The PlayStation 5 releases in just one week, but it seems that a significant feature of the next-generation Sony console may not be ready in time. Sony has been advertising the PS5 as having an 825GB SSD storage solution for some time. To assuage worries that the PS5 may not have enough storage space, Sony’s also confirmed that the PS5 will have an expandable storage slot for NVMe devices. However, it’s now been confirmed that the PS5’s expandable storage will not be support at launch.
Speaking to The Verge, a Sony spokesperson confirmed the disappointing news. The PS5’s storage expansion slot will not be supported at launch and is instead “reserved for a future update.” This means that PS5 owners will be limited to the console’s 825GB SSD, or just 667GB of usable storage. There will be no support to expand on that for the foreseeable future, as Sony does not have a date for when the update will become available.
When it’s available, the PS5 will allow users to purchase third-party SSDs to plug in on their own. Every PS5 will have this slot, even at launch. It requires PS5 owners to take off the tall white side-panels on the PS5 and then unscrew a cover, so it isn’t as simple as it could be but is still very easy. This slot will, presumably, work with any NVMe SSD designed for the M.2 slot. NVMe SSDs are easily purchased from a wide range of retailers and are often very reasonably priced.
As it stands, the M.2 slot inside of the PS5 will just not work. There will likely be any number of early PS5 adopters who check to see if an NVMe drive will be recognized if plugged into the PS5. Odds are, the slot is turned off entirely from the PS5’s OS.
To be fair to Sony, this news isn’t a surprise. Back when Sony’s Mark Cerny first introduced the PS5’s architecture to the world, he did say expandable storage would not be available at launch. Rather, he said it would be made available “a bit past” launch, instead. Still, given the importance of the feature, PlayStation fans were hoping things might have changed between then and now.
The lack of expandable storage for the PS5 at launch isn’t likely to make anyone cancel their preorders. As limiting as 667GB at launch will likely be a not-insignificant amount of PS5 buyers, it’s still manageable. It’ll just take some work.
The PS5 releases November 12.
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