Earlier this month, Amazon and Best Buy each dropped the 8TB Seagate Starfield Game Drive Hub to solely $150 (was $240). That deal bought out in a short time at each retailers, however the low cost has returned for Best Buy’s Black Friday in July Sale. The three-day sale goes up in opposition to Amazon Prime Day 2024, which kicks off tomorrow, July 16. In addition to the 8TB Game Drive Hub, the 5TB Starfield-themed transportable drive is discounted to $110 (was $170).
$150 (was $240) for 8TB | $110 (was $170) for 5TB
The 8TB Starfield Game Drive Hub is kind of chunky compared to the 5TB drive. As a “hub,” the 8TB model is provided with USB-A and USB-C ports, whereas the 5TB transportable exterior drive solely has the information cable to USB-A connection.
Together with an eye catching design impressed by Starfield, every drive comes with a one-year guarantee and customized RGB lighting results.
As talked about, Amazon bought out of each the 5TB and 8TB drives, and in contrast to Best Buy hasn’t restocked its stock. Nonetheless, you may nonetheless get the 2TB transportable mannequin for $90.
The Seagate Starfield HDD is formally licensed, and you can even use it as an exterior drive for PS5 and Xbox Collection X. Be mindful you will must switch PS5 or Xbox Collection X video games from this exterior drive to your console earlier than you may play them–Xbox One or PS4 video games could be performed straight from the drive–so this most likely is not one of the best resolution for console gaming except you might be gaming on last-gen consoles or have gradual web speeds. For some customers, deleting and re-downloading video games on console could also be quicker than transferring video games backwards and forwards between your console’s SSD and the exterior drive.
As a substitute, you would use the 8TB drive to retailer your largest PC video games in addition to different knowledge.
Video games are larger than ever these days, so contemplate upgrading your storage talents with certainly one of these low cost exterior HDDs forward of all the large recreation launches this vacation season. The 8TB mannequin would be the most versatile because of the additional USB ports.