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Western Digital WD_BLACK Drives Expand Digital Gaming Storage
Michael Vane
The upcoming Western Digital Black hard drives and solid-state drives are perfect for gamers looking to expand their system’s digital storage. With some Xbox One games coming in at over 100GB in size, it doesn’t take long to fill that built-in drive.
Purpose-built for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC, the five Western Digital Black drives offer industry-leading speeds and loads of space for dozens of games and saved gameplay footage. WD Black drives range from 2TB to 12TB and are available in Australia from October 1.
By teaming up with Microsoft, two of the drives include a few months worth of free access to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate – the Netflix of gaming which gives gamers a curated library of over 100 great games to discover on PC and Xbox One.
The five upcoming Western Digital Black drives are as follows:
WD Black P10 Game Drive
HDD 2TB to 5TB storage
USB 3.2
$138 – $158
Three year warranty
WD Black P50 Game Drive
SSD 2TB storage
USB 3.2 with speeds up to 2000MB/s
Price TBA
WD Black D10 Game Drive
HDD 8TB storage
Speeds up to 250MB/s
$379
Three-year warranty
WD Black P10 Game Drive for Xbox One
HDD 3TB – 5TB storage
$198 – $288
Three-year warranty
WD Black D10 Game Drive for Xbox One
HDD up to 12TB
Speeds up to 250MB/s
$568
Three-year warranty
“We constantly hear from gamers about how the performance and capacity limitations of their current systems challenge the quality of their gaming experiences,” said Susan Park, Vice President of Product Management at Western Digital.
“With the latest additions to our WD Black portfolio, anyone from the casual to hardcore gamer can now capture a variety of games, in one accessible place.”
