I’m not waiting for Amazon Prime Day to score a great Xbox Series X SSD deal – and you shouldn’t either
With Amazon Prime Day deals coming July 16 and July 17, it’s a great time to keep an eye out for a compelling price cut on an Xbox Series X SSD.
But thanks to some early Amazon Prime Day gaming deals, I may not need to wait for Prime Day itself to grab a great discount on either one of the two proprietary solid-state drives that can boost the stuffed 1TB of onboard storage space on my Xbox Series X.
These come courtesy of Western Digital and Seagate, but neither are cheap if you want a 1TB drive. And you’ll want that capacity, as games continue to bloom in size with recent big hitters Starfield and Baldur’s Gate 3 gobbling up more than 100GB of SSD space.
When the Xbox Series X arrived in November 2020 it was quickly filled by the aforementioned Seagate Xbox Storage Expansion Card. But as this card uses high-speed SSD architecture and is custom-built for the Series consoles, it cost a hefty $219 / £219 – that was nearly the price of the Series X and almost the whole price of an Xbox Series S.
Thankfully, the 1TB card has come down in price and the arrival of the WD_Black C50 means you can get an extra terabyte of solid-state storage for around $150 / £150.
We’re seeing some discounts right now, which you can check out below if you’re interested in striking before the Prime Day proper. I’d suggest jumping quickly on Xbox SSD deals as I’ve seen them sell out quickly in the past.
Xbox SSD deals you can get right now in the US and UK
Going by previous Amazon sales days, I’m not sure prices of the above SSDs will drop much lower, but if you can hold out for a few days it might be worth waiting just in case we see the Seagate SSD drop down to by another $20 / £20.
It’s also worth checking out deals from the likes of Best Buy and Walmart in the US, and Currys and Very in the UK as those retailers will often slice the prices of their tech products as a bit of a retort to the Prime Day deals.
However, before I fully take the plunge on one of the deals above, my hope is I’ll be able to find the newer 2TB Seagate Storage Expansion Card for an attractive price, as that would set me up with plenty of space to fill with current and upcoming Xbox Game Pass titles. But failing that, the 1TB card at a good price will put a smile on this aging gamer’s face; it’ll also save me the less-than-fun game of deciding what title I’ll need to uninstall before I can download a new game – that gets tedious quickly.
