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[The Verge] Sony confirms PS5 won’t support internal SSD storage expansion at launch (Certification process may not be complete)
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We have known this for months, always funny to me when people get pissed at something that was plainly stated.
Cerny said this in March, in case it hasn't been mentioned yet.
As for whether or not anything has "kicked off yet" I don't think they'd be privy to Sony's internal testing aside from letting manufacturers know if any of them passed and could brand them as being PS5 compatible.
As for whether or not anything has "kicked off yet" I don't think they'd be privy to Sony's internal testing aside from letting manufacturers know if any of them passed and could brand them as being PS5 compatible.
They disabled the port, so it really won't support anything until Sony update thing.
I know they said in March but it's Nov now and drives are available, seems strange to lock out the port. Maybe it's just a compatibility issue.
After reading the article it seems the expansion slot will be completely disabled out of the box.
He said it wouldn't be ready at launch. Maybe there still aren't any that are compatible.
Damn. My Samsung 980 Pro has been sitting here for almost a month in preparation. At least I have until January to return it to Amazon.
Nah they disabled the M2 slot
Disappointing but expected, Cerny did say it would be after launch that the certified list came out so not a shock, more a reconfirmation. Will just have to be a little conservative with what I actually have on here until the point expandable storage is possible - hopefully not too long after launch.
I still don't understand the situation with the sizing. Are they waiting for drives that match the scaling of the internal drive (chosen for performance)? Because 825/1.6 drives seem unlikely. In which case do they need to certify drives that outperform the internal SSD to accommodate for that difference?
Not everyone is on top of all the news though. It's pretty common for many people to miss widely shared news, just by chance.
Using external SSD storage to more easily transfer games, but this is still somewhat disappointing given that the usable size of the PS5 internal SSD is only 75% or so of the rated number. Very, very little storage to work with, especially if you play COD frequently and need 125-250gb installed PERMANENTLY - taking up between 15-25% of the ENTIRE SSD.
Kind of absurd.
Kind of absurd.
yeah it still needs to go through a certification process though and Sony probably just isn't gonna be ready to begin that until they've shipped
could just be a matter of weeks
While I agree, a basic google search would give that information if adding one is a big deal to someone. Maybe I'm giving people too much credit to actually do research on features they want in something before buying it though. Oh well, regardless this is coming later so not a big deal.
What are you basing this on?
This is revisionist history. There was more than just a hint--Cerny literally said this would be the case back in March.
Makes no difference as the disc version will have to fully install games, too.
On the fact that Sony has avoided the subject for months and now it's confirmed that there will not be an option to expand storage at launch.
How is this hard to follow?
They disabled the slot so it won't work without some kind of OS update
Eh, I guess we just have to wait until Sony has tested out those SSDs but certainly there are people who would've liked to have this at launch. I'm planning to buy one next year so hopefully this thing is sorted out in the next few months.
Yup, they did. And as with the BenQ 1440p monitor, it appears to have been a shot in the dark that missed.
With that said, I'm kinda surprised that there's going to be zero options available on day one, since I had assumed that if companies were advertising PS5 support then that would implies Sony had begun the whitelisting process. Evidently not.
don't talk to me about a Mark cerny gdc presentation. They had plent of time to affirm this and not refer back to some super niche video with time stamps
There's no issue about capacities for ssd expansion. It's purely about the performance, whether it meets the threshold or not. And yeah, they need a certain buffer of out-performance to compensate for certain differences with the internal drive (chiefly the command queue differences).
