Consoles
Xbox Storage: What You Can Play From an External Drive
A cheap USB drive works for some games and not others. The rule is simple once you know it.
Marcus Reyes·2 minAugust 12
Storage
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Fixes
Why Game Downloads Are So Slow (When Your Internet Isn't)
A fast connection downloading at a crawl usually isn't the connection. Here's what's actually limiting it and how to test each cause.
Marcus Reyes·3 minAugust 12
Consoles
Switch microSD Cards: What Speed Actually Matters
Most of the numbers on a microSD card are irrelevant to a Switch. Two of them are not.
Marcus Reyes·2 minAugust 12
Consoles
Expanding PS5 Storage: What Actually Works and What to Avoid
Internal NVMe for PS5 games, external USB for PS4 games and cold storage. Here's the spec requirement and the heatsink question.
Marcus Reyes·3 minAugust 12
Fixes
PC Not Detecting a New SSD: The Order to Check Things
A drive missing from Windows is usually present in BIOS and simply uninitialised. Five minutes of checking in the right order finds it.
Marcus Reyes·3 minAugust 12
Mobile
Mobile Games Eating Your Storage: What to Delete and What Not To
Why a 2GB game occupies 12GB, which caches are safe to clear, and how to stop update downloads from failing on a full phone.
Priya Shah·3 minAugust 12
Gear
How Much Storage Do You Actually Need for Gaming in 2026?
Game sizes have outgrown 1 TB. Here's the real capacity maths, whether Gen 5 helps, and when a hard drive is still fine.
Marcus Reyes·3 minAugust 12