An external hard drive connects to your console via USB and cannot be used to run Xbox Series X or Xbox Series S games, instead simply storing them when they're not on your main drive. They can at ...

it's an easy plug and play process. You can even play backward compatible titles directly off the hard drive, allowing you to expand the Xbox Series X and Series S storage beyond that SSD.

Although you obviously can't use the disc version thanks to Xbox Series S not coming with a disc drive, that's helpful ... result is half the price, it's hard to complain all that much.

Whichever Xbox you buy ... and no optical drive. The Series S can stream content for games but cannot play hard media you already own or buy. The Series S console lists for $300, or you can ...

Because the Series X and Series S use a proprietary storage format, you can’t use an external SSD, an internal NVMe SSD (as you could on the PS5), or a standard external hard drive to play newer ...

The next-generation Xbox console has a possible upcoming release window, and insiders may know what the name of the new ...