While the Xbox Series of consoles have been incredible and amazing piece of hardware, proprietary storage options feel like a step back in the wrong direction. 

Mircrosoft’s latest game consoles use proprietary storage expansion cards that are being made solely by Seagate and they cost quite a lot with a 1TB version going for $220. 

Different companies have released a conversion adapter that allows installing specific M.2-2230 SSDs into the expansion slots of the latest Xbox Series consoles. 

However, there is a limitation for the adapter because while you can put in any short M.2-2230 NVMe SSD and connect it to the console, the console itself is only compatible with SSDs with a specific firmware and format. 

Although there are several SSDs on the market that meet the same hardware performance/criteria as the proprietary Seagate SSDs, it is Microsoft who can decide (through Software requirements), which SSDs (Type, Manufacturer etc.) will be compatible with the Xbox.

As consumer and owners of Xbox Series Consoles, we would like Microsoft to make the necessary changes to the Xbox operating system in order to be able to use non-proprietary SSDs.