Can You Transfer XSX or PS5 Games to an External?

[Dre Space Age]

I have a portable SSD that I have configured to be an external for Xbox Series X. However, its only 500GB and these damn games keep getting larger and larger.

My XSX ran out of room and now my portable SSD ran out of room.

If I connect that portable SSD to my PC can I transfer those games to my Western Digital MyBook external HD? Then when I want to play those games again I can just swap them out?

Same issue will happen when my PS5 comes in. I’m not at home or else I’d have figured this all out myself already.

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

You can use them for transfer or storage with the ps5 but you can’t directly play ps5 games off an external HDD/SSD because PS5 games run on proprietary SSD that don’t yet have counterparts on the market

 

[FooFighters]

You have to format the drive first before you can transfer games to the XSX/S

 

[Dre Space Age]

You can use them for transfer or storage with the ps5 but you can’t directly play ps5 games off an external HDD/SSD because PS5 games run on proprietary SSD that don’t yet have counterparts on the market

Oh damn. I could directly play using PS4 external. So its a different ballgame with PS5 then huh. Alright.

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

Oh damn. I could directly play using PS4 external. So its a different ballgame with PS5 then huh. Alright.

Yeah ps4 games you’re good, but not ps5 yet

 

[The Mad Titan]

You have to format the drive first before you can transfer games to the XSX/S

Yeah thankfully you can run games from a external SSD drive too.

 

[PS5 Pro]

I have a portable SSD that I have configured to be an external for Xbox Series X. However, its only 500GB and these damn games keep getting larger and larger.

My XSX ran out of room and now my portable SSD ran out of room.

If I connect that portable SSD to my PC can I transfer those games to my Western Digital MyBook external HD? Then when I want to play those games again I can just swap them out?

Same issue will happen when my PS5 comes in. I’m not at home or else I’d have figured this all out myself already.

Long story short, only for last gen games. If you have fast enough internet then it don't even matter. I can download a 70gb game in 5-10 min max?

 

[Dre Space Age]

Externals are great for backlogs you wanna play

Long story short, only for last gen games. If you have fast enough internet then it don't even matter. I can download a 70gb game in 5-10 min max?

I have a monthly 1TB limit. I can’t just be deleting and redownloading shyt hence the hard-drives.

 

[Khalil's_Black_Excellence]

You have to format the drive first before you can transfer games to the XSX/S

This goes the same for PS5.

 

[The Mad Titan]

Externals are great for backlogs you wanna play
I have a monthly 1TB limit. I can’t just be deleting and redownloading shyt hence the hard-drives.

I've been running into my 1TB cap lately too

 

[Bubba T]

I've been running into my 1TB cap lately too

You guys have Scamcast?

 

[Dre Space Age]

You guys have Scamcast?

Yup

 

[The Mad Titan]

You guys have Scamcast?

Nah Cox

 

[Dre Space Age]

This goes the same for PS5.

Can you use the same external HD for both PS5 and XSX at the same time?

if not that means just storing the games on WD MyBook HD in their own separate folders and only using the external SSD for transferring back and forth. Damn.

 

[Khalil's_Black_Excellence]

Can you use the same external HD for both PS5 and XSX at the same time?

if not that means just storing the games on WD MyBook HD in their own separate folders and only using the external SSD for transferring back and forth. Damn.

That I'm not sure of. I know that on the PS5, it has to put the SSD in a different storage state than when storing normal files. I suppose if that state is the same on the Xbox that it might be possible. Might wanna research that if that's your plans.