I have written about the cost of Expansion Drives for the Series X previously.
When I was listening to Windows Weekly recently, Paul Thurrott advised that the price of expansion drives on Xbox Series X/S had been reduced.
Refer https://www.thurrott.com/games/282761/seagate-storage-expansion-card-xbox-series-x-price-drop
In addition, he said that Western Digital will also have an expansion drive. To date, Seagate has been the sole manufacturer.
The drop in price for Seagate will be:
1 TB – USD$70 (From USD $219-99 down to USD $149-99)
512 GB – USD$50 (From $139-99 to USD$89-99)
2 TB – USD $120 (From $399-99 to USD$279-99
I could not find any pricing for Western Digital, but Gamespot.com said that there was a leek that the price of a 1TB WD Series X/S Expansion SSD card was USD$180 (AUD$270).
EB Games have the following prices:
1 TB AUD$429-95 (USD as at date of post USD$286-47)
512GB NOT ADVERTISED
2 TB AUD$749-95 (USD as at date of post USD$499-74)
As can be seen, prices have not come down here. The Western Digital reported price is more than the reduced price of the Seagate 1 TB Card. However, Western Digital might reduce their price to compete.
You can buy an ordinary external USB 1 TB drive for under AUD$90, and a 2 TB drive for a bit over AUD$100. The convenience of being able to play from the expansion drive might be worth paying more – PERHAPS!!
REFER NEW POST https://whysun.com/x-box/x-box-series-x-s-expansion-ssd-continued/