But the real problem here is space. The Xbox One X comes with a 1 TB hard drive, with 780.9 of that free for storage once you've got pesky things like an operating system out of the way. That felt like a whole lot of real estate just a few days ago, but it's easy to imagine filling that thing up very quickly with games of this size. Not every game here is as big as Gears of War 4, but you'll still likely end up deleting some games a little ways into your time with the system. And since you'll need to download those massive files every time you want to play something that isn't on local storage, it significantly slows down the instant gratification that comes with having a nice broad gaming collection. An external hard drive starts to look more and more essential.

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There's a bit of bias here: as a reporter with a ton of games, I'm naturally able to fill up this hard drive in no time at all. But I'd argue that a similar situation also applies to most people with an Xbox One X right now: remember, this is a system aimed at the enthusiast crowd, and those are people who are much more likely to have a lot of games. We saw a similar thing happen with the 500 GB Xbox Ones and PS4s when they both launched, something that can largely be solved with a 1 TB hard drive. It makes me hope for a 2 TB option for the Xbox One X at some point, because that's what we'll need to see a similar result.