For beta users: add an M.2 SSD to a PS5 console

"This feature is only available to beta users at this time. The internal M.2 SSD expansion feature will be enabled via an upcoming PS5 system software update. Please check the guide below for more information. Please note that because this is a beta, features and specifications described herein may change prior to the official system software release."

[Doge]

Good to see it’s being beta tested. Can’t wait until it’s finalized 👍🏼

[darthv72]

...and a full list of compatible drives. The disclaimer eludes to "just cause it fits and is fast enough, doesnt mean it works". So the ones sony officially tested should be posted after the official release.

[Sayai jin]

Can't wait either. It is great, but why did it take this long for this to just reach beta testing. This feature should have been available at launch.

[Sayai jin]

Maybe, but I am surpised Sony didn't commision a 3rd oarty manufacturer to make a licensed one for launch.

[frostypants]

Even now hardly any drives on the market make the cut. Can't test what's not available. The interface is only half the equation.

[mkis007]

The only reason Xbox had its proprietary drive at launch is because the speed they needed was already mature tech.

[CrimsonIdol]

There have been consumer drives fast enough for about 2 years guys. Since before the PS5 launched there have been plenty of gen 4 drives fast enough. You all seem to keep parroting that this is some cutting edge tech and it's simply not true. Since the Ryzen 3000 series.

[glennhkboy]

@forstypants If none of the manufacturer can achieve the requirement from Sony, it means that the requirement itself is unachievable. It means Sony design this requirement in a vacuum & never consult the manufacturers on what is feasible.

[fr0sty]

Probably extensive testing to make sure it didn't somehow enable modding/piracy, on top of quality control testing, etc. That, and there not being many PCIE4 drives.

[NeoGamer232]

Yes, it is nice to see. It only took almost a year.

[glennhkboy]

But this test will be done on "live subjects (paid customers)"......

[Jin_Sakai]

Interesting.

“SIE cannot guarantee that all M.2 SSD devices meeting the described specifications will work with your console and assumes no responsibility for the selection, performance or use of third-party products.”

“Not all games are necessarily playable with the exact same performance provided by the PS5 console’s internal Ultra-High Speed SSD, even where the M.2 SSD device’s sequential read speed is faster than 5500MB/s.“

Compatible drives:

Seagate FireCuda 530
500GB - $149.99
1TB - $254.99
2TB - $514.99
4TB - $999.99

[UltraNova]

My God the prices for over 1TB are ridiculously high and will remain so when demand increases.

I think I'll keep deleting games and installing fresh ones until fully compatible 1TB drives drop to 130-150 price point. Hopefully within a year or two.

[VenomUK]

I want to see a big bollocked bastard (metaphorically speaking) buy the 4TB $1050 SSD and put it in their PS5. Yes, I will think it's a waste of money but I will contradictorily be impressed at the same time!

[darthv72]

And I thought the 1tb for series was $$.

[Majin-vegeta]

Or just do what im doing.Moving PS5 games to an external HD to and from for storage

[Abear21]

Sony will eventually release a pro version that I’m guessing will option more storage, but I’m with you, another year or two dealing and it’s honestly not too bad…hopefully games like COD and 2K get their shit together and stop with the bloated 100+ gb games

[DJStotty]

@darthv72

It is funny isn't it, the amount of people that were bashing xbox and seagate for the proprietary storage price, now are ok with paying these prices, even though this is more expensive.

#hypocrites

[RyanDJ]

Yep.
4TB Internal drive, everything ready to go in an instant or less: $1000.
4TB external good old-fashioned non-SSD drive, store stuff on it and be patient to move it over when you want to play: $100.

Patience literally pays off in this instance.

[FinalFantasyFanatic]

I hope this causes SSDs to drop rapidly in price, I want at least a 2tb drive for the PS5 (a couple of 4tbs for the PC would be amazing), if they make a PS5 pro, it would be nice if they added a second M.2 drive in there.

[darthv72]

^^for prices to drop, there needs to be an abundance of chips to make them. The chip mfg situation is not just about the ones used for making the consoles but also for cars and storage devices (like SSD) and everything that relies on the silicon.

in time things should go back to normal but who knows when that will be?

[masterfox]

1TB M2 SSD for 250 is expensive but not insanely priced imo, yeah I wished too is lower(it will eventually), but those drives used to cost at least 500 bucks or more.

[Jin_Sakai]

@darthv72

“And I thought the 1tb for series was $$.“

@DJStotty

“It is funny isn't it, the amount of people that were bashing xbox and seagate for the proprietary storage price, now are ok with paying these prices, even though this is more expensive.”

It’s only $35 more for the 1TB that’s twice the speed.

As for the larger sizes Xbox doesn’t have anything over 1TB so we can’t make any comparisons there.

[glennhkboy]

Sony is now asking you guys to risk your own (PS5) live & may potentially pay for your own (PS5) bricking?.... & you PS5 owner is going to happily accept this?....... This is just like the old joke that you need to pay for the bullet on your own execution.

[FinalFantasyFanatic]

@darthv72,
I didn't mean right away, over several years, almost everything uses chips now. I consider the price of 1TB M.2 drives to be the most reasonable price at the moment, I've just been hanging on for years for those 4TB drives to drop low enough to have my PC collection of games transferred over to them. My 256GB m.2 drive is basically the price of today's 1TB drive when I built my PC 4 years ago.

[Zeref]

It's actually

500GB - $175
1TB. - $275
2TB. - $570
4TB - $1050

The 500GB is almost the same price as the 1TB for Xbox, wild.

https://www.videogameschron...

[Darkborn]

It's also a slower SSD, wild.

[crazyCoconuts]

Xbox's is slower, yeah. But one could make the argument that the extra speed isn't buying you much over xbox yet. Time will tell if more games like R&C or others take advantage of the speed to do incredible things.

[CaptainHenry916]

I'm going to use my WD_BLACK SN850 NVMe SSD with heatsink. It's cheaper as well with 7000MB/s read speed and 5300MB/s write speed. Same M2 drive I use in my desktop PC

https://www.amazon.com/WD_B...

[Bennibop]

The Samsung 980 pro 1tb is compatible and is cheaper that the Xbox ssd. £179 on Amazon.

[Zeref]

@Darkborn

Here's another trigger for you, its supposed to be twice as fast, have we seen loading times twice as fast? nope. We've seen games only load 2 seconds faster lol

[StoneyYoshi]

I can get a 1TB WD SN850 SSD for 199 right now from the WD store without a heatsink and buy a heatsink off amazon for $8 making it a cheaper purchase from the Proprietary SSD on the XSX and at double the speed capabilities. And heres a list provided by DF with SSD's that meed Sonys requirements. Multiple ones listed for 1TB @ $199 plus that $8 heatsink i mentioned for less than $220.

https://www.eurogamer.net/a...

"Seagate FireCuda 530 (heatsink version available) - $255/£235 for 1TB
Western Digital Black SN850 (heatsink version available) - $250/£218 for 1TB
Gigabyte Aorus NVMe Gen 4 7000S - $199/£188 for 1TB
Patriot Viper VP4300 - $225/£210 for 1TB
Samsung 980 Pro (requires additional heatsink) - $199/£178 for 1TB
Sabrent Rocket 4 Plus (requires additional heatsink) - $199/£199 for 1TB"

[darthv72]

@therape... I seem to recall Ford beat Ferarri.

[VenomUK]

@CaptainHenry916 Thanks for the tip. The WD is the fastest I've now seen and the cheapest in the UK for 1TB £165. I just need some assurance it will fit and won't overheat - and get accepted onto the beta!

[andy85]

@zeref I wonder how far we'll get through this generation before people realise the SSD speed isn't just about knocking a couple of seconds off the load times

[Babadook7]

“The 500GB is almost the same price as the 1TB for Xbox, wild.”

Not really.

Ps5 1 tb 275
Xsx 1 tb 220.

Only $55 more for 2.3x the speed.

And because the ps5 options are third party they will likely go on sale.

[gamer7804]

i wonder how many parents what to shell out 300$ for these drives for their kids just so they can store more games, then they have to open up the console and use a screwdriver. will be easy for people that have built pc's like myself, just not the most friendly solution by cost or ease of use.

[IRetrouk]

It's now £199 for the firecuda 530 1tb, prices already dropping lol.

[itsmebryan]

@Darkborn
The XSX is much cheaper and is guaranteed to work. Why is Sony making their customers pay $270+ (w/heatsink that is required) to test storage compatibility. It's that what Sony's R&D should have done before launch like Microsoft? But, instead 8 months later they make their customers $270+ to be the Guinea pigs.

You guys are ok, with them asking you possibly wasting $270+?

[Brazz]

it will take some years but prices are going down, 1TB will likely hit under $99 at some point... can't say the same about Xbox proprietary storage.

[darthv72]

Actually, xbox storage prices will drop as newer sizes are made available. Seagate will bring out 2tb and 4tb sizes. plus i believe they are licensing the design out to others so there may be some competition soon enough. WD has already shown some interest, seeing as they supply the 2230 drives that are used internally.

[Eonjay]

@darthv72

Actually, as many have stated you can get compatible M.2 drives for only 199. Also, the biggest difference besides the massive speed boost over the Xbox is that they are not proprietary. There will be so much more competition from the M.2 manufactures I would expect that you will always be able to get them cheaper for the PS5 than the Xbox like you can right now.

[itsmebryan]

@brazz
When will the Sony compatible 1TB be under $99? All storage goes down and Xbox has been as low $180 so far and is guaranteed to work.

@Eonjay
Remember when XSX launched people complained that $219 for 1TB was too much and PS5 storage would be cheaper. 8 months later the compatible storage with a heatsink is over $270 and Sony doesn't even Guarantee it will work 100%. And that is some how better?

[Grievous]

Why would these drives be any different than other drivers that drop in price? I've been building PCs for ages and prices always drop for storage. It's normal. Besides it's not like all 10 million PS5 owners will want to upgrade. Only a tiny portion will actually do this.

[Kaze88]

There have been lot of manufacturers changing their SSD components during the years for cheaper production, so they drives are not up to snuff that they clamed to be. Linus made a great vid of that. Let's hope those new PCIE 4.0 will not have same fate.

[NeoGamer232]

LOL.

At those prices I will take a hard pass. 2TB is more then I paid for my digital PS5. With 4TB I could go and buy two PS5's. Assuming I could find them.

This is ridiculous. The price of these drives on both PS5 and XB needs to go down a lot before extra "fast" storage is viable on these devices. I don't care what their performance is, this is simply ridiculous. I see why both devices have faster NVMe drives. This is all about moving gaming tech forward. But the reality is that a good70% or more of gamers can't afford to spend the same amount or more on extra storage then they did for their full console.

[kenpachi]

Wonder if they will add VRR with this update as well

[Jin_Sakai]

I have no idea why VRR wasn’t there at launch. Better late than never though.

[darthv72]

I read vrr and 1440p support are not in this update.

[Sayai jin]

Those features should have been there at launch.

[CaptainHenry916]

About time Sony

[boing1]

That doesn't sound like a casual procedure. A LOT of variables.

[crazyCoconuts]

The instructions are REALLY detailed. If you've ever put an M2 SSD in a computer it's really easy. Most of the extra bulk in the instructions are to make sure it fits.
Plus I'm sure the SSDs will start advertising their compatibility for PS5 so you don't have to fret about speed and measurement documentation.

[boing1]

Ok, so give this current instruction to a less techy person and see what will happen. There are fathers who wouldn't be able to do it for their kids, I gurantee you. One of the other major factors, except for price, for which people are choosing consoles is to avoid exactly this. There is no need to be ignorant. Now, it's obvious that once they will release official support, companies will immedately throw out 'PS5 ready' SSDs to the market, with heat sinks, required specs, size and everything. Matter of time. My comment was a hot reaction to what I just read. My first thought was that it seems to be harder to do than in PS3 & PS4. At least for now.

[crazyCoconuts]

I agree. It's as hard as putting an SSD in any computer, and is too hard for many people. Ironically with my kids I'd be the one having to do it for them, lol. If only they could encode the instructions on a meme...

[StoneyYoshi]

It's hardly anymore complex if at all to replacing the HDD on a PS4. Either way, most people these days have someone in their life, be it a friend or family member with the confidence or experience to install one for you if it's too much to handle.

[boing1]

Bottom line, it is more complex, at least for now. If you look at it objectively, it seems they made it harder instead of making it easier than in PS4 and PS3. Wrong direction if you think about it. A matter of time, though. It'll be plug'n'play by the year's end with 'PS5 ready' SSDs.

[FinalFantasyFanatic]

@boing1,

Nah, the difficulty is about the same, I just went through the instructions and it's about as difficult as what the PS4/PS3 drive was to change.

The worst part of this process by far is the strict limitations on physical size and speed, that's the only concerning part.

[StoneyYoshi]

I am looking at it objectively and if you just buy the SSD with a heatsink built in then it's plug and play already. The outer panel requires no tools to remove and the same single screw driver needed to replace the HDD on a PS3 or 4. Actually it's more steps on PS3 and 4 since you have to swap the hard drive tray between drives when replacing which uses 4 screws. So objectively it looks to be less complex but ust in a different form factor than some people are used to. Two screws and one panel vs 5 screws and 1 small panel. Objectively which one sounds easier to deal with?

[boing1]

@FinalFantasyFanatic

But that's exactly what I mean. I'm not talking about physically installing it. That is super easy and anyone can do it. I'm talking about all the variables needed to meet the specs. That's not for casual user yet. And if heat sink is so required, there is also a chance you will fry something if you do it incorrectly.

[Neonridr]

don't forget the heatsink though.

[glennhkboy]

Remember this is a beta testing, meaning that even Sony is not sure what will happen next. & Sony clearly stated that they will not be responsibility if anything go wrong.

[FinalFantasyFanatic]

@boing1,
Fair enough, Sony could just provide a list of compatible drives or they, or the manufactures can just start slapping PS5 compatible stickers on drives. From anecdotal evidence though, most people tend to err on the side of caution when it comes to finding compatible parts if they don't have experience with this type of thing.

[itsmebryan]

Yes, true it more complex than then the Xbox storage solution. I don't understand why they are making their customers spend their money to beta test storage 8 months later.

[gold_drake]

i think ill pass and delete and re download stuff if needed ha.

[plmkoh]

Got my Samsung 980 Pro ready

[thecodingart]

My simplest response to this is… it’s about damn time…

Now where’s that Tempest support for receivers???

[crazyCoconuts]

I think TV speakers / soundbars would be next, and maybe the measure your ear thing for headphones. Receivers (assuming you've got a 5.1/7.1 type of setup) already put out the discrete channels so i don't know what else Sony would do for those setups. Presumably we're already getting the benefit from a better sound processor that can place more "objects' on the virtual sound stage, regardless of whether you have headphones or a receiver. Least that's the way I understand it...

[elazz]

It's also in the bèta. 3D audio support for speakers over hdmi.

[StoneyYoshi]

The beta includes Tempest for Built in TV speakers. It uses the microphone on the DualSense to calibrate the sound for your environment.

This twitter thread had some details on whats been added.

https://twitter.com/Nibelli...

[thecodingart]

Yeah, I saw. I really want someone to do an analysis on this with an Atmos setup to see if it’s a hit or miss without official DTSX support.

[thesoftware730]

This sounds almost like a joke. It sounds like a headache for anyone who is not tech savvy to some degree, casuals will have a time with this I suspect some damaged PS5 incoming, also if you go for some off brand, cheap NVME drive the possibility of it failing after constant use is higher.

I said this a long time ago, the prices will be equal to or more than MS storage 1Tb card. Low and behold it s more for less storage. People saying prices will go down, so will all memory including MS 1 Tb card, but as of right now and the immediate future Sony solution is ridiculous. They are running beta test to see which ones are compatible? This is Sony a billion dollar company and they couldn't run these test in-house? then release a list of drives they know 100% works, putting this on testers customers is BS. Shit they could have stress test 10 drives and announce them as compatible.

Once again MS hardware shows better design with ease of use, but Sony will get a pass for this.

More expensive
less storage
customer burden
and late to the party.

Shame.

[CBaoth]

Adding SSD is only for tech savvy consumers?

What a ridiculous argument. My new grill had a 20 page instruction booklet too. Suppose I should've hired a garden/outdoor expert from Home Depot to assemble it as well?

https://www.youtube.com/wat...

[Eonjay]

This is actually easier than replacing the hard drive in the PS3 and anyone who has ever done anything with PC equipment is laughing at you right now.

[blackblades]

The man is a trum.. I mean hes just Xbox user who likes the plug in card because its easier on his brain.

[angh]

It is already cheaper than xbox extension:
WD_BLACK SN850 1TB NVMe 7000 MB/s - 165 pounds.
NVMe Expansion SSD for Xbox Series X|S(STJR1000400) 1TB: 180pounds (after discount)

It will be way cheaper in couple of months as more models are being released and we have solid competition, where proprietary solution MS used will keep the price high.

Sony come up with a standard, solid solution, and allow usage of a faster drive for lower price.

[thesoftware730]

No it will not be WAY cheaper in a couple of months, you mean you hope. Demand go up and prices might increases.

From what I have seen posted, in the states they are more expensive.
MS solution is also way more accessible.

Im speaking from a hardware standpoint as I own both systems, the Xbox is definitely ore user friendly.

[Eonjay]

'No it will not be WAY cheaper in a couple of months'

He just said it is already cheaper than the Xbox solution. Also, the idea that people are too stupid to be able to put a drive into what is basically a PC is offensive.

[glennhkboy]

@angh This will be a beta test on live subjects (PS5 consumers), so this is not a "standard, solid solution".

[I_am_Batman]

Obviously Sony ran inhouse tests and I fully expect them to publish a whitelist of drives once the feature gets out of beta. Independent benchmarks are also gonna be run by many major tech press sites. The enduser will probably just have to do a quick google search to get some recommendations on storage expansion drives.

Prices aren't universal. Here in Germany for example the m.2 solution Sony chose is generally cheaper.
Price history for Xbox expansion: https://geizhals.de/?phist=...
Price history for Samsung SSD 980 PRO 1TB: https://geizhals.de/?phist=...

Keep in mind that there are cheaper OEM solutions out there. I just chose the 980 Pro, because it'll probably represent an option that most people would buy. It's also worth mentioning that this is a lower price/GB for a much faster drive. On top of that you have way more options in terms of storage volume (250GB-4TB). And the usage of the drive is more flexible. For example you can buy 1TB now and when you upgrade later in the gen you can put your old drive into your PC or laptop.

Is it as easy as the plug and play solution Xbox went with? No, but there are tradeoffs to both approaches as mentioned above.

[BlaqMagiq1]

It's hard for you to remove a cover and screw in an NVMe drive? That's really sad if true.

[StoneyYoshi]

"It sounds like a headache for anyone who is not tech savvy to some degree, casuals will have a time with this I suspect some damaged PS5 incoming, also if you go for some off brand, cheap NVME drive the possibility of it failing after constant use is higher."

As if its rocket science to follow instructions just like you would do for assembling furniture from IKEA. 🤣 On top of that, if it's so complex all you need to do is ask for some help from a friend. Everyone has some sort of tech savvy friend that could easily accomplish this task for you in two minutes. And by the time this is out of beta, there will be DOZENS of video tutorials on all of this for the people who cant comprehend a manual.

"Once again MS hardware shows better design with ease of use, but Sony will get a pass for this."

Yeah, while bots bash on Sony for having a built in rechargeable battery for ease of use. Double standards much? 😂

"More expensive
less storage"

*Less expensive, same storage*

These come from DF on SSD's that fit and meet the spec requirement.

Gigabyte Aorus NVMe Gen 4 7000S - $199/£188 for 1TB
Samsung 980 Pro (requires additional heatsink) - $199/£178 for 1TB You can get a compatible heatsink for $8 on amazon.
Sabrent Rocket 4 Plus (requires additional heatsink) - $199/£199 for 1TB
Western Digital Black SN850 (heatsink version available) - $250/£218 for 1TB Also $199 without heatsink but you can also get the $8 heatsink from amazon coming out cheaper than the XSX expansion card.

Its a shame so many people seem to be helpless when it comes to working with technology in these times.

[thesoftware730]

Not I said the cat, I am fully capable on installing a Pc parts.

"Ask a friend or watch a tutorial" Wow that is so convenient.

This is not furniture my man, this is way more sensitive technology.

So prices are comparable to MS solution you know the thing all One system owners were calling TOO EXPENSIVE lol.

[StoneyYoshi]

@Thesoftware
"This is not furniture my man, this is way more sensitive technology."

You just reinforced my point of following a tutorial or just reading the freaking steps and nothing will go wrong just like building furniture. 🤦🏻‍♂️

"So prices are comparable to MS solution you know the thing all One system owners were calling TOO EXPENSIVE lol."

Yeah, generally the value of a nvme SSD is based off of not just storage size but speed too. I can get a SSD for the PS5 cheaper than the XSX storage which is half the speed of the SSD for the PS5. 2.4 Gb/s Vs 5.5+Gb/s.

Hell, I found a ssd with FASTER speeds to the XSX ssd speeds for $110. So essentially MS is charging double what they should be charging but they have to cover that proprietary R&D cost. 🤔
https://www.newegg.com/sams...

[darthv72]

It isnt too difficult to install. The hardest part is finding one that is compatible. right now only a handful are but more will likely come out claiming to be (only those that have passed Sony certification would get that badge of honor on their packaging). So you sort of take the risk yourself with one that isnt on the list. It might work fine, or it might not. Like this article says: https://www.eurogamer.net/a... there are lots that, while certainly fast enough, did not meet the physical requirements to fit. And i can see that looking at options can be confusing to someone who just wants it to work.

And yeah... the MS approach is pretty straight forward. you buy the external drive and just plug it in. nobody can screw that up and each one is guaranteed to work right out of the box. Right now there is just the 1 size (1tb) but Seagate is committed to releasing 2tb and 4tb drives in the future. We also know the internal 2230 size ssd for both the S and X are also replaceable so when the time is right, MS will make new skus with larger internal storage. Something Sony cant do with the PS5 (due to being surface mounted vs socketed).

Im just glad they are finally addressing this and soon people will be able to expand their storage. My little 2tb external is getting a workout with swapping between games.

[BrainSyphoned]

I doubt you built a PC if you don't understand storage pricing and the word proprietary.

[Vits]

I really want to see tests with slower SSDs. With R&C in particular.

[DJStotty]

Most probably be around the same performance, the PS5's SSD has been massively overhyped, to the point where gamers think a game on the PS5 is impossible to run on any other SSD.

[Vits]

Yeah, that is what a test would prove or disprove. Assuming that the console itself would allow the use of a slower SSD and not straight up block the user. Though reading the press release it appear that there is not a system block.

[mkis007]

Its double the speed...if you cant imagine new uses for continuously filling RAM every 2 seconds thats your lack of vision. It could never be done before pc or console. Pc didnt have constant speed.

[MIDGETonSTILTS17]

Hopefully the 4 gb model goes on sale for the holidays

[darthv72]

4gb... why even bother? i dont think companies even make 4gb drives anymore.

[jznrpg]

He meant TB obviously

[QSPR]

Hey guys, I have a question about this one. the heatsink is to tall? or is good enough?

https://www.amazon.com/Cors...

[I_am_Batman]

It has a height of 15mm so it won't fit (11.25mm is the max). It's also slower than the internal SSD of the PS5, which is a red flag. If you really want to buy one now, err on the side of caution and go with a faster drive, but I generally wouldn't recommend jumping the gun just yet. It's better to wait for performance and temperature benchmarks and choose from the pool of recommended drives when that information is available.

[QSPR]

yeah, I just saw that. what a shame, that's the one I have :P. well, Samsung 980 Pro it is. thanks

[darthv72]

regardless of the heatsink... it isnt fast enough.

[QSPR]

Thanks, I saw that. Ready to order a Samsung 980 Pro.

[SPEAKxTHExTRUTH]

Wow you people had SOOOO MUCH crap to talk about MS's SSD price yet nobody has a single negative thing to say about these suggested prices? Lmao the hypocrisy on this site is ALMOST unbelievable. Sony has to beta test a damn storage drive? This is ridiculous that Sony doesn't even have their OWN drive ready to sell. MS's drive may be slightly expensive to people who don't know about SSD but at least it's GUARANTEED TO WORK! You people who never challenge Sony on their BS is the reason why Sony has become arrogant once again. Smh...Now have it the disagree button.

[darthv72]

i get the emotion, but the reality was there being only one supplier of the xbox expansion (Seagate) was what many were criticizing. no competition means no price war. That will change soon enough though. WD has shown interest in making expansions, and its only right considering they also supply the internal ssd for the series line. So we should be getting more options later on. Seagate will be offering 2tb and 4tb cards and if WD offers other sizes in between then that is a good thing.

[SPEAKxTHExTRUTH]

I'm going to have to disagree with your opening statement. I saw with my very own eyes tons of people on this very site talking slick about the Series SSD price. I'm sure most of those people are just Xbox haters anyway but still hypocrisy at its finest...

[thesoftware730]

Darth, people were complaining about MS card being too expensive, I can find the article later.

Fact is the hypocrisy is real on here..people are saying, if you don't know how to change a SSD, you stupid(paraphrase) go watch tutorial or have a friend do it, what kind of nonsense is that..that is not ease of use at around the same asking price.

As you can already see a few N4G'ers are already asking questions, like, will this one work? imagine people that don't visit gaming site or not that into tech, it will be more questions, people shouldn't have to go through a hunt, then mess with a $500 piece of equipment if they already are ignorant to the situation. Its just not the console way, and its not user friendly, and as easy as it might be for me or you, it may seem like a hassle to other.

That's my only real point, the hypocrisy and the poor handling of Sony's solution. 7 months in and then this? it in no way great news.

With that said I will definitely buy and install more storage on my PS5, same as I did for my SX, just without the added nonsense.

[sero33]

you cant listen to the fanboys from either side. just ignore them. my problem with the xbox ssd is that its proprietary. there is no incentive for it to go on sale or be discontinued at a later date. it might happen but i wouldn't bet on it.

on playstation any ssd will work. might not be as fast as the internal ssd if you get a gen3 but at least you will have plenty of options and that will drive ssd prices down.

ill take off the shelf over proprietary every single time.

[SPEAKxTHExTRUTH]

No ANY SSD will not work on PS5. They need to be Sony approved to work in the PS5. If you're talking using a SSD for PS4 games that plug into the USB then sure but the same could be said on Xbox in that regard.

[sero33]

i was being a bit hyperbolic. "most" gen 4 ssds will work which is plenty more than the single one ssd from microsoft. its still a beta feature things can change more options can de added.

[novcze]

I don't want to buy expansion, I need PS5 with bigger internal SSD, should be cheaper too.

[foker]

won't happen in foreseeable future,.. everything is designed around that size,.. Maybe they could dubble it,..

[Loktai]

Ill wait another I dunno, year, and wait for more drives, to be well beyond the minimum requirement, Just to be sure Im not gimping the machine by putting in slower storage or bottlenecking anything

[ocelot07]

£189 for a 1TB. I'm fine with waiting. Think £130 is Max I'll pay.

[kayoss]

For now, im will use my external 2tb SSD to transfer ps5 games back and forth. Once the 2tb or 4tb becomes a lot cheaper, i will upgrade the internal SSD.
But my god, the 4TB is over $1K. Thats like almost 2 1/2 PS5 consoles.

[XxINFERNUSxX]

I have a PC but too bad you can't use this one: https://www.amazon.com/Sams...
PCI-e 3.0 but still fast and for $149 that's a great price for 1TB

[Orchard]

These instructions & spec requirements will be totally easy for soccer moms to understand...

[Neonridr]

not to mention, don't forget the heat sink. Everyone knows where to get one and how to install it :P

[Vizigoth04]

Soccer moms just buy the switch for their kids and then move the f**k on. For us gamers it’s more just like finding the correct air filter for our car at Autozone.

[JayRyu]

Remember when people/articles were saying that the naming convention between the Series X and the One X was confusing?

Imagine asking for a PS5 compatible Gen 4 NVMe PCIe, SSDs with a read speed of 5500MB/s or faster with a heatsink 0.096 inches width and 0.314 inches height.

Rolls right off the tongue! Who's gonna be confused about those specs?

And price for 1TB is going to be the cherry on top!

[DaniMacYo]

Finally getting some good news on this. It can’t come soon enough. Shouldn’t be too long now. The target from Sony was roughly August/September time frame.

[Neonridr]

question, does the M2 not require a heat sink at all? These drives can run ridiculously hot. I know my M2 slot on my PC motherboard has a heat sink (my 2nd slot doesn't though).

-- Nevermind, I see Sony mentions it in one of the expandable tabs.

[DaGR8JIBRALTAR]

Just got in, finally it's happening.

[SPEAKxTHExTRUTH]

So I'm in the beta but I don't have a compatible SSD to test it out...

[hiawa23]

I am in the beta and ordered https://www.bestbuy.com/sit...

[mkis007]

Make sure you get a heatsink. Eurogamer has a good link in their new ps5 ssd article.

[hiawa23]

I found out the 980 did not come with heat sink, so canceled and ordered WD SN850 2 TB with heatsink.

[hiawa23]

I ended up canceling the 980 order and order WD Sn850 one 2TB with heatsink based on IGN recommendations.

[diennuochoangoanh-VN]

Nah, the difficulty is about the same, I just went through the instructions and it's about as difficult as what the PS4/PS3 drive was to change.

[iplay1up2]

Gee, Microsoft had a solution week one.

[Mikeyy]

These prices are crazy, I'm afraid I'm stuck dealing with my full drive for another year. Because on principle I'm not paying $200+ for a measly 1tb more space. Hope the free market drives these prices down fast..