Summary
A newXboxstorage Expansion Card can add a ton of space to a gamer’s console, but it’s so expensive that players would spend less money buying a brand-new Nintendo Switch 2. While the price might be worth it to someXboxfans, it’s easy to imagine many balking at the tremendous cost.
Xbox owners have a variety of ways of ensuring they have enough space to play the games that they want. Choosing an Xbox Series X console with a larger drive to begin with is a start, but gamers can alsoupgrade their Xbox storage with an external hard driveor an Expansion Card. Expansion Cards slot in similarly to old-fashioned PlayStation memory cards, as they can simply be put into an Xbox and removed and swapped out as needed.
These Expansion Cards can get fairly pricey, but nothing’s been as expensive as the new 4TB Xbox Expansion Card from Seagate. As spotted byWindowsCentral, when the item first appeared on Best Buy’s website, it was listed at an incredible price of $499.99. That’s roughly $50 more than theprice of a base Nintendo Switch 2system, or the same price as getting the new console bundled withMario Kart World. While gamers would likely appreciate having the extra storage space, the cost may simply be too much for some to consider seriously. The Expansion Card listing has since disappeared from Best Buy’s website, with no further explanation. It’s possible that it was listed too soon, or that stock wasn’t available when the retailer expected it to be.
Gaming Costs Can Add Up Quickly
As gamers continue to feel frustration over the increasing cost of game prices and higher-than-expected costs for certain game systems, those aren’t the only concerns surrounding the increasing expense of gaming. Having enough storage is extremely important as games continue to balloon in file size. For example,Call of Duty: Black Ops 6andModern Warfare 3both needed over 100GB of hard drive spaceto play. For those who play a lot of modern games, it’s easy to fill up the storage on a console.
With that said, while the price is high, it’s not out of line with the existingSeagate series of Xbox Expansion Cards. The 2TB version, half the storage space, is also around half the price, with an MSRP of $250, and a current listing on Best Buy of $219.99. For those who can’t afford or don’t need a full 4TB of space, the 2TB or 1TB options may be a better choice.
