Seagate Game Drive 8TB (XBOX) - UNBOXING!!

Hi there, Richard Santos here bringing you my unboxing of the “Seagate Game Drive for XBOX”
Is a 8tb version of the 4tb that i unboxed before.
Both are similar but the 8tb sure has its difference that sets it apart. Hope you enjoy the unboxing and thanks for watching!

[@clevelandborn2224]

I have this drive. With about 50 games on it makes playing older and newer games easier. Yes you have to transfer newer games back and forth, but much faster than downloading ever time you want to play a game. Takes about 5 mi minutes, depending on the size of the game.

[@creepyclownsinc1633]

I have one as well but recently have an issue with the Xbox series s reading it

[@Flashback_Arcade_Gamer]

@@creepyclownsinc1633 yeah the Series consoles only play Series games off the internal storage.

[@mazharkhan9595]

Can you play games directly from these drives. TIA.

[@clevelandborn2224]

@@mazharkhan9595 yes but only xbox one and older no series x/s

[@mazharkhan9595]

@@clevelandborn2224 What about games such as Rocket League, Fall guys etc

[@Jordzyi1]

Got mine today, 8tb amazing

[@roninstormYT]

you know what i did too my 2tb i used it for the backwards compatable xbox og games from 2001 and xbox 360 games i use my 8tb for modern xbox one and few series x games that work on hdd

[@allelitesenpai6034]

I bought my Seagate game drive 2tb with a green light at my local bestbuy since couple months ago and it came with a gamepass code cause I'm lovin my Seagate game drive with a green light. (:

[@silverbloodborne9495]

I got the star ward beskaer edition 2tb for only 100 bucks

[@rdawg9033]

This is what I need for my Xbox series s to put my Xbox one games on I have around 50 Xbox one games and can't fit all of them on my series s

[@tonycollazorappo]

I have the white one, older case. I like it but didn't like that it was an HDD like this one. I'm probably going to sell it since I didn't load as many games, I thought I would.

[@phil_matic]

Just one reason I can't stand to go too big on HDDs is I hate that it needs external power

[@lindah6954]

It's still only HDD drive. I use a Seagate 5tb portable hard drive. You still cannot play X/S games from it.

[@artusanctus997]

I am interested in purchasing the Seagate Game Drive Hub 8TB for my Xbox Series X as a cheaper alternative to other options I am seeing. My original external HDD has 4TB and it's nearly filled to capacity, so my plan is to upgrade to this game hub down the road since I seldom uninstall my games. I clicked on this video. After all, I wanted to see the hub's physical dimensions because I was worried the hub would be large. I am glad to see the hub is compact and is only slightly bigger than my current WD external drive. For 8TB, I think the hub is reasonably priced but I am willing to wait for a price drop.

[@JuanJuan-nb5li]

There won't be a price drop but they have and have had a monopoly on these storage expanders making sure no other company can make cheaper options with almost the same quality

[@artusanctus997]

@@JuanJuan-nb5li I wound up buying a different external storage device. Another Seagate external HDD stocked with 8 TB, but made for multipurpose tasks. It was a hundred dollars cheaper. I currently have it hooked up to my Series X.

[@markmaisy4858]

I have had the former version of this for several years, which had 2 USB sockets on the front for additional storage. In total I have 18TB, 8TB drive with 2 5TB Seagate drives connected and powered by the 8TB Seagate. Seagate drives are excellent in my opinion, never fail, the amount of Western Digital drives I've had fail on me, some with very little use is obscene. That's why I had no objection to the price of the 1TB Seagate expansion card, because I know it'll never fail, and speed is equal to internal drive. I know the amount of storage I have may seem excessive, but I have been with Xbox since day one and own a vast number of games, plus Game Pass. Transferring X/S titles is so fast it is negligible and never an inconvenience. Love the light on this new drive though!

[@smturner68]

yeah. I have a white one with two add on USB ports. I skipped last gen so have enough about 70 game plus game pass...thebhard drive tbe internal drice and 1tb sdd card are all full. I just got a ps5 a week ago. I am glad getting a 2tb ssd will only be 240. so I need to do something similar getting another Xbox drive. since Xbox one enhanced games are better than ps4 pro games backward capability. how do you deal with choice paralysis?

[@markmaisy4858]

​@@smturner68 I still have a PS4, bought it with the intention of PSVR, then I saw quality, controllers and cables, so opted for Quest 2, hence PS4 hasn't been fired up for a few years, played Doom on it once. I go with games I truly enjoy, Far Cry series, State of Decay 2, Forza Horizons, Saints Row's (except latest), Halo's and most open world titles, Gamepass gives the option to try games I wouldn't normally try but they're there, so I give them a go. The 'Quick resume' is an excellent and most welcomed feature to continue from where you left off. I've invested over 1000 hours into State of Decay 2, every play through is a new experience and first-class developers are always adding new content, by far the best game ever made!

[@OMGtheykilledKenny42]

Yeah, and not everyone has wicked fast Gigabit internet speeds.

[@OMGtheykilledKenny42]

@Shawn Turner I have the Seagate White 8TB Hub, too! But it's kinda showing its age (and mileage) since I got it in mid-2019, when I still had the Robot White Xbox One X (great matching color). So I got the new one for the horizontal feet, black with green lighting, clearer indicator LED, USB-C port, and hopefully better and quieter performance. And the old white one will be a hand-me-down for my Dad this Xmas (he's already getting spoiled with an Xbox Series X, for sure.)

[@adrenalinex4]

Can this be used on pc?

[@Sammy2012ify]

Hello, I just got a New Seagate external drive for my MacBook as. Christmas gift. I'm wanting to store videos on it. For the life of me I can't get the external drive to cooperate with the MacBook. Could you please tell me what I need to do?

[@joshuadavis2784]

Hell yeah same Xbox here

[@Biribiu]

então ele não roda os jogos otimizados direto dele? então é tão útil quanto qualquer ssd com case usb

[@EnchantedSmellyWolf]

I prefer the small Seagate cards. This is just a new home for tiny bugs to live in.

[@billycutiep]

WD Black has a 12 tb game drive for xbox. Its called the WD Black D10 12 tb game drive.

[@leswinter3926]

That’s good advertising using a knife to open a box good video for Xbox

[@josianischinaider3832]

Can I run any game that is released for the new generation since it has the Xbox certificate?

[@caddys83]

Thank you

[@diongrant9746]

Xbox really wants you to buy the expansion cards. I really wish Microsoft made an easy access m2 slot like Sony. I would say try to get one of the higher tb WD expansion cards and not splurge on that hdd if you don’t have a lot of one/360 games so you can avoid arrows and game transferring if possible.

[@dr.martinamayer5423]

How does a hdd get 810mb/s?

[@raulalejandroordonez3275]

Does anyone know if this drive is a SSHD or a HDD?

[@fpsbangladesh547]

what is the price?

[@flymartian33]

This beat screams early 2010s wiz khalifa

[@lashawnhampton32]

Can u play Xbox series x/s games on it.I want to play the new games not old games

[@Ping1OOO]

This Disk is probably from the antique shop you took 😂😂

[@mrreaper8256]

Does it work for the xbox series s?

[@spankyeats8833]

Is it normal for the green light on the drive to always be on?

[@emily5615]

Yes that means its on and receiving power

[@benny3648]

So if I read that correctly only older titles can be played off this game hub not the next gen titles? Why is this ?

[@christian198702]

That is correct, it’s because xbox series games are design to take advantage of the super fast speeds of the ssd to load game assets etc. this hdd on the other hand would be too slow by comparison.

[@tellmenuffin4854]

Can anyone help? I need to know if this hard drive will work with windows laptop to store music? I don't need if for the xbox, I'm a DJ but I am a fan of the look of this drive

[@christian198702]

Yes it will work on windows for storing media files

[@nathanthomas4452]

@@christian198702 does it work for storing games do you know on Windows?

[@logangeier1448]

Do you leave your seagate plugged in all the time, even if the Xbox is turned off. Do you unplug the drive once your finished gaming? I feel like it overheat cause it’s always on.

[@christian198702]

I leave it plugged in all the time, the lights and HDD turns off, but on ocassion turns on when a game is auto updating or when the console needs to read from the HDD, so far haven’t experienced any issues by leaving it plugged in 24/7

[@kadunogueira19]

Can you use quick resume feature with this HDD ?

[@christian198702]

On certain games that support it yes!

[@SALAR490]

Price Link

[@dylandarr3501]

The Xbox Series S Could Allow The 8TB to Work

[@dylanpalmieri9481]

Would you recomend the 8gb one or the 4gb one and would it be better to just get the expansion card and pay more?

[@christian198702]

If you play lots of xbox one games and dont mind the big size and noise of the 8gb version i would go with that one! On the other hand if you play more “xbox series x/s” games, i would go the xbox expansion card

[@OMGtheykilledKenny42]

I assume you meant TB and not GB.. 8GB is what the Original Xbox from 2001 had. But you only need the expansion card if you have a lot of X/S Optimized titles and don't wanna wait to move data between the internal and USB storage.

[@elmerfudd8680]

Does this external HDD allow you to store both Xbox Series X/S and Xbox One games? I have a Western Digital 5TB external HDD connected to my Xbox Series X- but it won’t allow me to store both Xbox Series X and Xbox One games. Instead, during the formatting process I am forced to choose between either Xbox Series X or Xbox One games.

[@that1mexican_018]

No

[@Nate-lw2gd]

@@that1mexican_018 liar

[@jamesmorris9120]

I don’t know about the WD one but the Seagate drive allows for all of them. Series games, 360 games, and XBONE games.

[@juancalvario4083]

So this may be a silly question… but I’m not super techno savvy. Am I supposed to plug it into an outlet AND have it plugged in to the back of my Xbox?

[@christian198702]

Yes, that is correct 👍🏻

[@juancalvario4083]

@@christian198702 one more question. Say I get an external hard drive and take it over to a friend/Girlfriends house…. Would they be able to play the games on the hard drive if I let them borrow it?

[@lindah6954]

A 4tb SSD expansion card will be needed in the next couple of years.

[@Flashback_Arcade_Gamer]

Or... You get legit internet haha. When you have Gigabyte internet, you just delete stuff n don't mind redownloading if you have to

[@lum1notryc828]

@@Flashback_Arcade_Gamer There’s monthly data caps

[@Flashback_Arcade_Gamer]

@@lum1notryc828 Not for me... That is a bummer n must suck to have to think about n keep track of.

[@Nemesis2446]

​@@Flashback_Arcade_Gamer My friend you must have in mind that the world isn't only the US that you are leaving... There are also other countries in this world without Gigabyte internet services.

[@Flashback_Arcade_Gamer]

@@Nemesis2446 You came into this comment convo after a couple of replies... Did you just not read them before writing?? I made it clear that I personally do not have data caps. Then I said that is a bummer for those who do have data caps. And that keeping track of your data must suck. I'm fully aware that internet around the world is not equal, Shit even in America it is not even close to equal throughout the country. So sorry to you Phobos that you must have some janky internet, n if you ever get the chance to get gigabyte internet connection, do it!

[@joseph_roquez9801]

I commented on your 4tb game drive and i have a question, i haven't bought one yet but I'm thinking about buying a 4tb one, when your moving games, do you use Internet to move the game or can you still move them even without internet connection and is it worth buying? Have you had any problems with it?

[@christian198702]

No problems with the 4tb, works like a charm... i previously used a regular WD easystore HDD and it would overheat when installing a lot of games and playing from it at the same time.. i had no such problems with the seagate game drives. And if your game is already downloaded you can move it to the external without the need of internet!

[@joseph_roquez9801]

@@christian198702 that is great news, i will try and get my hands on the 4tb, what console do you have? But I'll try and get it because i really need more games but the storage is holding me back from doing that lol

[@RiseAboveLimits001]

I bought the 4 tb hard drive man a month ago and its perfect. 100gb games maybes takes like 15 -20 mins to transfer. My only regret i didn't buy the 8 tb for more storage to be honest.

[@joseph_roquez9801]

@@RiseAboveLimits001 that sounds great, now you have me thinking about the 8tb dang i really need one of these, I've been like debating whether or not to buy them cus i heard from like a post that it got messed up from a guys power going out from a storm and it like corrupted his game drive and idk still thinking about it

[@fbi247]

@@joseph_roquez9801 get the 4tb one Bro it's worth it i don't really think you need the 8tb one it's kinda just overkill tbh

[@dinanars2857]

What you need is the SSD 8 TB honey not the hard drives things have changed in gaming I can barely install PS5 Xbox series X games on my consoles

[@BzT1012]

LOL You don't need a SSD for storage honey, SSD is only gonna come into play while running executables.

[@mikekanner2156]

@@BzT1012go tell that to your PC xbox series X PS5 Steam Deck Rog Ally that won’t let you play the newest games unless you have enough SSD storage for years I never knew why my PC wouldn’t install these games from 2016 the entire time it wanted SSD my storage SSD was 256 GB my hard drive was 4TB which I already knew but it sucked it was after my SSD not my 4TB

[@Ddizzy]

And gives it the Xbox the must needed usb type c port

[@christian198702]

Definitely!

[@lilbfrom094princeton8]

@Richard Santos It’s so damn confusing how Xbox markets this. All I want to do upgrade my One X to SSD and store games with the possibility of storing Series X games as well. The comments say this is only HDD and not SSD, I can play One X games from it but not Series X which is fine. Is this true and is this only HDD and not SSD?

[@christian198702]

That is correct, this drive is a regular HDD not a SSD, you can only play Xbox One games from it

[@lilbfrom094princeton8]

Only Xbox One games ✅ Now can I also store Series X games as well? I’m not worried about playing the Series X, only storing them. If I’m not mistaken I would have to move the current Gen games over to the Series X in order to play them but I can play Xbox One games. I’m trying to save money by not buying unnecessary accessories.

[@kingdaddy8366]

Can you connect more than one console to it?

[@christian198702]

No, only one at a time

[@kingbaah68]

Is this modified for next gen games

[@that1mexican_018]

I don't think so, it's just a HDD not a SSD

[@Suhadisgood]

That’s still not going to let you install and play Xbox series X next games it’s useless only allows you to play Xbox one Xbox 360 original Xbox games im looking for a 8 TB SSD for Xbox series X and PS5 cause that’s what they want

[@uccoffee]

does it work well with windows? or macos?

[@OMGtheykilledKenny42]

Should be able to format NTFS no problem for Windows, or APFS for MacOS. But if you want the drive to work with both OS without reformatting.. exFAT.

[@user-pk6oz3xr4d]

As I understand it, these are all ordinary hdd, not ssd (low speed) it is better to install ssd on 1tb in one x, it cheers her up a bit

[@SirAmnesia]

can this be used as a normal hdd?

[@christian198702]

Yes it can!

[@SirAmnesia]

@@christian198702 thank you. you are correct, it can. i bought it during prime day and wasn't 100% sure. thanks for the reply

[@Spoofiee]

Ok what would anyone need 8tb for😭 I have 50 games downloaded rn and I still have 1.6tb so there’s really no need for all that

[@ryanmcphee8451]

I have 2 tb on my Xbox series s and ps5 plus my internal space and they're always out of space . Some games are 100 GB each . It doesn't take long to fill up

[@expiredhamburger6531]

@@ryanmcphee8451 you can't convince me you are actively playing all of these games Just delete the ones you don't play

[@ryanmcphee8451]

@@expiredhamburger6531 why would I do that ,I love all my games . It takes too long to redownload . I built my library for years . Survival horror ,fps ,adventure ,platformers ,rpg and sports games . Even if I'm not playing it today who's to say I won't be in the mood tomorrow . Every game I got I picked out myself and why would buy games I don't like or don't play lol

[@pedrojavierish]

Some people have thousands of games, i have seen libraries of 3 and 5000 games on it.

[@perkye1239]

What do you mean carnt play X/S games on the hard drive, just store. Ffs they take the piss with this drip feeding of technology. Good video by the way.

[@ViciousAlienKlown]

I bought the 8TB drive in the white and black and it lasted about a year...then died. they suck.

[@joshuadavis2784]

My gray

[@noor_iislamm]

120 abonni 🥵🥰😇xbox one fans😍🤩Algeria🥰😍

[@cyruscramer1513]

This drive is insane, it sucks that the strip of green lights don't work.

[@Nate-lw2gd]

What you mean unless you were missing with it

[@cyruscramer1513]

@@Nate-lw2gd The green LED's on mine do not light up (above the USB ports on the front), must be a defect. I didn't return it because they weren't as important as the storage space. It was just cool to see what the lights should look like on the drive.

[@Jhon12359]

And I want Mike to go off lol

[@hottlatinoboi]

how much did that cost. I have a 12 TB external hard drive. I don't care for overpriced Xbox branded externals; other external hard drives with more space are just the same there is nothing an Xbox branded hard drive is giving you. Speed is the same as others out there. Don't fall for the branded crap.

[@Blackobra614]

Any suggestions? I'm looking for another HHD for my kids' Series S. I have a 4TB on my X because I really didn't want to pay for that XBOX 1TB SSD. The pricing is ridiculous

[@AdiseiXxX]

У меня тоже фар край 5 есть(

[@gabrielstefano3103]

sim

[@Logan800]

took this long to unbox a hard drive 🤬🤬🤬

[@Nate-lw2gd]

Then don’t watch ass hole like how Christian Bale says it

[@camrynsmith4689]

Does quick resume work on that drive?

[@christian198702]

It does on certain games!