PS5 STORAGE -What You Need To Know (PlayStation 5 Internal and External Storage Explained) June 2021

UPDATE: Since this video was made, Sony has released the official update that allows users to add an SSD expansion drive to their PlayStation 5 consoles. Refer to Sony's advice on which drives are compatible to see what you should buy. The SSD expansion drive can be used exactly like the internal SSD of the PS5. You can play any games, including PS5 games, directly from the expansion drive.

Excellent vid!! Very well explained! Thank you!!

So since the SSD is filled up now for me…if I bought a bigger SSD and switched it out, would I lose all my game saves? Would I need an external hard drive to store them on before switching to the bigger SSD? I’m completely new to all this nonsense.

Best video on this topic, two years later lol, thanks man

So can I download a game from my game library to the cloud storage and then delete the game off my console storage. After that can I play the game any time or do u have to re-download to ur console. I'm super confused and I don't wanna loose my progress thanks if any one helps

Thank you! I tried this for 2 days using all types of methods so thank you for clarification

You say you can't play ps5 games from an external SSD, but am I able to play ps4 games on my ps5 directly from an external SSD?

If I use a ps4 external hard drive for ps4 games on my ps5 I know I won’t get the benefited load times. But will I still get the framerate or resolution boosts that may come from
Playing the ps4 game on ps5? Or do I need it to be on the internal storage for that as well.

Says I got over 400gb in Other

I just got a PS5 a couple of weeks ago and was told by my friend to get extra memory for it. My question is: Do you all recommend the internal SSD over the cheaper external hard drives? Like, is there a difference in speed/convenience/performance when trying to choose between the two types? I don’t mind spending more money on a product if it truly makes a difference in performance. And I haven’t had a video game console in years at this point, so I’m kinda new to this new age of console gaming. From the information in this video, it seems to me like I should just get both. Like maybe I should just get at least a 2TB (or more) internal SSD for the PS5 games, and then just get a 1TB external hard drive for the PS4 games, since each type of hard drive has a pretty useful purpose, for me at least because I know for sure that I will be playing PS4 games, but I also know that I will have this console for years until the next gen comes out, so I will need quite a bit of internal space for the PS5 games that are sure to come out in the coming years.

hi just a quick question, so does the PS5 have 2 available storage spaces? Internal storage with 825gb and a free/empty one that can be added separately NVMe, correct?

Is the internal slot available now?

Sony needs to hold this L. they knew modern games took up a monstrous amount of space and they still released the ps5 with such a narrow limited amount of space . Hopefully in the future when newer editions of the ps5 comes out this will be fixed.

What is the name of the drive?

You explained it perfectly and it’s the same I just now figured it out getting an 8 TB thinking I was gonna play PS five games but I can’t only play PS4 games thanks no sense

I’m still confused I’m trying to use a ps4 extended (external) and a ps5 ssd (internal) can I use them both at the same time

If u put a game on an external hard drive, will it automatically save game data as well? If I removed the hard drive connected it to another ps5, would all my games and game data/progress be there with the external hard drive?

So is this means that the total internal space will b 667GB not 825GB ?
I thought it’s an storage issue 🤦🏽‍♂️

I wonder if Sony made a deal with these SSD companies. Make the storage low so users need to go buy something else expensive to upgrade… Sony takes a slice from those sales. 🤔

He got the druglord intimidator pose on lock

can I store, not play, ps5 games on HDD, and when needed I can move them back to ps5?