A cheaper Xbox expansion card from Western Digital leaks online

Prices for the official Seagate expansion cards have remained high since the newest Xbox consoles launched in 2020. Interestingly, Sony has opted to reduce the cost of its expansion storage for the PS5.

The WD_BLACK C50 Expansion Card shares the same industrial aesthetic as other Western Digital products. The WD_Black is also the flagship variant of many WD storage devices.

The new expansion card sports the same plug-and-play functionality as its official Seagate counterpart. Gamers simply insert the card in the expansion card slot on the Xbox console to increase their storage space.

Players can opt to use a cheaper external hard drive to store games on the Xbox Series console. However, you cannot play Xbox Series X/S titles directly from the external hard drive and will need to transfer them to the console's SSD or an official expansion card. This means that only Xbox One games can be launched from the external drive.

Western Digital has not yet released details on the WD_BLACK C50 Expansion Card. It is also unclear if WD will release other storage variants for the expansion card.

The $50 reduction in price will surely attract a lot of Xbox Series X/S owners to the third-party option. Hopefully, the new expansion cards from Western Digital will lower the cost of the storage options across the board for the Xbox.