YES.. You CAN Play SOME Optimized Series X|S Games Off an External Drive!
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- čas přidán 22. 04. 2021
- In this video I will be showing a few games optimized for Xbox Series X|S that I was able to play directly of my external drive. I didn’’t go through every single optimized X|S game, but just a few. I’m sure there are other you can play directly off your external hard drive. Please enjoy the video and don’t forget to like and subscribe!
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Hey everyone, it has been a while since i posted this video so i wanted to give an update on a few things. 1st, it seems that newer cross gen X|S games can only be played on the internal which is likely to be the case for all cross gen games moving forward. I haven’t tested all newer X|S games, but that seems to be the case for the games I have tried. 2nd, a few people think I’m playing the xbox one version of these games in this video even though it gives you the updated visuals and framerates the xbox one version doesn’t provide which is my fault as I didn’t show gameplay and I don’t have things such as an fps counter. I can assure you, the games i mentioned in this video are the optimized versions and NOT the xbox one version. If there is a X|S game, your series X|S will ALWAYS download the optimized version of the game unless the game is giving you both versions as a separate download. Games like Call of Duty Cold War and MLB the show do this. 3rd, I can’t believe this video has reached so many people and I want to thank you all SOOO MUCH for watching. People even mentioned they purchased the console because of my videos which is extremely humbling. I appreciate you all so much!
Hey, I have a question - can the external drive be any? I'm planning to buy a Toshiba Canvio Basics HDD 3.0 TB drive and I wonder if it will run games with backward compatibility?
@@bbttkk88 i’m honestly unsure if it can be any HDD. I googled my HDD for Xbox compatibility before i bought it.
@@JeremyLouisGaming hey i bought this Toshiba it is 3.2 however not 3.0. I am very happy, I install older games on it and not only - desperados 3 or sea of thiefs, loading times in some games are longer, and in others almost the same;)
@@JeremyLouisGaming I am surprised that the quick resume feature works for games installed on the HDD.
Hey jeremy i think xbox is working on a fix its not the games that need optimizing its the external hdd.. i have games on my series s right now destiny used to work and now it doesnt they are working on making it so every game will play from ssd/hdd.. quick resume should continue to function the only difference is load times i bet. Might have to wait for your external hdd/ssd to be ready depends on microsoft and how they want to implement to compete with expansion cards.. thats like my pet peeve right now is the series s freaking storage issue
“Do not buy that $220 SSD 1TB expansion.”
Me remembering paying $180 for the Xbox 360 HDD that was only 20GB.
Rip
Bro wtf 😭
Times sure have changed .. Lol
Thats a f
Bruh I remember that bullshit. We've come so far
They need to get rid of the SSD requirement. Just patch it. It's so ridiculous.
Fucking ridiculous. I’m about the throw my fancy Xbox series X out the window.
@@FootageFactory what a waste
@@FootageFactory fr I’m pissed af at this company I spend $400 on the mf console and now i gotta spend $200+ on a new storage
@@WarzoneUser01 i did it, was pissed too but once i saw how good that storage device works i now think it was worth it
@@WarzoneUser01 get a external ssd and just transfer them over. The games in the file info that says Durango you can play on external drive if it says Is Scarlett you can't play them off a external
This was a ton of help, thanks. I already had an extra ssd sitting around so this made the purchase of the Series S that much easier
Awesome! Thanks for watching
@@JeremyLouisGaming 🙋🏻♂️ hi,
I have one question before buying the series S.
If I buy an external HDD drive 2TB can I play the optimazied games for series s/x?
I heard someone saying I need a ssd but it’s too expensive.
@@leviackermann188 imo jeremy answered that specific question in the Video. You can play some of the optimized titles although they're stored on your external storage.
Thanks for clearing this up! Just got my Series S today and have been frugal about what to put on the SSD from my external. 👍
Sure thing! Thanks for checking out the video. I really appreciate it.
Great video man. I'm surprised this feature isn't talked about more. I was just going through my storage on my Series X and just found this out! Awesome!!
To be fair it’s not an Xbox issue for storage , it’s really just the game devs got lazy (and other reasons) and don’t compress and try to reduce the size. If they did they probably could fit games into around 7-25 gb and not like 100 gb. Since even two generations ago they had to deal with dvds on the Xbox and Wii so game devs needed to compress and do what ever they do to reduce games sizes so they can fit on one or two disks , but now with day one updates and game disks the require you to download tons of the game via the internet they stopped caring really. (Made this is very early in the morning so sorry for any grammar mistakes.)
If you have a one day update still today you need to focus on getting better internet before even getting a new console
@@devindowell4187 some areas don’t offer better internet.
Thanks so much for this video! I’m so glad to see that Halo MCC works with this as that game is a must for me and I was concerned about storage on my new Series S. Thanks again!
Halo MCC is definitely a must for most people! Thanks for watching, I appreciate you. Enjoy your series S !!
I was just curious on this and tripped over this video and it is really helpful thanks
Thank you for watching!
I’m pretty sure that when you use one of these hard drives you’re not playing a optimized for the X or S version. All those games you showed have 2 versions which is the regular version you can play on external HD’s and then optimized version which you can only play on the internal or the expansion card. I have the expansion and I don’t regret buying it. I do wish it was bigger and less expensive but if you can afford it then I don’t think it’s a bad buy. Especially if you want to go somewhere but not lug your whole system with you when you go to a friends or another place that has a series X or S. You can just put the games you want to take in that card and plug it in to another sure when you get there. That is pretty awesome to me and helps make the price a little easier to take.
Yep. On external it just plays the xbox one x version in compatibility mode and not the series x enhanced version.
@@ronir77r26 that’s exactly what I do. It only takes a few minutes.I was surprised how fast it moves games. I run out of room on my internal and the card AND I have three 4TB hard drives hooked up.
Your 100% right i have the 2tb segate and i cant play halo infinite if its stored to the hard drive only if it was internal
@@ronir77r26 1 month late but this is so big brain
@@cobrarivard1436 same
I was confused for a bit about all this but you cleared it up thanks
Thanks for watching!
Yo can u help me i really dont understand this whole video so if i get a storge thingy can i move any games that i have on my xbox on to it ?
@@JBando__ yes. You can move any game on to your external storage and you can play all back compatible games directly off the external drive along with some optimized series x|s games. But a lot of optimized series x|s games must be stored directly on the xbox in order to be played. Does that make sense?
@@JeremyLouisGaming yeah what kinda of games of optimized
gonna try this after work! thank you! subbed!
Thanks for watching and subbing! This is one of my older videos so any new game won’t work off the external drive. The games i mentioned in this video might still work off the external drive though.
Nice video man! More and more people need to get this message out there. I was super hesitant on buying a series s until I did some research and after watching your video I feel more at ease that I made a good purchase yesterday and have a viable option for storing games. I'll be using a samsung 870 evo 2tb ssd.
The #1 thing is you can at least store all the games
But then how do you play the games if they're stored externally?
@@TFrail transfer them to the system
@@TFrail imagine you had $100 in your savings and none in your regular account, transferring your savings to your regular account is like using a hard drive
Bought a 2 TB storage device for my PC, and was getting my 1 TB to my Xbox Series S. I was actually scratching my head a lot wondering if I could even get the games "Optimized For Series X/S". So I was looking around the internet to find my answer, but a lot of them was talking about the "SSD" storage devices when I was wondering on "HDD". So then I stumbled across you and I am glad you explained it very well, thank you very much.
Thanks for watching!
This guy should have more subscribers tbh. High quality video for someone with less than 1000 subs
Thanks 🙏🏽
Thanks it's good to know these things
Thanks for checking out the video! I appreciate it.
I actually just hooked up my external hard drive today & figured that out. Great video 👍🏿
Thanks for watching!
Thanks for the demo and info, have a great day
Thanks!
Good to hear that you can play games on the external hard drive optimised for the new series consoles
Instantly liked and subscribed. Great content bruv
I got a HDD and external SSD.
SO many games work of the SSD, and still load super fast. The HDD so great for storage and for any older game (remember 360 and Xbox one only had a HDD).
For $220 I got a 1tb ssd, and 4gb hdd combined
Bruise I have digital games going back to the 360, and because I have Game Pass, I have the 1TB expansion card, an external SATA SSD, and an external HDD. The only thing I use the internal drive for is apps (like CZcams) and the OS. I want to avoid wearing out the internal drive, so I don’t run games off of it.
Did you buy it on sale?
My take is it’s a quick fix for the moment. If you already have an Xbox expansion card you don’t need to invest rn but if you’re new to Xbox you should get the new expansion card. It’s made for next gen. Not only can you play every game from it you can still use Quick Resume with it. Transferring games isn’t really necessary but on the new ssd you can transfer huge games like Warzone in 2 mins but on the older ones it’ll take about 20-30 minutes. Oh yea and most importantly I think we’ll hit a point in the lifecycle you’re not gonna be able to play the newer games off your old storage. We’re already seeing it with Valhalla and Watchdogs. Great video though man. I’m new to Xbox and been soaking up all I can lol.
Thanks man! And yes, i agree 100% that there will be a point where all next gen games MUST be played directly from the console or the nvme SSD. Hoping they provide more options in terms of more space and a cheaper price eventually
Thanks for the video bro. Very informative
Thanks for watching!
You won my like and subscribe. Thanks for the info.
Thanks for watching and subscribing! I appreciate it!
Pro tip: go to file info , if it says Durango XboxOne you can play it off of the hard drive. If it says Scarlett XboxGen9 you can only play it off of internal or expansion card. Example2: both games are series x optimized - AC Valhalla can only be played off of SSD(internal/expansion card) but AC Origins can be played off of HDD
Forza horizon 5 said durango and xboxone, and i can’t play it it force me to install the game on the console.. so it doesn’t work
It worked with the Division 2 and Rocket League in my end.
Awesome vid! Deffinitely earned a Subscriber today
Thanks so much! I appreciate you
I’m glad this can be done
This video really calmed my anger. I bought a wd hdd for like 170 pound tried to use it and it didn't work. This has helped massively knowing I'll be able to just download things to it and move them around as I want
I’m glad this video was helpful. You can at least play all backward compatible games directly off your wd hdd along with a few optimized x|s. For the games that don’t work on the hdd, i move them back and forth all the time. Much quicker than uninstalling then installing again. Thanks so much for watching!
@@JeremyLouisGaming how long does it take to move a game to a different drive ?
@@uhMaxx it depends on the external drive. Some are faster than others. An external ssd is really fast only take a few minutes. On my HDD, it takes anywhere between 11-30 minutes.
Dope video man
Thank you!
Thanks for the info.
You’re welcome!
Thank you! I liked the video 😅👍
Thanks for watching!
Great stuff
Good stuff bro, thanks!
Thanks for watching!
Thanks for this vid!
Np! Thanks for stopping by 💪🏽
Thank you man!
No problem! Thanks for stopping by the channel!
Great video, I LOVE my series S. I keep telling people it's the best value you will get out a next gen console! Just gained a new sub!
Thanks so much for watching! I appreciate you
This is the only video that explains it perfectly 🤗. You got a 100% like from me.
Thanks so much for watching!
@@JeremyLouisGaming your welcomes 😀, glad to have found this upload.
Good information. You my friend just got a subscriber
Thank you!
Hey, great video man, this feature definitely isn't talked about as much as it should be! You do get practically the same loading speeds running games from an external drive is you use an external SATA SSD instead of an external HDD, same for transfer speeds too.
Yes, i saw that an external SSD is much much faster than an external HDD.
@@erokson9412 Actually you're wrong, I run the X|S optimized version of Halo MCC off of my 3.1 external SSD all the time. Not only is it the X|S optimized version, it has Quick Resume and Dolby Vision Gaming features enabled still too. You obviously either don't have the new consoles or just don't understand how it can work in general. An Optimized game just won't launch if it doesn't work on the external drive, it doesn't downgrade the game, dude literally showed that in the video 🙄
Using an external SSD allows the few Optimized games that work on external drives to work nearly just as fast as the internal. Fix yourself
@@omarelewa910 I think you need to re-read who I addressed. There was someone who came in and said that the original poster and what I added were wrong, I corrected him, and they deleted their comment like a little bih. I agreed with the original poster, except I added that running off of an external USB 3.0 SSD will still see benefits during the X|S optimizations.
@@omarelewa910 No worries, I know Forza doesn't work, I've tried it myself. There's a bunch of other games that do work and help to free up space from the internal, just gotta search around/check the games info on settings to see if it'll work. Here's some, but there's more and Xbox continues to stealth add them.
Desperados 3
Halo MCC
Minecraft Dungeons
Ori and the Will of the Wisps
Rocket League
Sea of Thieves
State of Decay 2
Star Wars: Squadrons
Warhammer: Vermintide 2
We Happy Few
Zombie Army 4
•The Division 2
@@JeremyLouisGaming 🙋🏻♂️ hi,
I have one question before buying the series S.
If I buy an external HDD drive 2TB can I play the optimazied games for series s/x?
I heard someone saying I need a ssd but it’s too expensive
Awesome 👏
I thought I was tripping too when halo worked on my external. But the loading time on it isn’t bad. I might have to put for honor internal because that is one slow ass game probably the slowest game ever. Db fighterz is one game that loads up really quickly off the external still. Forza runs super fast on internal that was probably the best upgrade so far for me.
Great info! Saved me some money
Thanks for watching!
Dude thanks explaining this!!!.
Just got my hard drive trying to download cod cold war the game wouldn't launch because like you said certain games you can play optimized for X/S.
I realize that before going to your video lol.
Lol all good, thanks for watching!
Thanks Jeremy
thank you! i didnt know that i had to transfer some games but not others because they were optimized. kinda sucks tho because you cant play those games if you dont have enough space on internal storage but now i know.
THANK YOU❤🔥🔥
No problem, thanks for watching!
Good video thanks
Thank you for watching!
Great info thank you save me some time and money
Thanks for watching!
Vey nice! I'm using an external 1 tb ssd. It does have de quick resume and fast loadings, its amazing!
That’s awesome! I actually never tried the quick resume feature from an external drive but I’ve been hearing from a few people that they are able to use the feature off the drive as well. Thats so cool!
fala mateus , tudo bem amigo ? tenho um ssd 1 tb tambem , vou tentar usar pra ver qual é , sabe alguns que funcionam no extrno , assim já poso ir direto ao assunto kkk.
@@houndhawk1 Cara, no meu to colocando só os que não tem o selo do X/S. Parece que até alguns com o selo pegam, mas não testei ainda.
@@Mateusco11 opa , beleza , vou fazer o mesmo , obrigado pela dica 💪🏻
Thank you!!
Thank YOU 😊
Thanks for clearing this up. About to buy a series s. Already have a ps5 but the game pass has me sold
Nice, PS5 and Series S is a great combo. Gamepass is amazing!
@@JeremyLouisGaming cheers for your reply and I look forward to more videos
@@JeremyLouisGaming hey! I’m picking up a series s next month and I wanna add more storage later on for it but the latest segeat is a bit expensive at the moment but is the external ssd seagate game drive with 500gb worth it for the series s its 99$ and I’m wondering if it will take advantage and be able to play the series s games
I was wondering about this. I still have my 1x with an external hdd(xbox seagate ). Tbh i was scared i would break my xsx by doing this lol. So now i can just put all the optimized games internal and run older games from hdd. Thanks for the info.
More people should know about this. Thanks.
I think there may be a few games that a microsoft studio exclusives that are enhanced that can be played off a external hard drive for the series s/x . However majority have to have the expansion card because for true optimised expansion it's specifically worked with the custom ssd In the series s /x models made by seagate
I have an 4tb seagate external hard drive that I bought prior to getting the Series S (My first Microsoft console). Doing a little research and not willing to buy the $220 SSD, I knew this would be the best bet to stretch out my storage until the SSD price comes down and more next gen games are in their line up. I also played it smart and purchased the Xbox one version of Call of duty Cold War knowing that was gonna be a storage killer.. As I expected, I'm playing it right out of the external drive no problem. I was pleasantly surprised to find out as I was playing via game pass to see that optimized games still played out the drive as well as the ability to still use quick resume. It simply speaks to the amazing capabilities of this machine. Very impressed.
Nice! I have cold war downloaded on my series s and x. I completed the campaign and deleted that portion of the game and it saved me a lot of space. The main things you are missing out on with the one version is the 120fps mode and ray tracing.
@@JeremyLouisGaming Yea.. that was something I thought about for sure. But in the end I was fine with the possibility of certain optimized features not being utilized for that game. In regards to Cold War, it was one of those hits I was willing to take. However I do like how the Series S is configured in a way in which it requires less storage to download games internally in comparison to the Series X. My guess is probably the Series capabilities with 4k having something to do with it. But the fact that the Series S prioritizes downloading only what is required or needed is again impressive. This machine is a flat out beast for its price. My apologies for the paragraph, I'm long winded when I write 😄
@@nicarlos73 lol all good! You’re not missing too much playing the one version, and i really do love how the series s versions of games are smaller compared to series x because of not needing to render native 4k.
Underrated
Hi love your content do you think I can run fifa forza and cod on the main system
Good video I’ll buy it and a hard drive now 👍
Thanks for watching!
The ported xbox one games will work. Future games built specifically for the series consoles will require internal storage
Yes, i mentioned that in the video.. this is just a good option for now while we wait for the nvme ssd price goes down.
1:26 another way to see if you can play a game off the external drive is by looking at the title pic, if ts has those 2 arrows then it needs to be transferred before you can play the title.
Bro thank you soo much bro I was confused and was going to return a 5tb sea gate drive that I got because it wasn’t letting me play destiny 2 and gears 5. So then does that mean that the games that I can play on my external drive is limited once my internal storage is taken up by the games that are only optimized for the Xbox ?
The two little arrows on the bottom right corner of the game icon tells you lmao
that isn’t the case for all games. MCC, Sea of thieves, rocket league, The division 2, For Honor, all have the arrows and u can still play them off an external drive.
I just bought my 2 TB seagate hard drive for my series s for $85 on amazon and so far its great definitely get it if you're on a budget its all you need.
ill buy the ssd once the hard drive stops working or the ssd price drops.
I just bought one with turtle beaches, a 1440p MSI gaming monitor an the series S can't wait to set it all up
Which model is it ?
Love this console, have fun!
I picked up a 60 dollar seagate 1 TB . And I’m installing almost eveeeeery single game I’m considering playing😎👌
Hey Bud can u play forza 3,4,5 and rdr 2 on hdd
THANK YOU... needed room for Rainbow Six... moving Sea...
Thanks for watching!
Thanks man
Thanks for watching!
Great video ! Question, I bought a Kingston A400 480gb SSD a year ago for my xbox one , all games crashes after 1-10minutes and sometimes my xbox doesnt figure that theres an SSD plugged in , anyways i sold it and im getting the series s soon , will i have the same problem with it with same SSD ?
Just subscribed to help out your channel ! Thanks for the videos ...
Thanks so much 🙏🏽. I appreciate you!
@@JeremyLouisGaming No problem at all. Good luck with the channel !
I just bought a 8tb external seagate hard drive, so worth it
Clutch!
Will xbox one and xbox 360 games work on any external hdd? I'm planning on buying a USB 3.1 external hard drive, will it work or it has to be the Seagate xbox certified? Thanks for updating the video man, it cleared some of my initial questions, keep up
It doesn’t have to be a seagate hdd. I have a WD easystore hdd and it works.
That brings some hope. Thanks for sharing your findings. However, my understanding is that you take a disc onto the Series X for installation, or even if you buy the digital game, the console will download the Series X "Optimized" version, which is weightier and bigger. Since you have no option to choose what version to install/download from the get go, I think the Series X will interpret that such game is actually a Series X patched/optimized game, not a Xbox One X game. Then it won't let you run it from the hard drive and will force you to move it to the SSD.
I am actually looking forward to play Biomutant on my Series X because the frame rate looks amazing in there. Biomutant is one of those "optimized" games, it's not a fully next gen game, and can of course be played on the Xbox One. Would this work for that game? Could I run it from the hard drive directly? I am really not worried for exquisite 4K graphics but rather the frame rate.
🙋🏻♂️ hi,
I have one question before buying the series S.
If I buy an external HDD drive 2TB can I play the optimazied games for series s/x?
I heard someone saying I need a ssd but it’s too expensive
@@leviackermann188 No sir, you can not. The external hard drive is compatible with the console and yes, you can store any game there for backup purposes... even your Optimized games, for sure. Problem is, Optimized games will only run from the internal SSD. So the external hard drive is a great option because you can have any game stored there but you will have to move the file to the internal SSD when you want to play... which honestly is not such a big issue, when I move my files it usually takes 2 to 3 minutes. So it's not like a huge issue. Another thing I noted is that, if you plug your Xbox One hard drive onto the Series X you will be able to run your games from that hard drive, but those will be of course the Xbox One versions. If any of those games happen to have an update, then the console will download the Series X/S version. Hope that helps. The external HD is great option for extra storage, much cheaper, and you can still have up to 5 or 6 optimized games on the SSD.
@@chriskater thank you very much! Ah 2-3 min is no problem I thought I have to download it every time again and again when I want to start a game. But if it’s just like transfer date 1-3 min it’s ok
Many of my games cannot be played from the HD, even my Sea of Thieves must be installed internally to play it. The new COD and Halo also need to be internally installed
What a relief
I did a quick search for this kind of thing as I’ve just found out Sniper Elite 4, which is optimised also plays off an external HDD.
Didn’t know Master Chief Collection could be played off an Ex. HDD. That’s good to know as I’m running out of space.
And a side note, Alien Isolation is best played on either the internal or expansion card as you lose all the stuttering and laggy loading you’d get from a standard HDD.
Never tried Alien isolation. I might give it a go soon
This means my snowrunner game would work since it optimized
I’ve got a PS5 and an Xbox Series X but I don’t know what platform to get cross plat games on. Obviously I know what platform to get exclusive games on but idk which ones to get cross plat games on. Tbf I’ve always been a PlayStation person as my first ever console was a PS3, then I got a PS4, then I got an Xbox One S because I wanted to try Forza and then I also got into game pass. The only thing is I don’t find the PS5 controller comfortable but I love the features (adaptive triggers and haptice feedback). Currently I’m using the Xbox Series X for exclusives, game pass games and 120 fps because I have a hdmi 2.0 tv and I can play at 1080p 120fps on my Xbox Series X which I can’t do on the PS5
Thank you, getting a 4tb HDD today
Thanks for watching!
Just got a series x without knowing about this, if I knew I wouldn't have gotten one
Hi, the M2 enclosure will works on somk enhanced games ? There is a list of games that wokrs on a external drive?
Nice video!... I got a question, can you play MW Warzone (X/S Optimized) in ssd\hdd external storage??
Thanks! MW warzone actually isn’t optimized for series x|s so you can play it off your external storage and save over 100gb of space. I know it supports 120fps on series x and s and should still be able to run that framerate from the external, but i’m not 100% sure.
@@JeremyLouisGaming have you tryed if warzone and mw runs at 120 fps on series S on an HDD?
I found the hard drive for Xbox at wal mart 4tb on clearance for $58 and the 2tb was $51. Of course I grabbed the 4tb one. And learned this the hard way so I just put all my Xbox one games on it
How long will it take to transfer a 70gb game from a normal external hard drive to the console to play it?
Also, If i play like Halo MCC off the hard drive, will i get to play the next gen version? Like 120 fps and all?
Jeremy, while I have a Seagate 8TB Hub drive for my legacy games, I bought the Seagate 1TB Barracuda SSD which is even faster for games that I want to load very quick but also bought the Expansion Card for the X|S optimised games. If you can get X|S games to play from an HDD, you probably really only lose the Quick Resume. Good video!
Thanks so much!
Quick resume works of an external drive btw
Which drive works best sad or hdd? I’m in by 60s, a casual gamer, and was thing about the s series. My only other console is the Xbox 360 that died today😢
@@MegensBay Honestly, while the external SSD is faster than an HDD, I don’t think the SSD is THAT much faster. The difference is that the HDD is mechanical and in a VERY long time going to quite working. I have not experienced this is but I know it is real. The SSD is more expensive but can be more reliable with the speed. It depends on how much you want to spend as the HDDs are less expensive but you can get more storage for you money. I use both.
Do you know if some next gen sports games like mlb or madden work on the hard drives
Youn can also buy a 7200rpm HDD and a 3.5 HDD enclosure that has a usb 3.0
Wait so are you saying that Series X and S enhanced games don’t work on Seagate ? And how do I know wich of them work on Seagate ? Cuz Halo master Chief collection in your video was also enhanced for the series X/S
Yesterday my resident evil 2 and 3 were upgraded, but I supposed that I still had the Xbox one versions which I thought would launch since they were still on my external hard drives but I noticed I had an option for Ray tracing and higher frame rates so I had thought these remakes were installed on the internal drive but to my surprise, I searched my drives and found them still on external. It was pretty rad though resident evil village still needed to be on the internal drive.
Yea. Since village is newer and released with all those features, I think that is likely why it needs to be on the internal drive.
@@JeremyLouisGaming wished they included the Xbox one version so I could play that one since they practically gave away series sx versions of the remakes. I could enjoy my purchased village on the external while having game pass installations on my internal so I remember to play them.
If you look at the file info and it says Durango you can play it on. A external drive if it says scarlet you can't
Wow. I just watched a few videos trying to find someone that would speak about this.. I just bought a series S and wondered do I have to buy these games again
Me too I just decided to buy a 90 dollar seagate ssd for convenience
@@arafchowdhury8196 that's expensive.
@@therealmccoy2004 I might return it I’m not sure cause I got a warranty with it could you transfer games around between hard drive and ssd to play optimized games and just use hard drive as storage)
Just got my series s yesterday along with a 4 terabyte hdd hard drive from sea gate!! Well worth the money and I’m also new to Xbox!!
That’s a good buy! Welcome to the Xbox community.
I'm sorry to hear that this has to be the worse generation for you if got a XBSS or XB1X Pro (aka XBSX) those are great consoles if your a Retro gamer but if you want to play next gen game on a next gen console than you'll need a PS5.
@@lordkuku Xbox series s is next gen
@@alonzogonzalez632 If you can play next gen games on last gen consoles than its NOT truly next gen. With the next gen games from MS all can be played on a XB1. Where on the PS5 you cant play next gen games on a PS4. That's truly next gen.
EDIT: That's why they call it Backwards Compatible and not Forwards Compatible.
@@lordkuku dude...do your research, the Xbox series s and series x launched at the same time meaning that they are both next gen and I don’t need the series x because I don’t have a 4K tv so the series s is a better option
You can download them into your hard drive then transfer to SSD when playing it if you have too many games
Don't forget about CoD MW19 and Warzone. They work absolutely fine on an External Hard Drive.
They do?
@@chasetinsley3193 you don't really need to have an ssd for it anyways as it's pretty well optimized for the hdds. A large size of the game files should give you an understanding IW didn't compress any data in order to load it faster. And yes, it counts as a backwards compatible game, so it runs out of external HDD just fine.
is there a list of games that can be playable on the hdd?? for example the more popular titles
So when a new game drops i.e. starfield which drops next year, will you be able to install it on the HDD?
I highly doubt you will be able to play starfield on an external hdd.
I have a wd black SSD and most of the s / x games won't even play on it but I am able to transfer them to my console so I'm not too upset and I can play halo the Master Chief collection and a couple s/x titles but it is very limited on the ones that will work on external storage.
the new upcoming games will cause a problem if you play with a slower hard drive. They have introduced new features in sdk and x box architecture which leverages very fast ssd.
Exactly. This is just a good option for now until the NVME ssd price drops.
So you save up your 361GB on the internal for those games. I haven’t seen 1 game yet that performs better on the internal SSD than it does on my external.
@@JC-li8kk Yeah same. Ive had some slower loading times but not by much, it still is pretty fast tbh.
@@Ghst-kr2uk Sucks that they force you to play every S/X optimized game on internal. No option to download the Xbox One version either.
Would it make a difference with an external NVME? I have an enclosure for an NVME. If it works I might use it.
The way I see Series X|S games are partly compatible with XB1 games and that's why some Series X|S games can transfer external HDD storage. And games that are only Series X|S do require console storage or Expansion Card (SSD), but I rather get an adapter SSD for an Expansion Card or upgrade console storage to the maximum TB as it can either 2TB, 8TB, or more whatever it can. I have 2TB HDD external storage only for XB1 and older-gen games and I'll get Expansion Card (or adapter) for Series X games