Didn't really expect much different. A lot of companies do this to their old hardware to sell more of what they already have. Plus "gaming" things tend to be more expensive no matter what, even when not making sense.
Yeah the same is with the sandisc Wii SD cards, they are basicly regural class 4 SD cards painted white.... and have double the price of a normal SD card
+Marco Lalvay Things labeled as "gaming" or "official" often has the tendency to cost more for the cost of branding things. Consumers always pay for these additional costs.
+Captain Eggcellent (Gaming Easter Eggs) you could just buy that samsung drive for your PC and then find an opening video of the xbox one and get that model of hard drive then put them into your PC and do raw speed tests then.
Is it possible to remove the casing on this seagate external hd and put it inside my xb1x to replace my internal hd if I partition it with the correct software using a sat to usb cable? I have one and my internal is broke and don't have the money for a new one.
What a helpful video and everything is straight to the point. DigitalFoundry with Richard is sooo good :) Essentially since the Xbox One's SATA connection is likely limited to SATA II internally, and this cap remains on external drives via USB 3.0, it seems it's better to just go for large size, perhaps an external 3.5 inch 4-5TB hard drives that regularly sell for $120-$130 on Amazon US (or whatever it costs in your native country) over these smaller 2.5 inch more expensive 2TB drives. I really don't see the point here of prioritizing 2.5 inch size since the Xbox One isn't a small console to start with. Might as well get more storage with a 3.5 external imo.
I have a seagate 5tb external and when u turn off the Xbox , the hard drive stays on. Is there a way to turn off the drive once I turn off the Xbox or will it always stay on . Only way I can get it to turn off is by doing a full shutdown . Or can I unplug the drive once the Xbox is on sleep low energy mode and before I turn on the Xbox I plug back In ?
now they launched HD with 4TB, some modification? For Seagate Gamer it costs $ 150 while the 4TB Seagate costs $ 120. A problem in using these two HD's on Xbox One, occupying the two rear USB ports?
I have the green one. My question is. Can i pick it out from the green box like this guy do and use it in my ps4 pro. Or is it to slow or just wrong for the ps4 pro?
Does anyone know if you can use a external hard drive for both 360 and One? I have 2 32GB flash drives on my 360 and would love to just put all my 360 stuff onto a drive and still use the same drive for my One.
Can someone recommend me a 2 (or more) Terrabyte HDD for my computer? I already went through 1 Terrabyte with games, so I need another HDD. I have 2 harddrives in raid 1, but im not sure if i can fit another harddrive.
Hello DF ! I love this kind of video ! It is possible for you to made one day a video review about SSD official and all the series Game Drive Hub by Seagate on One (and PS4) ? There 2,4 and 8To ! I buy the 8To (Thanks you Black Friday ! I have it for the middle of his normal price !!!) and I think it is more faster than a 2"5 HDD external or the internal HDD in XB1X (who are a 2"5 HDD). I think the 8To are the Barracuda or the Desktop HDD Seagate with 5400RPM or 7200RPM and 256Mo of cache memory, this explain why I feel it is faster. I'm really happy to have it.
well how good was this extremely informative video. A bloody belter that's what.. Exactly what i wanted to know. Cheers me owd Mukr. Thanks very much indeed for sharing this. Much appreciated. Richard is one diamond geezer. 😁
Glad I found this video. I was wondering about this a lot and this has helped. I AU that Xbox drive is $40 more than the 2015 seagate drive, what a bloody ripoff.
Thanks sir you saved me the money and resolved the confusion .Can you tell is it a good idea to play on an external hard drive ? Any increased failure chance or the same as the internal ?
Hello! Did you test the performance of the 3 drives on a PC? I'm just wondering because they could use different USB Controllers, and that can make all the difference, specially between the 2014 and the 2015 models.
I know it's not the newest or most exciting storage option, but I bought one of these 2tb Seagate HDDs. White Game Pass edition. Works well for my back compatible catalogue on the Series S. I'll get the Expansion Card at some point!
This is really annoying I got this for my birthday and it just keeps beeping and it won’t get recognized by my Xbox one if someone has a Solution please help
I bought this and it stopped working after 3 months seagate too a long time to sort it out I finally have another that is ok so far but for how long I’m not sure
+Para Soul No lol, Samsung make the Hard drives and seagate just adds the controller and case. That's just like saying Samsung own Apple because Apple use their chips lol.
Did you just read the label or did you also check the firmware, to confirm that the drives are actually identical? Firmware can make a big difference when it's optimized for a specific purpose.
+mrpositronia I was asking about the firmware of the drives. As far as i can tell by watching the video all they did was comparing the labels to determine if the drives were identical. Labels don't mean anything. Drives can have the same labels and model numbers and have totally different firmwares which maybe optimized or somehow special for the Xbox One.
I have a 3tb Seagate external hard drive for my Xbox one. But I have a question. Can I use the same hard drive on a PS4 I'm planning to buy in a few weeks, or will it delete all of my Xbox stuff from the hard drive?
It's not surprising that the "official" drive costs more. The price increase is from "official" Microsoft branding and that BS 14 day Xbox Live code which no one should use unless your current membership runs out and you need a few extra days. I really like how this guy doesn't dick around and just gets to the point with facts and backs it up with comparisons. Anyway, I would not suggest Seagate. They have a Samsung branding, but from research, I found that most people would advise against Seagate as they have the highest failure rate among the other brands. As a matter of fact, I just got myself a PS4 (the newer model with the matte finish cover and hardware improvements) along with a Western Digital Blue 1 TB HDD. I figure that even with less than 2TB, I should be okay with 1TB for a little bit since I do not intend on buying that many PS4 games as it is; only the ones I really want. I don't have as much time as I'd like as it is so buying a lot of PS4 games is not advisable for my current living situation. I work 7 days a week, 11 hours a day. >_< Anyway~ Sucks that Xbox One doesn't allow you to swap out HDDs. I hope that at the least, they make an HDD upgrade set like the Xbox 360 and have like a 2TB or more capacity on that one. With that all said, this is another reason why I think most people should just go with PS4 instead of Xbox One unless you absolutely are a fan of the exclusives Halo, Forza, and or Gears of War. Because as of now, that's really (and still) the only thing the Xbox has going for it. And with the PS4 using a similar (but better) hardware set up, you cannot argue now that the architecture is too complicated for developers to make games for (like on the PS3) or it doesn't have as much RAM or whatever like during the PS3 era. I know that sounded a bit fanboy-ish, but you cannot argue now. And if you do, then you're just delusional.
MrFight6666 I am aware that on the PS4 you can use an external drive, but I prefer to keep things internal for consoles. Besides, I have a 1TB Western Digital Blue HDD now for the PS4 which I just got. As a matter of fact, when I got the PS4 (the newer model), I immediately swapped out the HDD since I figure I might as well start with the bigger and better quality HDD from the beginning.
+xxnike629xx You are so misinformed. You can use an external on the ps4 but only to store movies and music not games so it's pointless. I bought a 4TB for my Xbox and store all of my games on it. You can go up to 16TB for an external on the Xbox and it supports two external drives so that's 32TB of space. Pretty good for "inferior hardware."
hi thanks you very much for your comparison and really this is very very very helpful. i like and respect seagate and i found it more speed than WD in movie transferring but now i am trying to buy new hard desk for my XBOX ONE and i found the new model of WD which look like xbox one and
Can someone who has bought this answer a couple of questions I have before I buy it as well? 1. Can you ensure me that none of my saved data from each game will not get deleted when it's transferred? 2. What's the difference between pressing 'install new things here' and 'keep current location'? 3. Is this the best external hard drive on the market for Xbox One? 4. Also, do I have the option of deciding what games I can have installed on my internal hard drive and the external hard drive? Like, for example, could I install a game I don't play so much on the external hard drive only so I could free up space on my internal hard drive for another game? I don't have to install every single game I've got, do I?
My XB1 HDD Filled up and I picked up a 5TB WD HDD last week for $120 plus tax at BB. The positive is that I would never have to worry about HDD space for the XB1 (even though I only buy exclusives for it and my PS4). The downsides are that I need to use it's power supply (since it's a desktop external HDD and not a portable one) and at night I can see the white light flashing. I'm debating on returning it and getting the 3TB WD portable HDD from BB as well for $110.
The Xbox One portable hard drive is exactly the same yeah but it's packaged and promoted towards people who ant as technical as you or me and might be buying the hard drive for someone else. I think the soul purpose of this drive is that it states clearly that it will work with with the Xbox One.
Interesting thing though, you look at the 8tb xbox drive and its like...a little over $200 or so. That SAME HARD DRIVE without the xbox casing and clearly labeled for use in a windows PC is over $1000. And again, it is the same model of hard drive. the only difference is that the gaming console drives are formatted to what ever OS your console uses, thus allowing for games to be installed and run from it. The PC one is automatically formatted to NTFS. So basically, you want to put 8TB in your laptop? Get an 8TB xbox or playstation drive and through USB, reformat the drive to NTFS. Then clone your existing HDD data to the new drive, then swap them to get a massive upgrade. You know, standard steps for upgrading the HDD in a laptop that only has 1 internal drive connection. Just has the added step of a partition reformat.
I would recoomend Seagate Expansion 5TB Desktop External Hard Drive USB 3.0 honestly..2TB is great if your on a budget but if it were i would save a little more money which they cost around 130$ and get the 5TB that way u wont have to worry about space for real
Not at all surprised that the Xbox One edition of the drive is simply a reskin. But I am surprised that Seagate's own portable HDD lineup for the year is simply a reskin of the 2014 model.
im not sure if anybody has thought if this but since it is 2.5 inches you can replace the stock hard drive with that one just take it out of the enclosure
+Nikola Sekulic Consoles are by definition, anti-consumer devices designed to lock users into an ecosystem which monetarily benefits the console manufacturer and removes choice from the end user.
Basically this is saying that official peripherals may be just as good as third party perihpherals. It's not a new thing that company tries to make bit more money by offering official stuff, this have been practice for ages already.
Yes I knew the Xbox version wouldn't be any different!! Purely made so people who don't research buy it because it says Xbox so they think that's the only hard drive that will work with the Xbox
Great to get my suspicions confirmed. It's actually a bit of a rip off; I can see some fans would love the swish green colour with the Xbox logo for their systems, but really. Is it worth the extra price? for me no. Thanks for clearing this up.
+Gabitzu 436 Better late than never. If it were some other studio they would of left it at that. Besides, there's still the expansions to look forward to.
+unreal900 So true. And probably part of Microsoft and Seagate's business strategy. They break, you have to buy another one and or pay for the cost of repairs. #SeagateSucks
+unreal900 i have both brands (WD and Seagate) and got a few Samsung either...had no problem with them till now...they stay still on my desk, not much travelling around....
+bigbang kamehameha 2 weeks of Live and PS+ is nothing. It's just a throw in from Microsoft and Sony. The focus about this video is how they give you the same hardware but just jack up the price because of the Microsoft and "official" branding... Oh and the green plastic cover. We can't forget about that one. LOL
yep... and have you ever looked at the avatar store? there's hundreds of things they've made on there... and charge over £1 on everything... i've never purchased anything from it, but i wonder... who has? it's cringey... thinking that they expect us to enjoy the crap that nobody cares about...
If you're gonna get a Seagate Drive make it an SSHD as they last much longer and are much quicker.... Also the fact that you can't switch out the HDD in the Xbox One without voiding your warranty is very annoying, I hope the Elite version with the SSHD in is not overpriced.
+Paul Venables - I wish it weren't so (because I want to like Seagate's HDDs), but I think you're absolutely correct. In the past 5 years I've had not one, not two but four Seagate drives somehow suddenly stop functioning (dead as a doornail - all of 'em). And in contrast, in the past 7 years, none of my Hitachi or Western Digital HDDs have given me any problems.
+Sam “Bang Ding Ow” Burns Samsun HDDs are better quaility than seagate they may be the same company but they are still separate entities under seagate.
depending on the drive. if it's 5200 rpm instead of 7200, it will be a lot slower. also, the hard drive should be of quality. Try Seagate, they make great portable hard drives.
I'm guessing it's because NTFS is basically microsofts proprierary format. Even Linux uses it's complete own code which is reverse engineered to give it support if I'm not completely wrong. Also it's far easier for user to use FAT32, where something like EXT4 would be unuseable with Windows PC if needed. I guess FAT32 is also requirement in Android phones for SD cards. (However Nintendo fixed this by using it's very own format which is tied to systems ID so that's 2 TB of wasted space for me which can't be even backed up...) Same with controller, XInput is basically Xbox standard which microsoft forced with GFWL for PC, that's why PS3 accepts all DirectInput controllers and Dualshock 4 works as standard DirectInput controller. Even though microsoft themselves made DirectInput depreaced format and still push XInput now by making it only acceptable standard with Windows Apps. I guess just another reason to hope that PC wouldn't be dependant on single company also owning console, as DirectInput is actually so much better under Linux: vine.co/v/OM00rdtZ6LF Though you should also take into the account that with PS3 and PS4, you are free to upgrade internal hard drive as well to avoid all the extra hasshle with external ones and use USB sticks to move data if necessary. Again, if I'm not horrible missinformed internal uses other form of formatting. Though USB sticks also need to be FAT32 (learned this when I didn't know why on of my USB sticks didn't show up on PS3 at all)
+Mikko Valorinta (Marioysikax) DS3 and 4 are USB HID controllers, USB standard same as Mouse and Keybourd standards (with exception of DS3 which need melformed init command to activate it and needs driver) and old DirectInput use them out of the box, dont need anythind special. Xinput requires special drivers to support it. Problem with USB HID is that its really outdated, it only supports buttons and axis, no motion controls or vibration motors which seem to be standard now days. File systems has nothing to do with cost, by SATA and old ATA you can read and write any data anywhere in disk, any drive can be formated to any file system. Linux does support NTFS but read-only, you need NTFS 3G over FUSE (external file system driver outside the kernel) for write support
I've had such a bad experience of recent with Seagate HDDs (both 2.5 and 3.5 inch). Never again buying their products - sticking with WD for my SATA HDD needs (typically storage).
Didn't really expect much different. A lot of companies do this to their old hardware to sell more of what they already have. Plus "gaming" things tend to be more expensive no matter what, even when not making sense.
Yeah the same is with the sandisc Wii SD cards, they are basicly regural class 4 SD cards painted white.... and have double the price of a normal SD card
+Marco Lalvay Things labeled as "gaming" or "official" often has the tendency to cost more for the cost of branding things. Consumers always pay for these additional costs.
Who would have thought that an old bloke is behind this channel. Great content mate!
This is probably the only channel that does reviews in 60 fps.....kudos to them...
I see that XDK in the background ;) That Sidecar looks dope on that console. I got a Slim XDK and XNA Test Kit
I was hoping for more numbers and tests.
+Captain Eggcellent (Gaming Easter Eggs) you could just buy that samsung drive for your PC and then find an opening video of the xbox one and get that model of hard drive then put them into your PC and do raw speed tests then.
+Captain Eggcellent (Gaming Easter Eggs) Why? They're the same drives. 0o
+Captain Eggcellent (Gaming Easter Eggs) Me too, there was no mention of USB interfaces or firmware.
Is it possible to remove the casing on this seagate external hd and put it inside my xb1x to replace my internal hd if I partition it with the correct software using a sat to usb cable? I have one and my internal is broke and don't have the money for a new one.
I still went for the xbox version, the bit of extra I've paid does not concern me at all. I like the green finish and xbox logo on it.
I am getting the xbox version for 66GBP today. Is this the cheapest it has depreciated?
Guess so, haven't seen it cheaper.
Here’s Jonny
@@Shumayal lol i saw a $40 dollar version on ebay
@@lazyreviewssupport9811 you sure? owo
What a helpful video and everything is straight to the point. DigitalFoundry with Richard is sooo good :)
Essentially since the Xbox One's SATA connection is likely limited to SATA II internally, and this cap remains on external drives via USB 3.0, it seems it's better to just go for large size, perhaps an external 3.5 inch 4-5TB hard drives that regularly sell for $120-$130 on Amazon US (or whatever it costs in your native country) over these smaller 2.5 inch more expensive 2TB drives.
I really don't see the point here of prioritizing 2.5 inch size since the Xbox One isn't a small console to start with. Might as well get more storage with a 3.5 external imo.
I have a seagate 5tb external and when u turn off the Xbox , the hard drive stays on. Is there a way to turn off the drive once I turn off the Xbox or will it always stay on . Only way I can get it to turn off is by doing a full shutdown . Or can I unplug the drive once the Xbox is on sleep low energy mode and before I turn on the Xbox I plug back In ?
I really like the way that you talk, your accent
I wish you the best, DigitalFoundry
Abu-Naif Automotive stfu
now they launched HD with 4TB, some modification? For Seagate Gamer it costs $ 150 while the 4TB Seagate costs $ 120.
A problem in using these two HD's on Xbox One, occupying the two rear USB ports?
Glad to see the face behind the excellent voice!
I have the green one. My question is. Can i pick it out from the green box like this guy do and use it in my ps4 pro. Or is it to slow or just wrong for the ps4 pro?
I bought mine and it started working for couple months and then it just stopped the light still on but it doesn't work
Wow. This guy does not look at all like I thought he would look.
WH250398 i thought the same
Does anyone know if you can use a external hard drive for both 360 and One? I have 2 32GB flash drives on my 360 and would love to just put all my 360 stuff onto a drive and still use the same drive for my One.
Can someone recommend me a 2 (or more) Terrabyte HDD for my computer? I already went through 1 Terrabyte with games, so I need another HDD. I have 2 harddrives in raid 1, but im not sure if i can fit another harddrive.
Hello DF ! I love this kind of video ! It is possible for you to made one day a video review about SSD official and all the series Game Drive Hub by Seagate on One (and PS4) ? There 2,4 and 8To ! I buy the 8To (Thanks you Black Friday ! I have it for the middle of his normal price !!!) and I think it is more faster than a 2"5 HDD external or the internal HDD in XB1X (who are a 2"5 HDD). I think the 8To are the Barracuda or the Desktop HDD Seagate with 5400RPM or 7200RPM and 256Mo of cache memory, this explain why I feel it is faster. I'm really happy to have it.
well how good was this extremely informative video. A bloody belter that's what.. Exactly what i wanted to know. Cheers me owd Mukr. Thanks very much indeed for sharing this. Much appreciated. Richard is one diamond geezer. 😁
Can I use this with an PC? or just with Xbox, because I've saw a good deal with a game for this?!
Glad I found this video. I was wondering about this a lot and this has helped. I AU that Xbox drive is $40 more than the 2015 seagate drive, what a bloody ripoff.
could you take that drive, take off all the connecters n put it in a ps4 or a laptop n have 2tb of storage, but instead of USB 3 it'll use sata.
Great review, very helpful video!
Really like that green Wii U. Is that a developer model? My cousin has one that he bought from an ex-Nintendo employee for about 10,000¥.
Can you guys do a last gen hard drive upgrade guide? I would be interested in seeing what are the best hard drives for the PS3 and Xbox 360.
Thanks sir you saved me the money and resolved the confusion .Can you tell is it a good idea to play on an external hard drive ? Any increased failure chance or the same as the internal ?
Hello! Did you test the performance of the 3 drives on a PC? I'm just wondering because they could use different USB Controllers, and that can make all the difference, specially between the 2014 and the 2015 models.
+Tao Read the article. they are identical.
I know it's not the newest or most exciting storage option, but I bought one of these 2tb Seagate HDDs. White Game Pass edition. Works well for my back compatible catalogue on the Series S. I'll get the Expansion Card at some point!
can i white ICY CLONE BOX the HDD Original XBOX ONE CLONE to 2TB HDD??? Intern UPGRADE?!!!
Could yo take this an put it directly in to the xbox one s
This is really annoying I got this for my birthday and it just keeps beeping and it won’t get recognized by my Xbox one if someone has a Solution please help
I bought this and it stopped working after 3 months seagate too a long time to sort it out I finally have another that is ok so far but for how long I’m not sure
my x1 doesn't seem to read it what do I have to do
These drives are the ($99 usd) Seagate BackupPlus Slim, 2TB drive connected to Xbox One. The WD MyPassport Ultra is the equivalent.
That Xbox HDD would look cool it you painted the surface and left the edges and wording/logo bright green.
Bro its only for x box
Console which one prefer best
x box s ps4 slim
I don't understand: seagate it's a company that produce HDs or just the case?
I read "samsung" on the HDs..
Seagate owns them
+Para Soul No lol, Samsung make the Hard drives and seagate just adds the controller and case. That's just like saying Samsung own Apple because Apple use their chips lol.
***** google it smartguy
Para Soul en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seagate_Technology
***** They own Samsungs harddrive division
Did you just read the label or did you also check the firmware, to confirm that the drives are actually identical? Firmware can make a big difference when it's optimized for a specific purpose.
+Richard Gecko The firmware will work on both, as they are the same exact drive.
+mrpositronia I was asking about the firmware of the drives. As far as i can tell by watching the video all they did was comparing the labels to determine if the drives were identical. Labels don't mean anything. Drives can have the same labels and model numbers and have totally different firmwares which maybe optimized or somehow special for the Xbox One.
I have a 3tb Seagate external hard drive for my Xbox one. But I have a question. Can I use the same hard drive on a PS4 I'm planning to buy in a few weeks, or will it delete all of my Xbox stuff from the hard drive?
+Hector Soto It will be reformatted, so all content will be deleted, and the same goes for vise-versa.
+Hector Soto External drives don't work on the PS4. You need to get an internal one.
Patch 1.10 The Witcher 3 comparison
How do you take it apart of fix it
Schöner klarer Test good work.
Rich Leadbetter?! As in Editor of Sega Saturn Magazine UK Rich Leadbetter?! :D
how many rpm is this Seagate hard drive?
can this Xbox hdd be removed from the case and formatted to work in ps4?
nvm, I found out for myself... it does!
Do they all come with the cable?
It's not surprising that the "official" drive costs more. The price increase is from "official" Microsoft branding and that BS 14 day Xbox Live code which no one should use unless your current membership runs out and you need a few extra days. I really like how this guy doesn't dick around and just gets to the point with facts and backs it up with comparisons.
Anyway, I would not suggest Seagate. They have a Samsung branding, but from research, I found that most people would advise against Seagate as they have the highest failure rate among the other brands. As a matter of fact, I just got myself a PS4 (the newer model with the matte finish cover and hardware improvements) along with a Western Digital Blue 1 TB HDD. I figure that even with less than 2TB, I should be okay with 1TB for a little bit since I do not intend on buying that many PS4 games as it is; only the ones I really want. I don't have as much time as I'd like as it is so buying a lot of PS4 games is not advisable for my current living situation. I work 7 days a week, 11 hours a day. >_<
Anyway~ Sucks that Xbox One doesn't allow you to swap out HDDs. I hope that at the least, they make an HDD upgrade set like the Xbox 360 and have like a 2TB or more capacity on that one.
With that all said, this is another reason why I think most people should just go with PS4 instead of Xbox One unless you absolutely are a fan of the exclusives Halo, Forza, and or Gears of War. Because as of now, that's really (and still) the only thing the Xbox has going for it. And with the PS4 using a similar (but better) hardware set up, you cannot argue now that the architecture is too complicated for developers to make games for (like on the PS3) or it doesn't have as much RAM or whatever like during the PS3 era.
I know that sounded a bit fanboy-ish, but you cannot argue now. And if you do, then you're just delusional.
+xxnike629xx You can use an external drive. Usually they're cheaper, especially when you get up to over 2 TB's.
MrFight6666 I am aware that on the PS4 you can use an external drive, but I prefer to keep things internal for consoles.
Besides, I have a 1TB Western Digital Blue HDD now for the PS4 which I just got. As a matter of fact, when I got the PS4 (the newer model), I immediately swapped out the HDD since I figure I might as well start with the bigger and better quality HDD from the beginning.
xxnike629xx No, you can't.
+xxnike629xx You are so misinformed. You can use an external on the ps4 but only to store movies and music not games so it's pointless. I bought a 4TB for my Xbox and store all of my games on it. You can go up to 16TB for an external on the Xbox and it supports two external drives so that's 32TB of space. Pretty good for "inferior hardware."
Guys i am thinking of upgrading my ps4 hdd. Can you guys make any suggestion
Thank you I wasn't sure which one to get and thought Xbox one would be better so am going for cheaper one so you saved me money
Mark Humphreys hey did it work out?
Hi yes it did thank you so pleased with it thank you once again
hi
thanks you very much for your comparison and really this is very very very helpful.
i like and respect seagate and i found it more speed than WD in movie transferring but now i am trying to buy new hard desk for my XBOX ONE and i found the new model of WD which look like xbox one and
My light blinks non stop is that normal
Can someone who has bought this answer a couple of questions I have before I buy it as well?
1. Can you ensure me that none of my saved data from each game will not get deleted when it's transferred?
2. What's the difference between pressing 'install new things here' and 'keep current location'?
3. Is this the best external hard drive on the market for Xbox One?
4. Also, do I have the option of deciding what games I can have installed on my internal hard drive and the external hard drive? Like, for example, could I install a game I don't play so much on the external hard drive only so I could free up space on my internal hard drive for another game? I don't have to install every single game I've got, do I?
Good job DF
I'm getting one of those this year to make it last a longer until I get anther one
Where is the spinning part?
Can i use it on ps4 pro?
My XB1 HDD Filled up and I picked up a 5TB WD HDD last week for $120 plus tax at BB. The positive is that I would never have to worry about HDD space for the XB1 (even though I only buy exclusives for it and my PS4). The downsides are that I need to use it's power supply (since it's a desktop external HDD and not a portable one) and at night I can see the white light flashing. I'm debating on returning it and getting the 3TB WD portable HDD from BB as well for $110.
I'm going to take it back for a WD 3TB portable HDD tomorrow.
To be fair though if you like the green then quite a few people will spend the extra £15 or so just for a funky color
The Xbox One portable hard drive is exactly the same yeah but it's packaged and promoted towards people who ant as technical as you or me and might be buying the hard drive for someone else. I think the soul purpose of this drive is that it states clearly that it will work with with the Xbox One.
mine got corrupted for no reason while installing a game now its a useless brick
Typical of Samsung HDDs. Their spinpoint drives have always had a bad reputation for failing.
Interesting thing though, you look at the 8tb xbox drive and its like...a little over $200 or so. That SAME HARD DRIVE without the xbox casing and clearly labeled for use in a windows PC is over $1000. And again, it is the same model of hard drive. the only difference is that the gaming console drives are formatted to what ever OS your console uses, thus allowing for games to be installed and run from it. The PC one is automatically formatted to NTFS. So basically, you want to put 8TB in your laptop? Get an 8TB xbox or playstation drive and through USB, reformat the drive to NTFS. Then clone your existing HDD data to the new drive, then swap them to get a massive upgrade. You know, standard steps for upgrading the HDD in a laptop that only has 1 internal drive connection. Just has the added step of a partition reformat.
I would recoomend Seagate Expansion 5TB Desktop External Hard Drive USB 3.0 honestly..2TB is great if your on a budget but if it were i would save a little more money which they cost around 130$ and get the 5TB that way u wont have to worry about space for real
You guys gonna do a Witcher 3 1.10 comparison?
+BrawlEmAll No more 20fps lock in swamps.
Not at all surprised that the Xbox One edition of the drive is simply a reskin. But I am surprised that Seagate's own portable HDD lineup for the year is simply a reskin of the 2014 model.
Damn, that's one expensive case cover!
These guys save money. Awesome!
Looks like a good drive
its quite funny in my country the xbox drive is cheaper then the standard 2015 seagate drive. but got a 7200 rpm external usb 3 G drive instead.
Good tutorial!
im not sure if anybody has thought if this but since it is 2.5 inches you can replace the stock hard drive with that one just take it out of the enclosure
You can't. Opening your Xbox One voids your warranty.
that doesn't affect you 'doing' it
this guy has awesome video's
Work for ps4??
Quem for do brasil ai conheça o melhor canal do pais para os amantes do xbox one Games of Gold
Once again Microsoft proves it's here for profit first, costumers second, regarding consoles strategy at least.
While true, but this isn't a product from ms, its segates product with ms approval to brand xbox on it.
I don't know why though,they never made a profit from the Xbox brand.
+Nikola Sekulic Consoles are by definition, anti-consumer devices designed to lock users into an ecosystem which monetarily benefits the console manufacturer and removes choice from the end user.
+Nikola Sekulic lol you mean sony isn't in for the profit ?
Ed Turvey oh cool
ooooooo check the xdk's in the background
Basically this is saying that official peripherals may be just as good as third party perihpherals. It's not a new thing that company tries to make bit more money by offering official stuff, this have been practice for ages already.
Yes I knew the Xbox version wouldn't be any different!! Purely made so people who don't research buy it because it says Xbox so they think that's the only hard drive that will work with the Xbox
Great to get my suspicions confirmed. It's actually a bit of a rip off; I can see some fans would love the swish green colour with the Xbox logo for their systems, but really. Is it worth the extra price? for me no. Thanks for clearing this up.
Digital foundry are you guys going to test the latest witcher 3 update? The stability improvements are amazing.
+Kekorock1 No more 20fps in swamps.
Yes , the improvements are amazing but it took them 4-5 months to do that...
+Gabitzu 436 Better late than never. If it were some other studio they would of left it at that. Besides, there's still the expansions to look forward to.
Kekorock1 Yes , you are right . If the game is almost stable 30fps, the expansions are gonna run at a good frame rate too .
Cool video
Best video. Thanks for this. Green plastic... Oh joy
Seagate? Oh, god! They have the highest HDD fail rates on the market. Look it up.
+unreal900 So true. And probably part of Microsoft and Seagate's business strategy. They break, you have to buy another one and or pay for the cost of repairs. #SeagateSucks
+unreal900 i have both brands (WD and Seagate) and got a few Samsung either...had no problem with them till now...they stay still on my desk, not much travelling around....
The drive itself is manufactured by Samsung, though...
TheGTAFiver It's still a Seagate drive. Seatgate bought out Samsung's HDD division.
+xxnike629xx I have a Samsung Sata hdd 120gb of 2007 and still working like the first day. I am using it right now
This ain't a review. This is a british man performing surgery on a 2TB hard drive which has no pain! ;)
Here in Brazil, this HD goes for R $ 800.00 reais due taxes!
I'm indeed happy with my cheap 2tb harddrive for my Xbox one. Works great.
I knew it, I glad I brought the cheaper one.
Yeah I got the 2015 model. It was a no brainer and pretty much requires common sense to tell it's just a different cover.
I hope it's 1080p I don't mind 30fps
Adds green, charges more? Microsoft are the Razer of consoles.
and gives you two weeks of gold but let's see what Sony gives you
+bigbang kamehameha 2 weeks of gold is worth like £3 big woop
+bigbang kamehameha 2 weeks of Live and PS+ is nothing. It's just a throw in from Microsoft and Sony. The focus about this video is how they give you the same hardware but just jack up the price because of the Microsoft and "official" branding... Oh and the green plastic cover. We can't forget about that one. LOL
+necropig Microsoft made that harddrive?
+ark13700 nope. just added green and asked for more money from its loyal goon army.
when do you guys guess Sony will allow us to use external hard drives?
yep... and have you ever looked at the avatar store? there's hundreds of things they've made on there... and charge over £1 on everything... i've never purchased anything from it, but i wonder... who has?
it's cringey... thinking that they expect us to enjoy the crap that nobody cares about...
If you're gonna get a Seagate Drive make it an SSHD as they last much longer and are much quicker.... Also the fact that you can't switch out the HDD in the Xbox One without voiding your warranty is very annoying, I hope the Elite version with the SSHD in is not overpriced.
I thought richard was younger... lol.
Thanks for saving me 15 bucks, Wichard.
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Western digital is a better make,seagates have more problems
+Paul Venables they use samsung drives wtf :D
+Paul Venables +1, 10 drives in 8 years, 3 Seagte dead, the rest was from Western Digital, all still working in my devices !
+Paul Venables - I wish it weren't so (because I want to like Seagate's HDDs), but I think you're absolutely correct.
In the past 5 years I've had not one, not two but four Seagate drives somehow suddenly stop functioning (dead as a doornail - all of 'em). And in contrast, in the past 7 years, none of my Hitachi or Western Digital HDDs have given me any problems.
+Sam “Bang Ding Ow” Burns Samsun HDDs are better quaility than seagate they may be the same company but they are still separate entities under seagate.
Paul Venables
I heard the exact this thing about western digital.
I think it's just a matter of experience
Can you use any drive, is there no firmware difference?
depending on the drive. if it's 5200 rpm instead of 7200, it will be a lot slower. also, the hard drive should be of quality. Try Seagate, they make great portable hard drives.
+Mr Skellow PS uses FAT32? Still being used? fuck me, thats old...
it Formats it by itself on xbox
I'm guessing it's because NTFS is basically microsofts proprierary format. Even Linux uses it's complete own code which is reverse engineered to give it support if I'm not completely wrong. Also it's far easier for user to use FAT32, where something like EXT4 would be unuseable with Windows PC if needed. I guess FAT32 is also requirement in Android phones for SD cards. (However Nintendo fixed this by using it's very own format which is tied to systems ID so that's 2 TB of wasted space for me which can't be even backed up...)
Same with controller, XInput is basically Xbox standard which microsoft forced with GFWL for PC, that's why PS3 accepts all DirectInput controllers and Dualshock 4 works as standard DirectInput controller. Even though microsoft themselves made DirectInput depreaced format and still push XInput now by making it only acceptable standard with Windows Apps. I guess just another reason to hope that PC wouldn't be dependant on single company also owning console, as DirectInput is actually so much better under Linux: vine.co/v/OM00rdtZ6LF
Though you should also take into the account that with PS3 and PS4, you are free to upgrade internal hard drive as well to avoid all the extra hasshle with external ones and use USB sticks to move data if necessary. Again, if I'm not horrible missinformed internal uses other form of formatting. Though USB sticks also need to be FAT32 (learned this when I didn't know why on of my USB sticks didn't show up on PS3 at all)
+Mikko Valorinta (Marioysikax) DS3 and 4 are USB HID controllers, USB standard same as Mouse and Keybourd standards (with exception of DS3 which need melformed init command to activate it and needs driver) and old DirectInput use them out of the box, dont need anythind special. Xinput requires special drivers to support it. Problem with USB HID is that its really outdated, it only supports buttons and axis, no motion controls or vibration motors which seem to be standard now days.
File systems has nothing to do with cost, by SATA and old ATA you can read and write any data anywhere in disk, any drive can be formated to any file system.
Linux does support NTFS but read-only, you need NTFS 3G over FUSE (external file system driver outside the kernel) for write support
2TB is too small for me, i have a 5TB Seagate HD
Samsung makes Seagate drives?
I've had such a bad experience of recent with Seagate HDDs (both 2.5 and 3.5 inch). Never again buying their products - sticking with WD for my SATA HDD needs (typically storage).
TL DW; Xbox version is the same as a conventional seagate external HDD