StreetsofBeige
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Looks like no PS5 game hot swapping between your HDD and internal SDD right now.
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THE PS5 DOESN'T LET YOU STORE PS5 GAMES ON EXTERNAL HARD DRIVES
By Shannon Grixti6 hours ago
One of the more surprising things that I found when reviewing the PS5 is that it doesn't seem to support external hard drives for PS5 games. It was already confirmed that the internal SSD drive wouldn't be working at launch (which I also found out after trying a Samsung 980 Pro myself).
When plugging an external hard drive into the PS5, it's made pretty clear that you can't store PS5 games on an external with phrases such as "You can install PS4 games to extended storage and play them directly from there".
At no point is it ever mentioned that you can store PS5 games on the external hard drive.
When trying to move games to the external hard drive that I had plugged in, only PS4 games showed up, which was consistent with that initial message. One saving grace is that you can automatically set the PS5 to install PS4 games on an external hard drive, so that's pretty handy.

The PS5 Doesn't Let You Store PS5 Games On External Hard Drives
The PS5 Doesn't Let You Store PS5 Games On External Hard Drives

THE PS5 DOESN'T LET YOU STORE PS5 GAMES ON EXTERNAL HARD DRIVES
By Shannon Grixti6 hours ago
One of the more surprising things that I found when reviewing the PS5 is that it doesn't seem to support external hard drives for PS5 games. It was already confirmed that the internal SSD drive wouldn't be working at launch (which I also found out after trying a Samsung 980 Pro myself).
When plugging an external hard drive into the PS5, it's made pretty clear that you can't store PS5 games on an external with phrases such as "You can install PS4 games to extended storage and play them directly from there".

At no point is it ever mentioned that you can store PS5 games on the external hard drive.
When trying to move games to the external hard drive that I had plugged in, only PS4 games showed up, which was consistent with that initial message. One saving grace is that you can automatically set the PS5 to install PS4 games on an external hard drive, so that's pretty handy.
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