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[DeepEnigma]

You said it was like the vita, you needed to buy a mem card with every system. Xbox doesn't have that issue.

No you didn't, the Vita came with one.

Same logic, boyo.

 

[nosseman]

$50 for 500 GB
$95 for 1 TB
$225 for 2 TB

2.4 GB/s read.

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Gen 3.

Sony require Gen4 (and the SSD from Seagate is Gen4).

Perhaps it will work - perhaps it will not - but you can bet your ass on that if something does not work Sony will blame that Gen 3 SSD.

 

[BigBooper]

I've seen rumors that the Seagate exclusivity was for one year. If true, we should see some competition of some sort soon. People have already come up with adapters for the proprietary shape of the drives.

Wondering how many commenters itt will be temp banned by tomorrow, lol.

 

[Jaysen]

Sonys solution is way cheaper.

And also much worse. There's a reason convenience items sell so well

 

[Warnen]

No you didn't, the Vita came with one.

Same logic, boyo.

4GB that was useless at the time vs 1tb that's will last for years…

Pulling at straws now huh?

 

[kyliethicc]

Gen 3.

Sony require Gen4 (and the SSD from Seagate is Gen4).

Perhaps it will work - perhaps it will not - but you can bet your ass on that if something does not work Sony will blame that Gen 3 SSD.

Has nothing to do with Sony.

That's the internal SSD inside the Xboxes.

Shows how silly these proprietary card prices are.

 

[DeepEnigma]

4GB that was useless at the time vs 1tb that's will last for years…

Pulling at straws now huh?

 

[RoboFu]

tey actually should of waited a year on the 2tb as there really hasnt been a reason ( ei: enough new games) to even warrant any expansion for either console yet.

 

[RadioactiveLobster]

Great news.
Here in Brazil the 2TB one is going to cost R$562462385234865832475623845623486328528356238456832648532648562835642385623485623845623852368564328574263854236532685623875632856238752368462356238523645824364582356423875684325682345632856238523685236582365238526358236583256235238523685623568 reais though. I will not be able to buy one .

Only $997,981,509,821,304,300,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 USD? Seems rather cheap.

 

[Derktron]

Finally!!!

 

[Warnen]

Better mind the sticky

 

[lh032]

I hope I wont get banned or anything.
But the PS5 SSD is clearly the better option, since its faster and you can use it on PC as well.

 

[splattered]

Just bought a second 1TB card to store more of the recent enhanced games that have released and prepare for fh5/halo/cod/bf2042 ... still not enough space. I miss being able to spend on like an 8TB external and just have a crap load of games there ready to go. I mean of course i still do for my huge XBO backlog, but the further we get into the generation the more games are gonna require the enhanced storage and i have no idea how they are going to solve this problem for people that buy tons of digital games.

 

[ethomaz]

The prices are several tiers higher than actual M.2 SSDs.

1TB prices 2.4GB/s SSDs are around $100.

Great news.
Here in Brazil the 2TB one is going to cost R$562462385234865832475623845623486328528356238456832648532648562835642385623485623845623852368564328574263854236532685623875632856238752368462356238523645824364582356423875684325682345632856238523685236582365238526358236583256235238523685623568 reais though. I will not be able to buy one .

Today… tomorrow you need to add a bit more… dollar is going to the sky here

 

[Three]

Seagate is price gouging. You can buy a 1 TB 3.5 GBps 980 for just $99. The 2 TB 970 evo plus is $240.

And thats a 3.5 GBps drive. The 2.4 GBps SSDs like the one Seagate is selling is selling for just $186 on Amazon

MS are price gouging with proprietary drives not seagate. If seagate is selling seagate non xbox drives for cheaper it's a high price because it's a licensed xbox drive with no competitors.

 

[Bernd Lauert]

4GB that was useless at the time vs 1tb that's will last for years…

Pulling at straws now huh?

It was actually 1 GB, and only in the revised model. First model didn't have a memory card.

Btw, that 1 GB was enough to install maybe two games if you were lucky.

 

[Topher]

4GB that was useless at the time vs 1tb that's will last for years…

Pulling at straws now huh?

How wast 4gb useless? For a gamer that is all you needed for game saves. 1 TB is needed for installing the games. You didn't do that with Vita.

 

[ethomaz]

Gen 3.

Sony require Gen4 (and the SSD from Seagate is Gen4).

Perhaps it will work - perhaps it will not - but you can bet your ass on that if something does not work Sony will blame that Gen 3 SSD.

MS is Gen3 thought.

 

[lostinblue]

$50 for 500 GB
$95 for 1 TB
$225 for 2 TB

2.4 GB/s read.

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Put NVMe™ power at the heart of your PC for lightning-fast, ultra-responsive performance. The WD Blue™ SN550 NVMe™ SSD can deliver over 4 times the speed of our best SATA SSDs. Whether you’re working, creating or processing large amounts of data, take advantage of this powerful internal drive’s...

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SN550 is being replaced now by the SN570.

New numbers are 3500 MB/s read. 3000 MB/s write.

Basically same price.

MS is Gen3 thought.

kind of.

It's technically gen4, with just two lanes, firmware of the existing Gen3 devices has to be modified to allow that which is what they did with their own internal SSD.

The architecture splits a single PCI-e 4x gen4 NVME lane into 2x, one for the internal disk the other 2x for the external solution.

It's stupid.

 

[DeepEnigma]

Better mind the sticky

Mind what? Piss off, it's not console warring to call out proprietary bullshit and their asinine prices and not cheerlead for it, nor is it to call out your goalpost moving reductive arguments to defend the same shit you bash in the same sentence.

If anyone is warring, it's you. Both proprietary shit was and is SHIT. Regardless of brand choice.

Console price levels for storage. Woosah!

 

[Warnen]

It was actually 1 GB, and only in the revised model. First model didn't have a memory card.

Btw, that 1 GB was enough to install maybe two games if you were lucky.

think US one came with 4gb, but I do remember getting the biggest I could at the time

How wast 4gb useless? For a gamer that is all you needed for game saves. 1 TB is needed for installing the games. You didn't do that with Vita.

digital

 

[FrankWza]

Better mind the sticky

You picked a fight and got schooled. Now you're reaching for the report button?

 

[Ezekiel_]

It isn't a secret that the video game industry makes big bucks by selling accessories.

Consoles are sold very close to their cost (except Switch).

Everything else is sold for max profits (controllers, etc.)

This is just one other example.

Good thing Sony made it so that you can use a third party NVME drive, even if it's a bit less "user-friendly" compared to a plugin card.

 

[Kacho]

This thread is a disaster

 

[Warnen]

You picked a fight and got schooled. Now you're reaching for the report button?

What fight? Pointing out that an over priced storage solution is overpriced? Or that it's not required?

 

[Topher]

It was actually 1 GB, and only in the revised model. First model didn't have a memory card.

Btw, that 1 GB was enough to install maybe two games if you were lucky.

The 4GB was bundled with Vita in NA. Games could be run off the cartridge IIRC.

 

[FrankWza]

What fight? Pointing out that an over priced storage solution is overpriced? Or that it's not required?

 

[Kilau]

Really wish we had another option than Seagate.

 

[chilichote]

For $100 more you could just buy a second Xbox SX^^

 

[Topher]

Really wish we had another option than Seagate.

Don't they only have exclusivity for a year and then it opens up to more competition?

 

[ethomaz]

Really wish we had another option than Seagate.

I don't believe that will help with the price issue.

 

[Jaysen]

I hope I wont get banned or anything.
But the PS5 SSD is clearly the better option, since its faster and you can use it on PC as well.

Consoles exist due to convenience. Thus the more convenient memory option is the better one. And it's why casual console owners are more likely to add memory to their Xbox than they ever will their PS5.

 

[M1chl]

Technically I don't need this, since cold-storage options exists, but that's annoying shit. Not sure if 400USD annoying tho : D

 

[Kilau]

Don't they only have exclusivity for a year and then it opens up to more competition?

I hope it opens up soon.

I don't believe that will help with the price issue.

It's not just the pricing, the only drives I've ever had fail on me were Seagates, I won't buy another.

 

[Snake29]

and that is?

2.4GB/s vs 7+GB/s.

 

[Warnen]

Mind what? Piss off, it's not console warring to call out proprietary bullshit and their asinine prices and not cheerlead for it, nor is it to call out your goalpost moving reductive arguments to defend the same shit you bash in the same sentence.

If anyone is warring, it's you. Both proprietary shit was and is SHIT. Regardless of brand choice.

Console price levels for storage. Woosah!

Agree to disagree, with proprietary comes ease of use (at least on Xbox/apple). No having to install the drive, deal with heat shielding and making sure specs match when shopping. Prices are a bit to high for sure but they will go down just like with the 1tb version.

 

[Tommi84]

fuck ssd prices. i've been hearing since 2008 how they will be soon as affordable as HDDs lol.

The regular ones are. The mvne, faster drives are not (yet). The proprietary solution from Seagate with MS tax on it? Hell no.

 

[MaulerX]

2TB MVME SSD in that form factor is pretty impressive.

These things are never going to be cheap not sure what people expected.

 

[Ass of Can Whooping]

except you don't need it to make the system functional. Most Xbox users will never need the upgraded space.

You don't need a memory card for for the vita to be functional

 

[Kacho]

Series consoles could really use another slot. Being limited to only one is baffling.

 

[Warnen]

You didn't need a memory card for for the vita to be functional

yeah I forget these portable systems actually sell games on other media, been digital for so long. Been a while don't remember how game patches and stuff were handled on the vita.

 

[DeepEnigma]

Agree to disagree, with proprietary comes ease of use (at least on Xbox/apple). No having to install the drive, deal with heat shielding and making sure specs match when shopping. Prices are a bit to high for sure but they will go down just like with the 1tb version.

One thing I do agree on, mindless convenience does come at a price.

 

[sircaw]

I hope I wont get banned or anything.
But the PS5 SSD is clearly the better option, since its faster and you can use it on PC as well.

REPORTED FOR WARING

 

[Warnen]

One thing I do agree on, mindless convenience does come at a price.

dunno about mindless but yes convenience is a luxury for many.

 

[reksveks]

MS are price gouging with proprietary drives not seagate. If seagate is selling seagate non xbox drives for cheaper it's a high price because it's a licensed xbox drive with no competitors.

Microsoft doesn't set the price

 

[Topher]

Technically I don't need this, since cold-storage options exists, but that's annoying shit. Not sure if 400USD annoying tho : D

The price is annoying, but I don't see myself ever needing this either. Here is where I am right now.....

15 games and room to spare.

 

[dcmk7]

Would like a 2TB card but that price is way too expensive to justify.

Hopefully the rumoured one year exclusivity with SeaGate is true and we get more vendors to be able choose from soon.

 

[Rat Rage]

If you are rich, go for it.

 

[MatrixReloaded101]

Just picked up the 1 TB card...

I don't swap between enough games to even justify buying a 2TB card for the Series X right now and $400 ......

Its a proprietary card which makes it easier to use then what the PS5 is doing so a price hike is expecting but $400 is just insane.

 

[ethomaz]

I hope I wont get banned or anything.
But the PS5 SSD is clearly the better option, since its faster and you can use it on PC as well.

It is not the PS5 option but the industry standard option.

Sony learned that in the hard way.