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Missed out on Mirage (only PS4 copies left) but got an expansion card.

Forget the sales, Ryan has a new portrait and since when is he not 12? We need a Talking Point for this.

$229 for 2tb SSD drive.... Just shows such a poor choice the proprietary ssd choice was.

4tb 7400w/6300r nvme4 ssd that works in a PC or PS5 for $233. A much better buy too bad you cannot use this in a Series X.
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@kuu_nousee Price per TB maybe 'higher' on Xbox, but its also a very simple and quick solution that Sony's PS5 or PC can't offer. Not saying it's better/worse, just that it has its advantages over Sony's solution.

Yes you can find a SSD for less that you can use in your PS5 (not helpful though if all you have is an Xbox) but that may not be 'ideal' on its own as it may need a Heatsink for long term safety/usage. Add on the Heatsink or buy a SSD with a Heatsink built in (as recommended by Sony), the cost tends to be closer.

Also with Sony, you are really limited in that you can't easily swap these out - like Memory Cards back in the day. You could have 3 or 4 2TB cards - maybe one for RPGs, another for FPS's and just swap them around as and when you want. You don't 'need' to buy multiples at once and can just buy a new Card if/when you want need - I have a 1TB and 2TB expansion card for example.

As I said, these are extremely 'simple and easy' to use, just plug them in and you can use, don't need to turn the console off to increase the storage or swap between Storage cards, no need to dismantle your console to install - just plug it in.

Again not saying one solution is better/worse, but there are advantages to the Xbox Solution whilst Sony maybe the cheapest per TB.

I wish there was a way of having two expansion cards in at the same time. Swapping one out is too much aggro with where my console is positioned...

Do you swap your expansion cards in and out, @BAMozzy? Or have you found a solution to having two cards in at the same time?

@Fiendish-Beaver No I have to physically unplug one and plug another in. It's not the 'most' convenient the way I have mine set up (horizontal and slotted in to an AV unit), but I have enough room to slide it out to switch.

Obviously If I had it set up on the top of the AV unit with it in the Vertical alignment it would be easier to access. That being said, I can still swap the card in less than 30s, probably the same time it takes to swap a disc.

It would be great to have the ability to connect two at once for easier management of my Library. To transfer from one SSD card to another, I have to move it to internal SSD first, then switch cards to move to another. Sometimes its easier just to re-Download in the Background and then 'delete' from the other card.

Regardless of the 'aggro' involved in swapping Expansion Cards, its still a LOT easier than doing the same on Sony's system. You may only have been able to afford a 1TB card/SSD, and then want another 1 or 2 TB to 'boost' your storage. Or maybe you want/need 10TB's+ and have everything 'available' within the time it takes to swap a disc - don't have time to unplug your Console completely, take it apart to replace SSD's.

With the Xbox Solution - you can easily add another Expansion card. Maybe bought a 1TB that's now full and can add another 1/2TB's without 'replacing' the 1TB. Over time build up to 10+ TB's if you really want. With Sony, if you bought a 1TB, whilst you could switch it back, its a lot more hassle so you'd more likely buy a 2 (or more) TB SSD as a 'replacement'.

Anyway, no I haven't seen or found a way to connect two (not that I have looked) expansion cards. I would 'assume' that its not a good idea as MS built the 'cooling' to ensure that Heatsinks or overheating wouldn't be an issue but if its not plugged directly in the back, cooling could be more of an issue. Therefore I do swap mine out - but as one maybe has mostly 'old' games that I'm not playing regularly, but still want access without the hassle of moving/redownloading, It's not like I'm jumping up to swap Expansions.

You could use Expansions like Compilations (all Racing games or all Xbox Studio games). If bought Digitally, swapping an Expansion is like plugging in a Cart with 10+ games included on it. Have all of Gears of War or Forza games on an Expansion so you just plug that in - like you would a Cartridge in the 'old' days and you can immediately play all those games....

ideal, thank you, @BAMozzy. I assumed that would be the only solution right now, but had not considered the cooling aspect as I did not even realise that it was a thing to be considered...!

@BAMozzy an nvme ssd heatsink is a few dollars if it doesn't come with one. Not remotely the same as double the price for Xbox SSD over a 2280 nvme ssd with DOUBLE the TBs for a similar price.

Multiple 1tb or 2tb Xbox ssds would be two 1tb ~$300, or two 2tb Xbox would be be ~$460 ON SALE. 4tb SSDs + Series X is almost $1000, and your looking at PC building territory with a cheaper GamePass sub versus Ultimate required on Series X now. It's not logical.

These aren't good solutions and in some way makes the whole platform much more difficult to play games on due to install times vs PS5. And you don't have to swap SSDs to get you 4tb extra of useable space for current gen games that is 2280 nvmes. $399 + $230-$280 on sale. $700 almost $300 less than equivalent on Series X. And you have to juggle the two 2tb cards around.

The only financial and logical solution on Xbox is just use a USB3 HDD 4-8tb drive to have current gen games in cold storage. Problem is when you move it back to Xbox internal you have to queue up another update if the game needs it. *This is what I do as it makes the most sense and requires no moving a physical SSD card into a console or removing or readding.

In some ways this is Xbox's biggest issue this gen, not GamePass changes good/bad, "lack of 1st party games" which I agree isn't true, or all the good will along the way Xbox has been doing with BC and getting almost all Japanese devs back to Xbox ecosystem.

The silly decision to make a 'convenient' overpriced 2230 ssd from only two manufacturers to keep costs for consumers high. Otherwise it's delete, download, and wait.

It's hard to make Xbox my primary platform for games even if I want to and still trying. It's just simply more convenient on PS5/PC, even with how awesome quick resume is but you have to manage your games their too.