More Xbox One details not mentioned in today’s reveal continue to come out. Earlier, we got official confirmation that Xbox One games will require installation to the hard drive in order to play. This installation can be done in parts so that you can begin playing without a long wait, but it immediately raises questions about hard drive capacity. The Xbox One’s 500GB of storage space might sound generous now, but any PC gamer can vouch for how quickly a decent game collection will eat up that space. Well, Microsoft’s senior director of product planning Albert Penello confirmed to Engadget that the standard 500GB Xbox One hard drive will not be replaceable. For more space, external storage is the only option.
Hard drives in the Xbox One are non-user-serviceable, but Penello confirmed that the USB 3.0 port is there for external storage, which can be used for everything the internal storage can be used for. That includes game installs and downloads.
I can totally see a line of “official” Xbox One external hard drives released by Microsoft. What do you think?
Breanna has been gaming since infancy, if gnawing on an unattended controller counts as playing a game. One of the younger members of the Gaming Trend family, she dabbled in PC games as a kid but wasn't fully consumed by the hobby until the sixth generation of consoles. Now an avid PC and console gamer, she looks forward to the day when she can scape together enough cash to join the next gen club.
In the last week of middle school, a math teacher taught her how to program a calculator; she was pretty much hooked then and there. Currently working towards a degree in Computer Science and Applied Math, Breanna hope to someday make games instead of just writing about them. Other hobbies include playing guitar, binge-watching Netflix, and cooking delicious food.
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