Western Digital’s new Xbox Series X expansion cards are now official

The Xbox Series X now has a whopping two options when it comes to upgrading the fast internal storage. Western Digital has just announced (at least formally — it leaked a few months ago) the WD Black C50 512 GB and 1 TB expansion cards. It’s a little sharper looking than the Seagate model that’s been available since the Series X launched, and it has a lanyard.

It starts at $79.99 for a 512 GB card, or $149.99 for a 1 TB card. The 1 TB model matches the cost of Seagate’s expansion card. It would have been great to launch these at lower prices, as Xbox’s own storage is more expensive than storage like microSD cards, and even fast PCIe 4.0 SSDs used in the PS5.

Like the Seagate option, the WD Black C50 plugs into the back of your Xbox Series X or Series S console, just like the internal storage. By that I mean you can play all the latest games from it. Slower hard drives connected via USB, on the other hand, can only push games from the Xbox One and older generations of the console.