Xbox Planning Big Storage upgrade

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SUMMARY

  • The Xbox Series X/S can support external drives in excess of 16TB, increasing game storage options.

  • Users in the Xbox Insider Alpha Skip-Ahead ring will receive an update that enables support for larger external USB drives.

  • The increased storage options can benefit players of larger games and more titles.

the Xbox Series X/S may get bigger storage options soon. With so many new games needing more space, the Xbox Series X and S's 16 terabyte limit for external hard drives is easily filled. The Xbox Series S itself has an internal storage of 512 gigabytes for use, so it is necessary to use an external option for most players who really want to expand the system.

Currently, storage expansion card options are limited to a maximum of 2 TB. However, there are many other options for expanding Xbox Series X/S storage using SSDs and hard drives. However, despite the variety of commercial options for these storage formats, the Xbox device still limits users to the aforementioned 16 TB limit. Surprisingly, it looks like Microsoft will try to get around this limitation with an upcoming update.

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Xbox Insiders who are in the Alpha Skip-Ahead ring will receive a new Xbox Update Preview. According to the release notes, there will be support for external USB drives larger than 16 TB. The fact is that the disk needs to be updated to use this change. After formatting, a new partition will appear inside the drive, which will also appear as multiple devices. Given that many large Xbox One games can be stored on external drives, Xbox owners don't have to worry much about size limitations. Granted, they still need to buy the HDD with more space to begin with.

This seems to be a step in the right direction to help Xbox owners. With technological advancements, the game could be even bigger. More storage options could also help entice gamers to play more titles and download more digital software. With the price of Xbox Storage Expansion Cards, having another option to store downloadable titles can help gamers make the decision to buy digital games, or buy the Xbox Series S as their console of choice, easier.

However, with all these updates, Microsoft says there are currently issues with some drives larger than 16TB. Some external HDDs do not show the correct information and free space available, and the current advice is not to install the disk with more than 16TB. This is an understandable oversight because the Alpha group parts are the same as the tester. With the Xbox Insider program rolling out new features, it is expected that some may have lingering issues that still need to be fixed before they are released to all Xbox owners in the future.

Xbox Update Preview release notes

  • Expand your Xbox storage with support for larger drives

We provide support for external USB drives larger than 16TB, so you can be sure that your favorite games are always ready to play! Newly developed drives that are larger than 16TB will be designed with multiple partitions to use all available space for games and applications. These will appear as multiple devices in the list of storage devices.

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Fixed an issue that could cause some media apps to freeze or lag after long playback.

Various updates to properly display locales across the console.

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