

Xbox One game install and patch storage needs were already growing, and now with the Xbox One X, 4K game asset patches are getting crazy large. Yet the one area that Microsoft continues to boggle my mind is with its choice of drive type for internal storage. I've loved the Xbox One ecosystem so far, and previously outlined all the major reasons why I feel the Xbox One is the clear choice (IMHO) over the PS4. This holiday I took the chance to treat myself with an Xbox One X to replace my original edition Xbox One.

But it was the original Xbox which finally shipped with an HDD built in, making this concept a mainstay from then onward. The PlayStation 2 toyed with the idea of an expansion bay that could take an HDD, even though it was near useless for 99+ percent of games.

Ever since game consoles first started seeing internal hard drives, I've been fascinated with hardware previously reserved for PCs rearing their head inside living room systems.
