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Apparently you can't store PS5 games on an external HDD at launch - Push Square, Gamespot
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Yep same here..some outlet did a test. It took only 3 minutes to bring a large game like red dead redemption 2 from cold storage into internal ssd and vice versa on Series X. Cold storage this gen is an absolute essential for folks that don't want to pay out the ass for external ssd storage.
Talking about cold storage. We know you can't run ps5 games from an HDD but storing it is different.
It's going to be a big issues for people with data caps that were planning on using an external source for cold storage. 664GB is not a lot of space for people that want to have their libraries easily accessible to them
holy shit!!! I thought maybe something was missing or needed more clarification but its true. Wow.
True, but how many people will have more than 4-5 PS5 games until the end of the year? Don't think this will impact that many people. If they don't patch it in later then I can see your point.
You would think Sony would've let the press know if that was the case though. Again, Sony's silence on everything has once again come back to haunt everyone.
I mean Geoff's comment seems like it isn't coming anytime soon...
There's a lot of things Sony has been weirdly silent about and turned out to be not worrying, like BC news and console noise levels we got today. I wouldn't necessarily extrapolate their silence yet.
Again, not sure about this, i am assuming that the game files integrate differently when directly installed to the SSD than "swapped in" so that might be why the internal SSD is this fast and also the reason there are no "certified" internal drives to buy yet.
the "eco friendly console" thing is really satire considering people are going to redownload huge ass games just because they can´t be stored externally..
What? That makes zero sense.
The PS5 isn't making file systems work differently now.
I don't think that's a particular big obstacle even if that was the case. There's this concept of packing and unpacking files even if the game installation's structure necessitate a ssd.
Baffling omission. I'd like to think that it's a pre-release firmware issue and it'll be fixed by launch, but there's no excuse in not having it at all.
PS5 DE only owners are screwed. RE Downloading games that are anywhere from 50 - 200 gb as a means to swap is gonna be terrible experience wise. Not to mention internet data caps.
Yeah really, lot of odd news coming out today that I wish sony had not been silent about.
Definitely, its just not a good look is all. Didnt something similar happen a few months ago when a bunch of odd news came out right after a sony ps5 event? Seems like a sketchy trend.
Could also be security reason. or trying to push people to buying expensive "certified" drives :-)
Sony should release some infos why this is the case because it is kinda unacceptable that you can´t store games externally. Sony is really doing a Nintendo lately, stuff like that is straight up out of the Nintendo playbook.
in response to those saying internal storage is not a problem and cold storage your PS5 games blah blah - what say you know homies?
Is it external storage in general or specifically external storage with HDDs? If the latter maybe the intent is getting people to switch entirely to SSDs?
We knew we wouldnt be able tobplay ps5 games off an hdd but many tbought you would be able to store ps5 games on an hdd
What, are they scared people will incorrectly assume they can play the games off of the external? Or that someone will find a way to try and force a game to play off the external?
Do they really not care about people with slow and limited internet, who don't want to be constantly downloading and redownloading the same game?
Do they really not care about people with slow and limited internet, who don't want to be constantly downloading and redownloading the same game?
This is gonna make juggling PS5 games interesting on an SSD this size.
It's definitely gonna result in me just buying less (large) games on PS5. Cannot be fucked to keep deleting and having to redownload ginormous games all of the time.
Need to get that internal SSD slot working and updated soon as they can.
It's definitely gonna result in me just buying less (large) games on PS5. Cannot be fucked to keep deleting and having to redownload ginormous games all of the time.
Need to get that internal SSD slot working and updated soon as they can.
Makes the lack of expandable storage at launch all the more horrible. As someone who pre-ordered the digital edition, I'm not really happy about that decision.
I mean storage is storage, there's no reason you shouldn't be able to move them on to external so you don't need to redownload.
This plus the lack of any expandable storage options at launch makes this a potential wrecking ball for data caps, at least for the foreseeable future. ~600GB will take you a very short distance
It's these little things Sony does that pisses me off so much, like the ps5 is obviously going to be amazing, in my opinion they have the best first party but then you have so many small things to deal with like this on every one of their platforms that make things so damn annoying to use.
These type of things happen on every PlayStation system for some reason, things never just work.
These type of things happen on every PlayStation system for some reason, things never just work.