This is the best year ever for Xbox Cyber Monday deals, from the best Cyber Monday Xbox console deals we've ever seen, to the lowest-prices on Xbox Cyber Monday controller deals, ever. That's on top of all the Black Friday deals on Xbox games, too.
The Xbox Series X comes with 1TB built-in storage, and the base-model Xbox Series S comes with 512GB. With modern games taking up more and more room (looking at you Call of Duty), that built-in storage tends to fill up fast, especially on the Series S.
Thankfully, this Black Friday and Cyber Monday stretch has Xbox storage deals to help you easily double the storage of your Xbox Series X.
Best Black Friday Xbox 1TB Storage Card Deal
Unlike the PlayStation 5, which accepts any compatible SSD so long as you're not afraid to crack open the case of your console, the Xbox Series X and Series S uses a memory-card system with high-speed storage that plugs into the back. The WD_Black 1TB Xbox expansion card adapts the speed of WD_Black SSDs to work with the Xbox storage expansion requirements.
Black Friday External Hard Drive Deals Still Live
The Xbox storage cards increase the capacity of your Xbox and let you play games directly from the cards themselves. However, you can still attach an external hard drive to your Xbox and use it to store your games. The difference is, you can't play the games from an external hard drive without first installing them to the high-speed storage built-into the Xbox (or expanded with one of the storage cards).
In my experience, this is fine. It takes much less time to move a game from the external hard drive to the high-speed storage than it does to redownload games, even with a fiber connection.
Grabbing an external hard drive Black Friday deal for your Xbox is easily the best cost-saving solution for expanding the room you have for your Xbox games.
