

Sony's new DualSense controllers provide more than your standard rumble. Sony DualSense controller Photograph: Sony

The Xbox Series S is even worse, shipping with only 500 GB of storage. Both consoles should have shipped with more internal storage and easier expansion options. Unfortunately, they’re expensive at $220 for 1 terabyte of extra storage. They’re super easy to install and work great, and you can play games off of them no problem. For the Xbox Series X, you just have to buy an expansion card and plug it into the console. You can also use an external drive that you just plug in, but you can’t use that extra space to store games you’re currently playing, only to store them instead of say, deleting them and re-downloading them. You can bolster its stock 800 GB hard drive with an additional M.2 drive, but doing so takes some hardware know-how and isn’t for everyone. In terms of storage space, PS5 has the leg up here-but only if you’re comfortable cracking open your PS5 and installing some new hardware. It’s more future-proof, thanks to its more powerful hardware. It’s a good choice if you don’t have a 4K TV and don’t plan on getting one, but I’d advise most people to just hold onto their money and wait until the Series X is more readily available. It doesn’t output games at true 4K, but it does support ray tracing and-theoretically-120 FPS gameplay. The cheaper Xbox Series S, by contrast, is really more of half an upgrade over the Xbox One.
