PlayStation 5's expandable storage will not be enabled at launch

06 November 2020
At first, you'll have fit within the 667 GB of internal storage available for games while Sony figures out which M.2 SSDs are compatible with the console.

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Rahat2, 07 Nov 2020In this generation, Sony took every decision against their ... moreTrue.. since owning every Playstation since 1998 I am now for the first time considering the new Xbox Series X.

    In this generation, Sony took every decision against their consumers.

      NotAnOpinion, 06 Nov 2020And everyone one of them can be played by an external drive... morePlaying games on an external drive is like using steam link to use your PC to play games that are running on your $100 laptop. Makes zero sense for practicality.

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        NotAnOpinion, 06 Nov 2020You had missed that part when I had included - "This s... moreI meant that I have no "fanboy" preference, sigh. Just buy whatever you want and that's it.
        And, uh, what's the "article's opinion" there? That the fact that there's no expandable storage at launch? Or the fact that this omission can become an issue really fast due to the fact that games are growing exponentially in size (especially since the console also targets 8K, which means much higher resolution textures and other graphics)?

          AnonD-558092, 06 Nov 2020Here's the thing: There's no practical reason it... moreYou had missed that part when I had included - "This stupidity (THIS ARTICLE'S OPINION) AND (MORE ILL NEWS) the stupid rant (ADDITIONAL NEWS FOR THE PS5) that it won't render at 1440P."

          But this is weird, though.

          "(PS: I don't care about these consoles. It's just an unbiased fact.)"

          So, you don't care about "these consoles" but you took the time to read the article AND reply in its comment section?

          Aaaaaalllrighty, then!!! 😒

            joe nodden, 06 Nov 2020COD: Black Ops Cold War = 136 gigs Two Spider Man games wh... moreAnd everyone one of them can be played by an external drive. Your point?

            If Sony or MS had used bigger storages, you people would be crying about a $700 - $1000 console too.

            Then what?

            This is more than enough to get started and once the next-gen start generating profit for those companies or enough negative feedback orvlack of sales due to the soft storage minimum, MS and Sony will release refreshes for their system.

              joe nodden, 06 Nov 2020COD: Black Ops Cold War = 136 gigs Two Spider Man games wh... moreTwo thirds***

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                joe nodden, 06 Nov 2020COD: Black Ops Cold War = 136 gigs Two Spider Man games wh... more4 of them were made with ps4 in mind (not sure about COD), so they can be played with external hard disk, I guess you did not read the article before being pedantic, did ya?

                  NotAnOpinion, 06 Nov 2020It won't be any worthy next-gen games that will over e... moreCOD: Black Ops Cold War = 136 gigs
                  Two Spider Man games which Sony fans love = 105 gigs
                  Red Dead Redemption 2 = 100 gigs
                  GTA V being rereleased once again on the PS5 = 76 gigs

                  Total = 417 gigs

                  Just 5 of the most popular games fill up half the space.

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                    • 06 Nov 2020

                    Wow seriously 667GB that's not even enough for current gen..

                      NotAnOpinion, 06 Nov 2020It's not a PC, people! This stupidity and the stupid r... morePlease go stand in a corner and think about what you just said.

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                        NotAnOpinion, 06 Nov 2020It's not a PC, people! This stupidity and the stupid r... moreHere's the thing:
                        There's no practical reason it can't output at 1440p
                        For players, QHD might be a great compromise between FHD and UHD if games don't play smoothly at UHD (and unoptimized games are so very frequent).
                        (PS: I don't care about these consoles. It's just an unbiased fact.)
                        But what does the output resolution have to do with temporarily unexpandable storage?

                          It won't be any worthy next-gen games that will over exceed the PS5 internal storage no time soon until at the earliest 2022, anyway. Everything else can be ran from an external drive if necessary.

                          By then, when there's more next-gen games (especially exclusives) becomes available, Sony may have a refresh more powerful PS5 that can compete with XSX raw power that brings more storage OR add an update to its internal extra PCIe slot for its 3rd-party compliant NVMe SSDs.

                            It's not a PC, people! This stupidity and the stupid rant that it won't render at 1440P. News flash, it's a console designed for 1080p / 2160p / 4320p(8K) TVs, NOT PCs MONITORS!

                            Get over it!

                            It will have external HDD support for PS4 Pro games and external SSD support for next-gen games.

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