The short answer is that you will be able to use existing xbox one storage expansion options on the xbox series x s which notably includes the existing xbox one external storage peripheral.
Xbox one x storage options.
The xbox series s will arrive on november 10th and while that 299 price is compelling for a next gen console some of its specs are significantly lower than its big sibling the xbox series x.
At the moment there s only one option available the seagate storage expansion card for xbox series x.
Microsoft the officially licensed 1 tb storage expansion card for the xbox.
Using your xbox controller navigate to the format storage device option and press the a button to select.
You just plug it into the port on the back of your machine and you re good to go.
Microsoft details xbox series x and s custom storage options.
Here s what you need to know about the storage options and capacity of the xbox series x and series s.
On the next screen you also have the option of naming the storage device.
By gabe gurwin on september 28 2020 at 7 15am pdt 28 comments.
For the best experience the 1tb seagate storage expansion card for xbox series x s plugs into the back of the console via the dedicated storage expansion port and replicates the console s custom ssd experience providing additional game storage at the same.
Seagate s storage expansion card for xbox series x is a custom pcie gen4x2 nvme ssd which means it s pretty dang fast nvme ssds are the fastest storage option you can currently get for pcs.
Microsoft has shed some light on how additional storage will work on their next gen console.
When backwards compatible games are played directly from either the internal ssd or the storage expansion card you will see significant improvements in load times due to the next generation.