You can’t run XSX games off of it though. Only last gen
CoatStraight8786 on
You can leave it plugged in. If you’re on series x it’s basically storage and ant play current Gen games directly off of it. I believe you can play older Gen off it though like Xbox one etc.
BIG_MAC_WHOPPERS on
Yes, they can stay plugged into an Xbox indefinitely. But please note that you can only play and store OG Xbox, Xbox 360 and Xbox One. If you want to use it to play Xbox series games, it won’t work. It can store the games however
NotNamedRob on
Yes, but after about a year mine would not always show up when I turned the console on and I would have to unplug it and plug it back in, so now I typically leave mine unplugged except when I want to play a game off of it
Boring_Map6848 on
Only works with non X/S games by the way. Great for all Xbox one, 360 and original games
Markgulfcoast on
Of course you can leave it plugged in. It’s just an external hard disk drive, no different than any other external hard disk drive that you can find. Be mindful that you cannot play Series games off of this, as Series games require being loaded on Microsoft’s proprietary Xbox storage card.
This is perfect for Xbox One games, Xbox 360 games, and original Xbox games. You can also use it to store Series X or s games that you’re not currently playing, so you don’t have to download them in the future, You can just transfer them back onto the consoles storage.
HECKADOPE2065 on
Yes. You plug it into one of the USB ports and can leave it plugged in. BUT this can only be used to STORE Xbox Series games. You have to transfer the game back to console storage in order to play it. Xbox One games will play fine off of it. If you want expanded storage to play games off of, you need to buy one of the proprietary SSDs from Seagate or Western Digital.
Monkey_Torture_Tacos on
Everybody has made the points of being useful for storage and ability to play pre x/s games. The one thing that bothered me is that even when the Xbox is off and settings have been adjusted, external drives spins up regularly making noise and increasing wear and tear (possibly). When I had multiple drives I used a USB switch to turn it on and off.
Cdub701 on
Yup. It can just stay plugged into the xbox. I just want to make sure you’re aware this is a hard drive and not an ssd though. It will still store games and apps but if you’re on series x/s a hard drive is not fast enough to run x/s labeled games. You will have to transfer the game back to your internal ssd in the xbox to play it. I actually do this because I didn’t feel like paying a boatload for the xbox ssd expansion. Storing them on a hard drive then just transferring as I want to play the is much faster than trying to download them from the store.
lovetobewatched2 on
I have 2 of these, I use them as extra storage for my series x games so don’t have to re-download them
Doctormaul68 on
I need to get one for my series x my 1 tb ssd expansion is full along with my series x
Travisgrr on
I leave it plugged in and transfer games between it when I want to play them.
UK_Gameing_Fan on
You can buy a normal usb hard drive to work on xbox series s or x like i did i brought a seagate 4tb hard drive
You can play.old xbox 360 games from the hard and xbox one games
Then for the xbox series games you cant play them from the drive only store them
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Yup!
You can’t run XSX games off of it though. Only last gen
You can leave it plugged in. If you’re on series x it’s basically storage and ant play current Gen games directly off of it. I believe you can play older Gen off it though like Xbox one etc.
Yes, they can stay plugged into an Xbox indefinitely. But please note that you can only play and store OG Xbox, Xbox 360 and Xbox One. If you want to use it to play Xbox series games, it won’t work. It can store the games however
Yes, but after about a year mine would not always show up when I turned the console on and I would have to unplug it and plug it back in, so now I typically leave mine unplugged except when I want to play a game off of it
Only works with non X/S games by the way. Great for all Xbox one, 360 and original games
Of course you can leave it plugged in. It’s just an external hard disk drive, no different than any other external hard disk drive that you can find. Be mindful that you cannot play Series games off of this, as Series games require being loaded on Microsoft’s proprietary Xbox storage card.
This is perfect for Xbox One games, Xbox 360 games, and original Xbox games. You can also use it to store Series X or s games that you’re not currently playing, so you don’t have to download them in the future, You can just transfer them back onto the consoles storage.
Yes. You plug it into one of the USB ports and can leave it plugged in. BUT this can only be used to STORE Xbox Series games. You have to transfer the game back to console storage in order to play it. Xbox One games will play fine off of it. If you want expanded storage to play games off of, you need to buy one of the proprietary SSDs from Seagate or Western Digital.
Everybody has made the points of being useful for storage and ability to play pre x/s games. The one thing that bothered me is that even when the Xbox is off and settings have been adjusted, external drives spins up regularly making noise and increasing wear and tear (possibly). When I had multiple drives I used a USB switch to turn it on and off.
Yup. It can just stay plugged into the xbox. I just want to make sure you’re aware this is a hard drive and not an ssd though. It will still store games and apps but if you’re on series x/s a hard drive is not fast enough to run x/s labeled games. You will have to transfer the game back to your internal ssd in the xbox to play it. I actually do this because I didn’t feel like paying a boatload for the xbox ssd expansion. Storing them on a hard drive then just transferring as I want to play the is much faster than trying to download them from the store.
I have 2 of these, I use them as extra storage for my series x games so don’t have to re-download them
I need to get one for my series x my 1 tb ssd expansion is full along with my series x
I leave it plugged in and transfer games between it when I want to play them.
You can buy a normal usb hard drive to work on xbox series s or x like i did i brought a seagate 4tb hard drive
You can play.old xbox 360 games from the hard and xbox one games
Then for the xbox series games you cant play them from the drive only store them
Just can’t play Series X/S games on it is all.