As games keep ballooning in size, the Xbox Series X's default 1TB drive just isn’t cutting it anymore. Big-budget releases like Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 or The Outer Worlds 2 eat up over 100GB each, and when Grand Theft Auto 6 eventually lands, it’s almost guaranteed to be one of the largest downloads ever.
That’s where expansion cards come in, and Best Buy’s current deal is a rare standout. This is truly the cheapest we’ve ever seen the 2TB model, so don’t expect it to stick around for long. I don't even expect it to be this price during the Black Friday sales this year, so snap it up as fast as you can.
Unlike a regular external SSD, this is an official Xbox-licensed expansion card. It’s built with a high-speed NVMe core and plugs directly into the Series X|S, working hand-in-hand with Microsoft’s Velocity Architecture. In plain English: you’ll get the same performance as the console’s internal storage, with instant Quick Resume, super-fast load times, and seamless game switching.
With 2TB of space, you can stop juggling installs or deleting old favorites just to make room for something new. The card also comes with one month of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and Discord Nitro, so you can dive straight into a bigger library of games the moment you set it up. Installation is simple: slide the C50 into the back of your Xbox and it’s ready to go.
There are a couple of caveats. If you mainly play backwards-compatible titles from the Xbox One, 360, or original Xbox, you probably don’t need storage this fast — those games don’t push modern storage requirements in the same way. And if you’re only looking for a drive to store Series X|S games (rather than play them directly), you can save money with a more traditional external SSD like the Seagate Game Drive or WD Black P40.
But if you want full-speed storage that works exactly like the console’s internal drive, the WD Black C50 is one of the most straightforward upgrades you can buy. Other top gaming deals right now include refurbished PS5 consoles from just $310, physical copes of Resident Evil 4 for $15 and Final Fantasy 16 for $23.49, while the fancy looking Xbox "Breaker" series controllers also up for preorder this week.
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