The Xbox Series X’s 1TB sounds excellent on paper ... The Xbox Series X is compatible with any external hard drive up to 16TB of storage. Games optimized for the Xbox Series X can only be ...

An external hard drive connects to your console via USB and cannot be used to run Xbox Series X or Xbox Series S games, instead simply storing them when they're not on your main system storage.

While Xbox Series X|S consoles support up to 16TB external hard drives (which is more than enough to store hundreds of games), they haven't been compatible with anything larger. That's about to ...