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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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I'm excited to get my hands on the PS5 but people saying this is fine... it's not. It just feels like releaseing half assed products (see x900h : I love the TV but it's not PS5 ready as long as it's not all up to date)
No 1440p support and no way to increase storage is a bad look, especially when your competition comes out with those features same features day one. Just my 2 cents.
No 1440p support and no way to increase storage is a bad look, especially when your competition comes out with those features same features day one. Just my 2 cents.
Are you fucking serious? Nice timing on this one Sony
Edit: Right, the March thing. Why were so many people buying up drives then? lol
Edit: Right, the March thing. Why were so many people buying up drives then? lol
No one watched The Road to PS5.....😩
Seriously....this was expected.
Disappointing, and semi-understandable. Unfortunately, it also gives the feeling that this is coming in hot.
Acting like this was expected (in terms of the new detail that the expansion slot is effectively disabled out-of-the box) stretches credibility. This would have been better to announce earlier in the process to keep expectations in check. We did know from much earlier presentations (a little over 7 months ago) that details on compatibility would come later, but that was before the finalized info provided around the launch leadup. More recent promo videos even highlighted the internalSSD M2 bay, with no new context. It just feels needlessly "11th hour," unless something actually went wrong behind-the-scenes, which I doubt.
Acting like this was expected (in terms of the new detail that the expansion slot is effectively disabled out-of-the box) stretches credibility. This would have been better to announce earlier in the process to keep expectations in check. We did know from much earlier presentations (a little over 7 months ago) that details on compatibility would come later, but that was before the finalized info provided around the launch leadup. More recent promo videos even highlighted the internal
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Why would anyone buy a drive before getting an official list from Sony?
Not every game is as large as COD. I have more games installed on the PS4 which is half the size.
Not every game is as large as COD. I have more games installed on the PS4 which is half the size.
I mean, I do too, considering their press materials said it was gonna be PS5 compatible, but here's Sony saying that the feature isn't enabled day one/they haven't tested anything so at this point it's down to semantics.
Hopefully, the PS5 automatically tests whether a drive is compatible for PS5 games and Sony is waiting to provide a curated list instead of whitelisting only certain drives
I wouldn't call it fine when the internal is only in the mid 600's. Expected yes but having no option for extra space for next-gen titles at launch is not fine.
It's disappointing the list and certification hasn't been completed by launch, but as everyone said verbatim, Cerny said as much months ago.
I don't think there were any SSDs fast enough on the market back then.
Are there even enough next gen launch titles to fill 600gb lol?
16.2+ million views and somehow no one in this thread on the gaming enthusiast forum tuned in!
Yeah it was post launch. How long prob not too long because more than likely the issue is that they prob just started getting the drives like maybe a month or two ago from manufacturers. Based on them starting to trickle out like 3 potential drives.
How would they if there aren't any drives on the market? They pretty much are on the manufactures timeline
I'm definitly gonna be putting some last gen titles on my console SSDs too tbf. Those loading time improvements are gonna be worth it.
I really hate how much oof and yikes gets used nowadays.
Anyway any news about using the M.2 as just an extended storage for PS4/PS5 games? *edit* just read that the M.2 slot is disabled. huh I would've thought you'll be able to use standard M.2 drive for just storage purpose.
Anyway any news about using the M.2 as just an extended storage for PS4/PS5 games? *edit* just read that the M.2 slot is disabled. huh I would've thought you'll be able to use standard M.2 drive for just storage purpose.
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Get yourself an external SSD and backup some of the games you're not playing. It's cheaper and convenient.
What we wanted to know is if the internal slot was useable like an external drive for cold storage, not only to expand the on-board ssd.
My last post I felt like they were only talking about fast enough SSD. Looks like the port is disabled at launch, so no M.2 drives will be compatiable. Was hoping we could still use ANY M.2 drive to use, and the fast ones will come later.
Awesome good to know, will pick up an external SSD for now then.
We did watch it, but we were too busy complaining about the 100 ps4 games thing.NO ONE WATCHED IT? Get out of there. The man told you in March.
I wonder if we can play PS4 games using those, just like what XBOX is doing for their back-compat games?
Dissapointing but somewhat expected when they've been so ambigous and quiet about storage expansion options
Do what what kind of features are available for standard external storage solution? Is it similar to XSX/XSS where you can play Back Compat titles but not Next-Gen Specific ones though you can still store games to move them back and forth to the internal SSD?
Do what what kind of features are available for standard external storage solution? Is it similar to XSX/XSS where you can play Back Compat titles but not Next-Gen Specific ones though you can still store games to move them back and forth to the internal SSD?
Exactly.
He says that they will test and benchmark the drives and create an official list. And that might not be ready by launch.
He didn't say the OS bits that will benchmark the drive and enables to use it to install game (or that's not a thing for ps4 when you expand the storage ?) wouldn't be ready, which seems to be the case, otherwise people could just plug in their drives and test themselves.
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People on this forum here love to be ignorant when it comes to PS5 information. They have short term memory. It gets tiring.
The only relevant fact is that there is no list because nothing has been certified. Everything beyond that is assumption.
Because there's going to be people that just buy a card that it'll be too slow. And it's probably for legality reasons
I wonder how much of a pain in the ass it would be to just rotate your storage from the onboard SSD to an external HDD
-Sony told us in March
-They specifically cited the timing of capable drives from third parties even being available in relation to PS5 release
-And the need to test and certify those before giving them the go ahead to avoid consumers buying stuff that ends up not working
How is that in any way pathetic? I get being bummed that the timing of third party drives and PS5 launch didn't happen to line up the way we may have preferred but I honestly don't get these kinds of reactions.
The fastest PCIE 4.0 SSDs are barely just making it to market. What exactly would you have wanted Sony to say when they had no retail products to put through the certification process?
Their info is half baked as usual of late. Fine the SSD expansion wont be ready, so what if im low on space and cant download huge game installs again. Can I off the game to cold storage on EXT usb? Becoz if I cant, that would suck. Again they should have offered more information and a solution.
But wouldn't this happen anyway once they enable it. I'm sure there will still be people who buy the wrong drive.
Yeah, I have 5tb's ready to go. I just wish things weren't coming in so hot everywhere for this new generation. World is crazy though so I understand why.
Telling me in advance you're doing something stupid doesn't make it any less stupid. Ultimately though, I don't care. It was always going to be months before I got one after reading reviews from other gamers of the drives they tried.