Playstation Tablet 1,746 Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 A few weeks back, we got our first look at the backside of the Xbox series X. At that time, I believed the long-rectangular port between the HDMI and digital audio port that was for diagnostics and I was incorrect. That port is for storage expansion, according to people familiar with the company’s plans, and offers the series X a work-around as games continue to expand in size. The bigger question, which I don’t know the answer to quite yet, is what technology is Microsoft using for the expandable storage. Considering that the internal drive is going to be of the ‘high-performance’ variety, a flavor of NVMe is expected and not a platter drive, external storage needs to be quick as well. While the back of the device does have USB ports that could be used for expansion, that mystery slot is a dedicated storage expansion for high-speed hardware. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ike★ 2,922 Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 I swear if it's more proprietary storage.... Did no one learn anything from Memory Sticks? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JonDnD 2,696 Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 It probably has to be proprietary Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Playstation Tablet 1,746 Posted February 4, 2020 Author Share Posted February 4, 2020 (edited) 9 minutes ago, Ike said: I swear if it's more proprietary storage.... Did no one learn anything from Memory Sticks? It makes sense if it's an SSD. There needs to be a minimum specs at least, you cant shove cheap random SSDs on there with 1/5 the bandwidth. Edited February 4, 2020 by Team 2019 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ike★ 2,922 Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 Just now, Team 2019 said: It makes sense if it's an SSD. There needs to be a minimum specs at least, you cant shove cheap random SSDs on there with 1/5 the bandwidth. As long as it's an optional requirement that's fine. Still stupid. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hot Sauce 2,742 Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 It's likely a CFExpress port and those things are $1.50/GB currently, so there really needs to be non-executable expandable storage options. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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