The best external hard drive for holding Xbox and PC games is on a big Cyber Monday sale

As you expand your video game collection with more Xbox and PC titles, there comes a point where your chosen platform's internal storage unit won't have enough space to contain them all. One of the best ways to solve this problem is with an external hard drive, which will give you plenty of mass storage. Right now, multiple retailers are hosting special Cyber Monday discounts on this excellent 2TB Seagate portable hard drive to do just that, like for $59.99 at Best Buy.

✅Perfect for: Those who need more storage space than 1TB to store video games, movies, and music

❌Avoid if: You want to play Xbox Series X|S games directly from the hard drive as only expansion cards can do that. Also, hard drives do make noise when operating

💰Price check: $59.99 at Amazon

🔍Our experience: The Seagate Xbox Game Drive review, which features almost identical specs to this Seagate hard drive, just with a more generic design

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Why you should buy the Seagate - Expansion 2TB External USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive

Cyber Monday Banner for Seagate 2TB External Expansion Portable Hard Drive USB 3.0 — It's nothing special, but it will give you a fair bit of extra mass storage for cheap. (Image credit: Windows Central)

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Seagate is well-regarded for producing some of the finest accessories for PC and Xbox, and this 2TB portable hard drive is one of the company's most popular. It is easy to set up and use, features decent fast transfer speeds over USB 3.0, and has over two terabytes of storage space to fit in your favorite videogames, movies, music, and any other data you can think of.

However, Xbox users should keep in mind that Xbox Series X|S games won't be able to run directly from the external hard drive. You will need the best Xbox Expansion Cards (currently having Cyber Monday discounts) for that. It's perfect for mass storage and even playing backward compatible Xbox games, though.

The Seagate 2TB portable hard drive is enjoying a healthy discount offering at multiple retailers for Cyber Monday, bringing it down from $70.99 to $59.99. This means that this 2TB external hard drive is currently sitting at a similar price to the 1TB version, which usually has an MSRP of $57.99 at most retailers.

With such a valuable deal on offer, this is the perfect opportunity to grab one of the best external hard drives for Xbox and add more of the best Xbox games to your library. The same applies to PC gamers looking to install more of the best PC games without taking up space in their internal hard drive.

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Alexander Cope is a gaming veteran of 30-plus years, primarily covering PC and Xbox games here on Windows Central. Gaming since the 8-bit era, Alexander's expertise revolves around gaming guides and news, with a particular focus on Japanese titles from the likes of Elden Ring to Final Fantasy. Alexander is always on deck to help our readers conquer the industry's most difficult games — when he can pry himself away from Monster Hunter that is!