Comment on PlayStation 5 Digital Edition with 1TB SSD downgraded to 825GB listed at the same price — CFI-2116 revision emerges overseas on Amazon

dil@lemmy.zip ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

• BrikoX@lemmy.zip ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  No.

  While hard drive manufacturers use decimal measurements for marketing (where 1TB = 1,000 GB), most operating systems, like Windows and macOS, calculate storage in binary. In the binary system:

  • 1 KB = 1,024 bytes
  • 1 MB = 1,024 KB
  • 1 GB = 1,024 MB
  • 1 TB = 1,024 GB

  This means when you buy a 1TB hard drive and connect it to your computer, the system will interpret that as 1,000,000,000,000 bytes. Upon conversion into binary values, it results in approximately 931 GB of usable space. This results in the apparent loss in capacity that many users experience.

  Also in this case, the acutal usable space will be 768GB.

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  • dil@lemmy.zip ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I more meant they use some of the space for ps5 software stuff by default

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    • BrikoX@lemmy.zip ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      No idea, but if that’s the case you will probaby be left with 500GB.

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  • mushroomman_toad@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    GiB*

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    • BrikoX@lemmy.zip ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      No. It’s technically 825GiB = 768GB. But that would just create more confusion so left that out.

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      • mushroomman_toad@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨22⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

        Eh we use GiB in the Kubernetes space. 1024^n bytes

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• Carl@hexbear.net ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  FTA

  The original PlayStation 5, colloquially referred to now as the PlayStation 5 Fat, was equipped with 825GB of internal storage, of which approximately 650GB was accessible to the user, depending on system updates and other variables. The shift to the PlayStation 5 Slim introduced numerous enhancements, including an increase to 1TB of storage, providing the user with approximately 850GB of available space (subject to similar factors).

  The CFI-2116 revision, also known as “Chassis E,” marks the return of the 825GB SSD, which Sony advertises on the new packaging. Consumers are losing close to 200GB, or 24%, of usable, high-speed storage with the latest revision. You could argue that 200GB isn’t a lot, and that’s true in a way since some AAA titles — specifically, Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War — are pushing over 300GB of installed size. But under normal circumstances, 200GB should be enough for one or two games.

  Seems like Sony has a bunch of 825GB hard drives sitting around to me.

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  • Nelots@piefed.zip ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    You could argue that 200GB isn’t a lot, and that’s true in a way since some AAA titles — specifically, Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War — are pushing over 300GB of installed size..

    That just makes 200GB sound even bigger to me. The loss of 200GB isn’t as important when you go from being able to install 25 games down to 20. You really don’t need that many installed so you can cope. But when your available space drops from 5 games to 4? That’s a much bigger deal.

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  • Palacegalleryratio@hexbear.net ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    under normal circumstances, 200GB should be enough for one or two games

    lol

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