Amazon Prime Day discounts for PS5, Nintendo Switch 2, and PC gamers have been abound since the four-day sale’s start yesterday, but Seagate’s plug-in expansion SSDs for the Xbox Series X|S consoles have gotten some big bargains of their own, now up to 42% off.
That massive 42% in particular is for the model you’d want it to be: the 2TB Seagate SSD, dropping to $208.99 from $359.99. That’s a $151 discount that’s rarely seen for SSDs, even for non-internal ones made for Xbox.
Xbox gamers in the UK will find Seagate’s 2TB SSD on offer at Amazon UK on offer as well for £192.02. Originally £214.00, that 11% off isn’t the best deal in the world, compared to that of the US version, but that almost £23 saving is nothing to sneeze at either.
The 1TB version of the Seagate SSD has a deal of its own, now $118.27 after having 26% taken off its original $159.99 price tag. Although if you’ve got the cash to spare, we’d still recommend the 2TB solid state drive if you want to get the best bang for your buck.
Made with the design and specs of the Xbox Series consoles in mind, these expansion storage drives work in a way that PlayStation gamers can only dream of.
All you need to do is remove your new Seagate SSD from the packaging, plug it into the dedicated “Storage Expansion” slot in the rear of the console, and you’re all ready to go.
No needing to remove console panels, deal with screws, or plug-in wires like with standard external SSDs; these make for a nice clean addition to your Xbox set-up you wouldn’t even know are there, until you boot up the console and check your available GBs as you dive into your game library.
While you might not quickly need a storage expansion card like this if you only play one game at a time, like the upcoming Gears of War: Reloaded, these Seagate SSDs are an Xbox Game Pass subscriber’s best friend: letting you fill up your storage with as many games you want to try and jump between as part of your subscription as possible.
With Xbox hardware being more expensive overall these days, since the price increase back in May, we expect discounts this huge to be all the more rare as time goes on. If you’re always worried about running out of space on your Xbox Series X or S, this is the deal for you.
Ben Williams – IGN freelance contributor with over 10 years of experience covering gaming, tech, film, TV, and anime. Follow him on Twitter/X @BenLevelTen.
