Xbox One Won't Support External Storage At Launch

[Atmos Duality]

It would take maybe an hour of R&D time to patch in the standard USB 3.0 I/O kit.
This isn't some new fangled tech, it's a connection standard used on nearly bloody everything the world over.

If there is a technical limitation to overcome, it's involves DRM.
Probably to keep people from sharing their games via USB HDDs.

Either that, or they're actually going to slowly move back towards the original DRM platform over the life of the console.
(unlikely but possible, and that would require DRM-locked HDDs)

 

[Diablo1099_v1legacy]

I thought they already went back on that. Besides, unless you buy five games a month it shouldn't be a problem right away.

I think that was just the fact you needed to Log in order to do that, it's still an option I think, Not too sure :/

 

[Micalas]

You'd think the company that makes Windows would easily be able to give a product of theirs the ability to use external hard drives. You know...like Windows does...

 

[likalaruku]

As far as I'm concerned, since I haven't touched a sonsole since the late 90s, consoles only need just enough storage to hold game saves.

 

[Eliam_Dar]

oh come on, now is like if they are trying to make the thing fail. First the DRM, then they removed it, then the camera, now it is not going to be always on (hopefully), after that there was the voice commands, now this.... really? I wonder if that thing will work once it is available.