Xbox Series X’s Back Port Is For Expandable Storage

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Less than a couple weeks ago, a peek at the ports on the upcoming Xbox Series X were leaked online. The photo showed most of the same ports as on the Xbox One series of consoles—two USB-A, only one HDMI, an ethernet, an audio, and power.

Besides these ports, the photo also showed a long rectangular one that sits in the middle between the HDMI and audio ports. As it turns out, the port seems to be a storage expansion slot, according to sources familiar with Microsoft’s plans (via Thurrott).

Providing easy access to storage expansion makes a lot of sense, especially as the Series X’s 4K ultra HD capable hardware will likely equate to much larger game sizes. The technology behind the expandable storage is still unknown—the hope is that it can provide a balance of high storage capacity as well as speedy read access.

Microsoft has also included options to expand storage in its latest Surface Devices—the Laptop 3 and Pro X. Although unlike that of the Xbox Series X, expanding the storage in these Surface devices requires a total replacement of the included SSD, as opposed to inserting an additional drive.

It’s important to keep in mind that, as can be seen in the photo, that the device is only a prototype at this point. Until its release in the holiday season later this year, Microsoft can continue to tweak the device as it sees fit, including adding/removing any of the ports shown above.

What do you think about a storage expansion slot of the Xbox Series X? Let us know in the comments area below.



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MushroomElmPosted:

ttghanman Seen a 6tb harddrive usb 3.0 £80 rightnow on amazon if games are getting stored or partially stored in the systems ram or vram what ever it is cant really remember herd dealer a xbox youtuber mention that but while playing it for faster loading might be worth copping it and if the ram things fake news if you dont care about load speeds like my brother and are more focused on more space then its defenitly worth getting black ops 3 takes up 170gb and thats without 4k textures can only imagine how crazy next gen will get with its sizes.


RAM is Random Access Memory. More RAM can store more memory, but it's memory that comes and goes very quickly, so it won't be storing any actual games on it.
A 6TB external would be worth it, depending on how many games you plan on having installed. The average consumer probably won't need more than 1TB(app. 10 games), but the game industry is starting to push more and more where games are commonly reaching closer to 100GB on average.

So, if you have a huge library of games and switch consistently every day or so, 6TB should hold you about 60-80 Triple A titles. The only downside to a external is slower loading screens, but not by very much.

Baz_AccentsPosted:

Seen a 6tb harddrive usb 3.0 £80 rightnow on amazon if games are getting stored or partially stored in the systems ram or vram what ever it is cant really remember herd dealer a xbox youtuber mention that but while playing it for faster loading might be worth copping it and if the ram things fake news if you dont care about load speeds like my brother and are more focused on more space then its defenitly worth getting black ops 3 takes up 170gb and thats without 4k textures can only imagine how crazy next gen will get with its sizes.

OGTrey079Posted:

Nice to see a feature like that added that doesn't involve the consoles casing to be dismantled like the PS4