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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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Okay, but how can we tell if people are concerned or not?
How is that fine? Given the size of these games, it is something that was expected from launch but now it's fine?
I really hope this is true, I guess we have to wait until launch and someone tests out external hard drives on PS5.
This was announced already, it's not a big deal and will be solved sooner than later.
Yes he did. But I guess it's good to see another confirmation, because things can change a few months later. Which they apparently didn't.
AFAIK they put an asterisk next to it on a slide and said it wasn't confirmed, and then in that original thread I remember someone correcting me and telling me that they removed mention of PS5 from their materials for that drive. So sounds like WD ASSumed theirs was going to work but then found out that Sony has to test and certify first + the heatsink may not allow it to fit.
To be clear I don't think Sony is threatening companies that brand anything as PS5 or anything like that, I think those companies want to play it safe and not end up releasing something that doesn't work and piss off their customers that thought it said it was PS5 compatible.. They'd be the ones getting the heat from those disappointed buyers, not Sony.
given this is Sony, I don't expect external SSD support for a few years.
I don't want to either but for launch I don't need that much storage so it's whatever.
(I don't even mind just having a couple games installed at once these days, even if I prefer having more)
If they hadn't signaled this earlier, it would be really odd, but I imagine by the end of 2021 Q1 we should have some option(s) there.
Would've figured they might have access to some stock before those launches. I don't work at Sony so I don't know the ins and outs.
Ah well I wasn't going to buy too many games at launch anyway so I can wait.
I'm also hoping by the end of next year, PCIe gen 4 drives are cheaper
I'm also hoping by the end of next year, PCIe gen 4 drives are cheaper
Cerny was pretty clear back in March not to buy any SSD until it's been certified, so at least that part is old news. Not sure why they haven't started the actual certification process yet, though. Maybe they're waiting for final/release firmware or SDKs before starting?
I understand its not the end of the world but I would have thought this would be available at launch. Anyway it's on its way and that's great news.
It wasn't expected and it's fine because there are other viable options. That is unless you want all of your games to work from an internal storage.
Huh? It has external SSD support at launch. The thread is talking about SSDs that you can install into the PS5.
By the time I would consider even needing to buy one I am sure Ill have options
And I may not even buy them then until the prices come down
With how much faster install speeds should be I feel no need to have a boatload of games on the drive at once.
And I may not even buy them then until the prices come down
With how much faster install speeds should be I feel no need to have a boatload of games on the drive at once.
Well that's good at least, thanks
You mean you can use an external SSD? As I thought they need to certify the SSD because of the crazy speed that is required?
I don't want to either but for launch I don't need that much storage so it's whatever.
(I don't even mind just having a couple games installed at once these days, even if I prefer having more)
Thanks for the link. A temporary solution then, but not for me. Add cold storage to dynamic storage next generation haha.
Good thing I'm not affected, I'm the type of person that just install few games to focus more on them and finish 100%, like Ghost of Tsushima Platinum Trophy!
It'll be fine for now swapping between external and internal. Gives me time to save for a new internal too.
I'm quite eager to see how much games require for installation/updates at launch because this could have some considerable impacts depending on what you're playing. PS4 games I plan to play on PS5 could make this much worse.
I'm hoping we see something from reviews on this once the embargo lifts so I can ease my mind.
I'm hoping we see something from reviews on this once the embargo lifts so I can ease my mind.
You can't release benchmarking tools if you don't have ssds that actually passes the benchmark. You need to then test the ssd that passes actually work for the PS5. This is to make sure that the benchmarking tools actually work.
The concern trolling and console warring is strong in this one.
I think it's fine, but it does represent the upside of the Microsoft solution that I don't prefer overall. Microsoft has their solution available and straightforward on day 1.
Had to check to see if this thread was bumped or not, this was obvious from the Cerny ASMR talk back in March.
Not much has actually changed between then and now, we have a few NVME drives that may be suitable. Sony clearly wants to test before making a list of 'potential' drives.
In the meantime if people want to hoard games you can always use an external HDD/SDD as cold storage for your PS5 games and be playable for PS4 games.
Not much has actually changed between then and now, we have a few NVME drives that may be suitable. Sony clearly wants to test before making a list of 'potential' drives.
In the meantime if people want to hoard games you can always use an external HDD/SDD as cold storage for your PS5 games and be playable for PS4 games.
Actually, I meant I want to know about the cold storage solution as in storing PS5 games on external hard drive when not playing them and transferring back to the internal SSD when you want to play them again.
We were told in March - eight months ago - not to buy an SSD until it's been approved. Having a long list of compatible drives at launch would have been nice, but that was never promised or expected.
Western Digital shows their first PS5 compatible SSD on their press material (update: Nov 5th, Sony confirmed these won’t work at launch)
This will probably be officially announced in the stream that's going up a couple of hours from now. Speeds are 7000MB/s for Sequential Read and 4100MB/s, 5300MB/s and 5100MB/s for Sequential Write in the 500GB, 1TB and 2TB respectively. Prices are $149.99 for 500GB, $229.99 for 1TB and...
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Whole bunch of people in this thread bought one.
External drive support is there day 1.
This is in regards to the internal additional SSD slot, which they themselves have said should be there shortly after release
This is the only article I've seen that explicitly states you can put PS5 games on an external drive. Sony hasn't said it and none of the other articles about PS5 storage say it. What is their source? Or did they just make the same mistake many of us did when remembering Cerny's statements on the subject?
I don't want to either but for launch I don't need that much storage so it's whatever.
(I don't even mind just having a couple games installed at once these days, even if I prefer having more)
Yep was about to say the same. ive watched countless videos from tubers and playstation support and dont recall anyone saying you can dump PS5 games onto ext usb for cold storage. you probably can do it, like XSX but Sony should have straight forward confirmed it in that article.
it'll be interesting to see whether the WD self-approved one will work anyway (assuming they even have the infrastructure built into the OS at launch), or whether this will be driven by a whitelist.
Considering we only have one from WD that they say will work, one from Samsung we assume will work. That's it. Not exactly flowing with expansion cards choices right now. Sony said they would give more information when it was available, we should wait.
The storage space will be enough for most gamers.