Cool, and I expect the prices to be even lower, rather soon, for ps5 compatible ssd's ; when more players enter that part of the market.
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Western Digital Apparently Confirmed The First Official SSD Compatible with PS5
kingpotato
Ask me about my Stream Deck
I'm definitely going to expand but will wait a year or two for prices to drop and people to discover any gotchas with having extra storage.
OnThePathToWisdom
Member
$229...even more expensive than the series x ssd. It's insane that a storage device cost more than 70% of the lower-tier console and almost 50% of the high-tier consoles you're using it for...
1 step ahead, 2 steps back seems to be the norm with hardware these days,
1 step ahead, 2 steps back seems to be the norm with hardware these days,
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MasterCornholio
Member
Just wait and see how the other NVME manufacturers price theirs or wait for a price drop. The good thing is that the price should drop quickly for these drives since they are not proprietary.
Well it is expensive hardware. Prices will go down going forward.
Darklor01
Might need to stop sniffing glue
The 2TB version is FUCK NO.
Nah, the 1TB is $229/$249 (w/Heatsink). I can't swing a 2TB without donating some organs or something.
thebigmanjosh
Member
Seriously. I want to drop at least 1TB but $229 is out of my budget at launch. I'll probably swing for a cheap external SSD to back up and store my PS4 for the time being and just use that to backup PS5 games if needed.
I just hope game/storage management and transfer from PS4 is simple.
hououinkyouma00
Member
Why in the world would you need customizable RGB on a fucking SSD? Is this what people want? Why? Legitimate question because I don't understand.
RGB is getting ridiculous. RAM, CPU, GPU, SSD, Fans, Keyboard, Mouse...Monitors I get? You get a nice glow behind the display which helps ease on the eyes.
RGB is getting ridiculous. RAM, CPU, GPU, SSD, Fans, Keyboard, Mouse...Monitors I get? You get a nice glow behind the display which helps ease on the eyes.
ethomaz
Banned
They have a live stream today to show the new lineup.
Bo_Hazem
Banned
Would wait for Sony's confirmation, and if the 2TB model is compatible, I'll take it with the heatsink.
Ar¢tos
Member
Compare the prices between them in 4 months and you will see why people slam the Xbox expansion price. Proprietary formats drop in price much MUCH slower.
There is also the speed comparison, this drive costs about the same but is 3x faster (7gb/s vs 2.4gb/s)(this is mainly a pc ssd, so I use the pc speed for the comparison)
ethomaz
Banned
This SSD is 3x faster than what MS is selling... similar MS option for PC costs around $130.
You should be asking why MS are they pricing $220 a product that is sold at $130?
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Bo_Hazem
Banned
Those are 7GB/s, top tier NVMe m.2 SSD's ffs.
Investor9872
Member
The 2TB version is FUCK NO.
FUCK YES!
Investor9872
Member
2X faster.
sainraja
Member
Prices for this will go down. Prices for the custom solution on the Xbox may not go down.
Killer Sakoman
Member
Handy Fake
Member
That's the quandary when it comes to proprietary versus competitive pricing.
It's already cheaper than the Xbox one and much higher spec.
hangdang69
Member
lol yea i'll take a storage drive that costs almost as much as my new console. Just delete stuff when you're done
Akuji
Member
everyone keeps forgetting that u have internal storage, enough for a few games. By the time you REALLY need to upgrade Storage, prices will come down a bit.
825gb in the PS5 with roughly 600GB free to use.
Means Demon's Souls, Spiderman, Horizon, Call of Duty and 1-2 Games more Installed on your System. I would imagine by the time one wanna start Horizon, Spiderman and Demon's Souls are already played enough so delete those 2 games in the meanwhile.
Sure, a small percentage of enthusiast this may be a problem, but by the time I need to buy additional ssd memory, i expect 4TB to be priced around 350-400€ which i will then buy.
Expensive? sure but i expect prices to be around 100€ / TB pretty fast, around 1.5 years is my guess.
so yes, it is expensive, will it be expensive? sure, will prices in the mid of the gen be much better then now? yes as well.
PCIe 4.0 is the new hot shit, there are luxury tax and stuff on all these prices. New faster controllers need to be designed and produced. etc etc
tl;dr :
it will be okay.
825gb in the PS5 with roughly 600GB free to use.
Means Demon's Souls, Spiderman, Horizon, Call of Duty and 1-2 Games more Installed on your System. I would imagine by the time one wanna start Horizon, Spiderman and Demon's Souls are already played enough so delete those 2 games in the meanwhile.
Sure, a small percentage of enthusiast this may be a problem, but by the time I need to buy additional ssd memory, i expect 4TB to be priced around 350-400€ which i will then buy.
Expensive? sure but i expect prices to be around 100€ / TB pretty fast, around 1.5 years is my guess.
so yes, it is expensive, will it be expensive? sure, will prices in the mid of the gen be much better then now? yes as well.
PCIe 4.0 is the new hot shit, there are luxury tax and stuff on all these prices. New faster controllers need to be designed and produced. etc etc
tl;dr :
it will be okay.
The Shepard
Member
I'll wait till the price is right till I upgrade mine. Next year will see lots of competition and should bring the price right down.
You tell him. Ive had enough of these kids who can't handle a screwdriver... Slide case off, undo a few screws and bobs your uncle, can give it a vacuum whilst there doing it. Its the most petty thing to have a problem with.
You tell him. Ive had enough of these kids who can't handle a screwdriver... Slide case off, undo a few screws and bobs your uncle, can give it a vacuum whilst there doing it. Its the most petty thing to have a problem with.
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BlitzerRadic
Member
Because it's almost the same price as the fastest SSD available at nowhere near the same performance.
BlueXImpulse
Banned
These adults can put together flat pack furniture but can't install an SSD? Not sure why, it's easier and takes far less time.
The Shepard
Member
It's just nitpicking. The ps5 is a well built easily accessible machine. The way you can take the fan out to clean also is brilliant. Anyone who's ever taken apart a ps4 knows how much dust accumulates inside the machine, especially between the heat sink and fan, it's the number 1 reason the pros and ps4 in general is so loud.
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OrionNebula
Member
30+ days away from getting my PS5, but I know it's already full, so...
bargeparty
Member
Where is this image from and where's the footnote for the * next to the PS5?
Maddux4164
Banned
I'm old enough to remember Sony and their absolute abomination of memory card prices for Vita. Proprietary garbage. I paid $100 for 32gb.
So, good Sony has not gone proprietary this go.
So, good Sony has not gone proprietary this go.
Xdrive05
Member
7000MB/s sequential read looks like the baseline, then. Write speeds probably doesn't matter much for game design requirements.
When devs start writing games that use the SSD as virtual RAM, then they're going to be able to pull data at around 7GB/s. That's going to be bad ass.
Wondering how the (up to) 9GB/s compressed rate quoted figures lines up with this 7GB/s officially approved part. Hmmm...
When devs start writing games that use the SSD as virtual RAM, then they're going to be able to pull data at around 7GB/s. That's going to be bad ass.
Wondering how the (up to) 9GB/s compressed rate quoted figures lines up with this 7GB/s officially approved part. Hmmm...
kruis
Exposing the sinister cartel of retailers who allow companies to pay for advertising space.
These SSDs are expensive because they're the fastest ones you can get at the moment for desktop PCs and you'll need the absolute fastest SSDs in order to match the disk throughput of the PS5's built-in SSD. That's the price you pay for getting a console with cutting edge technology inside. But the prices will come down eventually, just give it a year.
megreotsugua
Banned
Not only competition, but also the fact that it's a stand m.2 drive that also works for PC and workstations. The demand will be bigger than MS solution and that will also drive the cost further down in the long run.
Panajev2001a
GAF's Pleasant Genius
Officially they have not said 7 GB/s is the baseline. A little bit faster than 5.5 GB/s (to make up the overhead for the lack of extra priority levels) is the only official data we have.
Rentahamster
Rodent Whores
Looks hawt.
Knitted Knight
Banned
They all seem to be charging a ton for this. I'll gladly coast for a year by game management. Prices would probably be reduced by then.
Good for Western Digital to get out there on this and put their name on the map business wise as the "first".
Good for Western Digital to get out there on this and put their name on the map business wise as the "first".
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kruis
Exposing the sinister cartel of retailers who allow companies to pay for advertising space.
The SSD expansion for the Xbox Series X is a proprietary solution, so MS can make money from every sale. It will always be more expensive than a regular PCI-E 3.0 M.2 SSD card on the market.
Rocco Schiavone
Member
What's the point of adding a led on the ssd that you can't see if you installed it?? 