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Seagate offers an extensive range of external drives, featuring models based on both SSDs and HDDs. Making up part of the range is a small selection of special edition collectable drives themed around games, including Genshin Impact, Starfield, God of War Ragnarök and now Astro Bot (winner of the Game of the Year at The Game Awards 2024). The Astro Bot Limited Edition Game Drive is a 5TB HDD, USB 3.0 drive that can hold a load of your favourite games. The drive is compatible with PlayStation 5 or PlayStation 4 systems, as well as Windows and Mac systems via its USB connection.
Using the CrystalDiskInfo utility, the 2.5in drive inside the Astro Bot Limited Edition Game Drive is recognised as a 5TB Seagate Barracuda, which has a 5,400rpm spindle speed and 128MB of cache. The Astro Bot HDD uses a standard USB 3.0 interface, and with a 5,400rpm HDD on board, to be honest, there is not much point in adding anything faster. In our testing, read and write speeds of around 130 – 140 MB/s were typical for this drive.
Bundled with the Astro Bot Limited Edition Game Drive is a 14-day PlayStation Plus Premium | Deluxe Trial code. Also included is a sheet of exclusive Astro Bot stickers and a USB-A to USB-Micro B 3.0 cable, which is a little on the short side. Seagate backs the drive with a three-year warranty.
In the UK, the drive is available for £149.99 at Currys, while for US buyers it is available for pre-order on the PlayStation Store for $169.99.
Pros
- Smallish format.
- Large capacity.
Cons
- Not the fastest external drive we've seen.
KitGuru says: Seagate's Astro Bot Limited Edition Game Drive offers a huge amount of storage in a compact space and is ideal if you prioritise storage capacity over data transfer speed.
