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PS4 System Software Update 4.50 Features Detailed
- Thread starter madmackem
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Deleted member 518609
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That's fucking genius. I'll be doing just that.
BigEmil
Junior Member
I bet prices of some gonna raise soon because people will be looking to all buy external drives for their PS4 at one time together lol
TheKingOfPain
Member
What about a HDD in a USB 3.0 hard-disk enclosure?
Audioboxer
Member
I see no reason why that shouldn't work, as long as the interface (USB3.0) is complient; the disc itself is just storage.
Dr. Kitty Muffins
Member
Now we just need digital game gifting in the PSN Store and my wishlist is complete.
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
Banned
CALLED IT ALLLLLLLLL*
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CouchMaster
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They'll work as long as the enclosure is 3.0
Captain_Wreckus
Member
External HDD support finally.
Guess late is better than never.
Guess late is better than never.
HIGH DEF JEFF
Banned
Plus if you have a packed 2TB drive like me there isnt much room to grow. Even if I fit a 4TB in there im not downloading all that shit again.
Those asking whats the advantage of external HDD support..
Whats the biggest size that you can put in internally?
Adding external HDD support means you are adding space...in addition to....the internal HDD.
No need to do system transfers to add space.
You really are limited with space with no external HDD support. The cheapest internal I had in my PS4 was 2TB. Now I can go higher and dont have to worry about working overtime to pay for it. And no need to do a back up or delete games to add space like when installing an internal HDD. Plug n play...
Now we need bigger cloud storage and it will almost be perfect.
Whats the biggest size that you can put in internally?
Adding external HDD support means you are adding space...in addition to....the internal HDD.
No need to do system transfers to add space.
You really are limited with space with no external HDD support. The cheapest internal I had in my PS4 was 2TB. Now I can go higher and dont have to worry about working overtime to pay for it. And no need to do a back up or delete games to add space like when installing an internal HDD. Plug n play...
Now we need bigger cloud storage and it will almost be perfect.
Caayn
Member
- External is generally cheaper.
- External drives allow for more storage capacity per drive due to the lack of physical form factor limitations. Highest capacity drive you'll find is 12TB for example.
- Increase of the total storage cap. 1 internal drive vs 1 internal + N external drives.
- The ability to add storage instead of replacing it.
ethomaz
Banned
USB 3.0 beats SATA2... it is close to SATA3 speeds.
Unless you have a SDD internally the a 7200RPM external HDD will run faster or on pair with internal HDD.
MarkMclovin
Member
Wait, 3D Blu Rays will be 3D on the PSVR???
Is the effect the same or enhanced over a 3DTV?
GTR R35_Supra RZ
Banned
Omg bout to FUKIN PASS OUT EXTERNAL HDD SUPPORT!!!!!!..IT'S A WRAP FOLKS. Got my 5tbs rdy.
TheKingOfPain
Member
More space = more installed games
Transistor
Banned
External drive support?
"He did it. The crazy son of a bitch, he did it"
"He did it. The crazy son of a bitch, he did it"
……forgetit
Member
It makes SSDs and actual viable option now. You can put a small one internally with a larger external HDD for faster load times in games you're currently playing.
FlashFlooder
Member
Hopefully this means the media player will support proper 3D (SBS) files, too.
BigEmil
Junior Member
If it is then you can just simply take a screenshot of the image you want to use?
I have 3x Samsung M3 hard drives. However it seems they don't exist anymore - been replaced by 'Maxtor'.
Had the samsung ones for years and had no problems.
Benzychenz
Member
Still can't sort trophy list alphabetically?
Scirm_Layton
Member
Custom wallpapers, yeah. I don't care about hdd, I don't need thousand games installed, but still neat.
Punished Playstation.
Looking forward to seeing what performance numbers are like on external hard drives.
GTR R35_Supra RZ
Banned
Wait, when is this rollin out ?
thatJohann
Member
Now we gotta test loading times with external HDDs vs PS4 Pro HDD.
Which do you think will load faster?
Which do you think will load faster?
Today for selected beta signup participants. Usually about a month later for public release.
SprachBrooks
Member
Boring update.
This is a good update that will make many happy!
That's true for every big PS4 update.
More stuff will be unveiled in official changelog tomorrow, and even more undocumented changes be discovered over the next week.
Hopefully DF will jump to the action and test are there any load time changes between stock internal and various types of external USB 3.0 drives. Also, we need to know a bit more about content management. Will PSN/disc games prompt us where to place our install data, or is there a tool to move installs from one drive to another.
...but not everyone.
That's true for every big PS4 update.
More stuff will be unveiled in official changelog tomorrow, and even more undocumented changes be discovered over the next week.
Hopefully DF will jump to the action and test are there any load time changes between stock internal and various types of external USB 3.0 drives. Also, we need to know a bit more about content management. Will PSN/disc games prompt us where to place our install data, or is there a tool to move installs from one drive to another.
IbukiLordSA
Member
Why custom wallpapers only for screenshot? What if I want to use my own image 
Can probably use the browser, take the screenshot and then use that as a custom wallpaper. At least it's a step in the right direction.
Can probably use the browser, take the screenshot and then use that as a custom wallpaper. At least it's a step in the right direction.
The external storage option is great, but I didn't know there were so many Gaffers that had to have 20+ games installed on their system at once (1 TB). This was never a big deal to me. It may be now that I'm going all digital, but because of my connection speed, I pretty much remove single player games or MP games that I haven't played for years.
GTR R35_Supra RZ
Banned
😢😢😢😢 thx for the quick reply. Damn early Mar. For us than.