbox. It also gave him from free game as the result of the purchase.

Works great! Plugged it into the back of my Xbox Series S console and it instantly recognised it. What I like most about this is that I can move games from the internal drive to this one flawlessly (and back). You can play XS games on this drive. The difference between this and the other hard drives out there is that this one is actually capable of playing the XS games and not just storing them. The other hard drives that are cheaper out there are for storing and playing the Xbox One and earlier games.

Works like a charm! Been needing extra storage for my series s and was so glad it was available

Arrived on time and works great, provided sufficient space for my games

Works perfect, I needed the extra storage and this is definitely the way to do it.

Easily installs, quickly loads, and small so it hides well behind the console

Easy install. Worked immediately Great product at good price.

Works great with his Xbox. Can download a lot more games.