external hard drive

[jaunty vapor]

So, I want to install two games on xbox (fortnite which takes up 30 gb and rdr2 which takes up 84 gb) and I would calculate that I will still have about 100 gb free and since fortnite is always updating itself, I could quickly run out of space, so I would I want to get an external hard drive and put the games that take up space on it and play them less often, but I don't know if they will move slower or have smaller graphics that will spoil my gameplay on the hard drive and if I have to install them from the hard drive on the console when I want to play them or I can play them directly from the hard disk without having them on the console

[trim prairie]

u can play games off ur external drive. if u want to move from internal to external may take a while. they only time u need to move from internal to external or vice versa is if u r playing an optimized games on a series console.

[jaunty vapor]

But if not and optimized game for a series console I can play on my xbox one from external hard drive without having the games installed on the console?

[trim prairie]

yeah. i did that when i was still on the og xb1

and its black friday so lots of external drives would be on sale

[jaunty vapor]

Will playing from the hard drive make the graphics in games smaller?

[trim prairie]

no. i believe that only difference is load times but its insignificant on xb1 consoles

[jaunty vapor]

Ok, thank tou very much for help

[trim prairie]

i would recommend a 2tb or up drive

especially with black friday as they say better to have and not need than need and not have

lol