How many games are y’all installing at once? 825GB is plenty. You can have three 200GB games installed, plus 3 or 4 AAA games with more reasonable disk usage.
Comment on Sony is releasing a new PS5 console, but it's a downgrade
jordanlund@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Digital only with reduced space? What’s the worst that could happen? 🤔
“Buy a bigger SSD!”
SomethingBurger@jlai.lu 3 weeks ago
inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Not the freaking point but okay.
fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
Those 200gb games take a while to download, even on a gigabit internet connection.
jordanlund@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
825GB is the raw space, not usable space.
You lose some to formatting and file structure, you lose more to system reserved space for updates and what not.
Out of the box, a 1 TB PS5 has 848 GB available.
So if you’re starting with 825 GB that means you’re likely to only have, what? 700 GB free? Less?
Some games push 100 GB, so max of 7 of those not counting DLC and what not?
inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Don’t forget that the OS is on there too taking up space and from reports it’s about 160 GB on it’s own.
moody@lemmings.world 3 weeks ago
The OS is 160 GB? That seems unrealistic. Windows 11 is bloated AF and is less than 30 GB.
What could an OS running on fixed hardware have that requires 160 GB?
real_squids@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
I think that’s a bit too big to be just the OS, they have like 50GB of built-in stuff (share factory+astro but you can uninstall both). It’s probably something sensible like 60GB but they’re playing it safe by doubling the reserved space. It’s Sony after all
real_squids@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
You lose some because 825GB refers to 825.000.000.000 bytes, divide by 1024 and you get 768GB usable space. In the early days of ps5 there was 667GB left over after OS and stuff
SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world 3 weeks ago
I have a four TB SSD installed in my PS5 and I wish I had more.
I like to play what I want without waiting for a download.
LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Just put the disc in and shut the lid. I don’t know what these downloads people are talking are
bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Hell yeah. We should be boycotting them for taking our physical media, because it breeds complacency and that’s how they steal from us. You will own nothing and eat bugs.
real_squids@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
You can still get modern games on a bluray, but people started valuing convenience in the moment over everything else. That’s why digital-only consoles got so huge, on top of being cheaper.
SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world 3 weeks ago
Downloads have been a thing for a couple years now.
tidderuuf@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
That’s the way I play. Like 2-4 games max on my storage. Each one is a different genre, I play it until I finish then uninstall and move on to next game.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
I usually have 10-20 on my PC and Steam Deck. Sometimes I’m not in the mood for the 2-3 games I’m playing through, but one of my favorites sounds fun.
TORFdot0@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
You can fit maybe 5 games at 100 GBs a piece (which is pretty standard for PS5) on an 825 GB drive, not to mention that you have to leave up to 100 GB overhead just to update certain games plus room for the OS. If you have a family then you literally have a situation like mine where I have 1 game installed to the PS5 and Warzone, Fortnite, Roblox, Rocket League, Fall Guys, and Marvel Rivals take up the rest of the console storage space
Sebastrion@leminal.space 3 weeks ago
Sound more like one game if you are a CoD player.
SomethingBurger@jlai.lu 3 weeks ago
CoD players don’t play other games anyway.
Jolteon@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
Oh no, the SSD is soldered to the motherboard.
Anivia@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
The SSD has been soldered to the motherboard on previous models as well. The nvme slot is for adding a second SSD, it’s not populated from the factory
jordanlund@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
No, the PS5 has a standard expansion slot.
killerscene@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
its weird cause the UHD player is probably what i use the most on my PS5
inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I guess just be glad they’re not pulling a Microsoft where you’d have to buy a propriety NVMe drive.
Lyra_Lycan@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
You referring to the expansion drives that slot in the back and are hotswappable? Most expensive storage medium I’ve ever bought. Problem was, there was no alternative… Internal storage ignored, ofc
Gerudo@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
You always were able to use a standard external drive. Yeah, the speed was slower, but you weren’t forced to buy the expansion card.
jordanlund@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Current gen games can’t be played from standard external storage. You could put the game there, but it would have to be moved to internal memory to play it.
BC games would work fine, but not current gen.
Applies to both PS5 and Xbox both.
Prox@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Are you able to expand the PS5’s storage with just a normal USB 3.0 drive?
jordanlund@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
You can, but you can’t play games from it, it would be storage only. You’d have to move it to internal memory to play it.
Prox@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Okay, so isn’t that exactly the same situation as the Xbox, but then the Xbox gives you the additional option to actually expand the hot storage?
VindictiveJudge@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Only for backwards compatibility titles. PS5 titles have to be run off of either the integrated storage or an M.2 SSD.