Shame there were no height speaker options, which helps with that three-dimensional sound Sony is talking so much about. It can't be because he doesn't have an Atmos/DTS:X configuration, because Blu-ray players and consoles don't detect how many speakers you have, they let the receiver decode it. I guess they just aren't allowed to do it for games without purchasing an Atmos license. As someone who uses their TV more with speakers than with headphones, I would have preferred Atmos or DTS:X over this.
That's the PC install size, the next-gen console install size is 130GBs. You might be able to uninstall parts of it that you don't use. What people? Again, how many people are hooking up external drives to their consoles? I'm guessing it's well under 1%.
I would say it's quite a lot more than 1 percent, just based on what I've read on forums this generation. Most people would rather buy an external hard drive than replace the internal one.
Definitely, way more than 1%. Why go through the hassle of replacing the harddrive when you can just plug in an external drive. Allowing that was the best PS4 firmware update in it's existence. Even with a handful of games the internal storage is filled up in no time so it's pretty much a necessity these days.
Thats also wrong. It can be expanded with an hdd. It just can be expanded via the extra ssd slot yet
What do you mean "also." Where have I been wrong with what I've told you, except for what you misinterpreted? The M.2 slot is disabled for the time being, which means everyone is limited to a rumored 667 GB of usable storage. So complaining about not being able to transfer to/from an external hard drive one already has is reasonable. If I were digital only, I would want this option regardless, because SSDs are expensive.
I have 23 games currently installed on my PS4 on it's OG 500GB drive. I've never once thought about expanding the storage or getting an external drive for it and I'm pretty sure I play more games than the average gamer. From Google, each PS4 has an average attach rate of basically 10 games. Not being able to use an external drive is not at all something the vast vast majority of consumers care about, I don't even care about it and I'm in IT. To call any console "half-baked" (as the video was labeled) because it can't store games on an external drive (at launch) is pretty asinine. Plus, at launch, there's no reason to need that feature since, you know, no games.
External hard drives are cheap, external SSDs aren't, and I don't know why anyone would want to use an HDD with the PS5 when a huge reason to get the PS5 is for the super fast load times, which wouldn't be possible with an HDD.
That was obviously in response to the claims about user numbers of external storage on current gen.
Your personal experience doesn't matter. Multiple people after you said they use external hard drives or know someone who does. Games are bigger than ever, so I guess we'll see how far this gets people until Sony enables it.
I doubt they would even play right played from the external HDD. But transferring to and from the SSD would be great for all those people in America with bandwidth caps. I can only download one terabyte a month, which makes discs more appealing. Not to mention that it takes inconveniently long to download 90 GB.
Couldnt you just swap the games you had "active" from the hdd to the sdd for the fast loading when you wanted it.
The vast majority of consumers also only play CoD, Fifa, Minecraft, Fortnite or GTA5 so these numbers are pretty irrelevant. Games I don't like or which I completed but won't feel like playing again I delete from the system but even then space fills up in no time. For example FF7 Remake alone is over 90 GB. With the 500GB launch PS4(with about 30GB reserved for firmare updates) that is almost like a fifth. If you have 23 games installed probably 20 of those are indies. I agree it's not a problem at launch but external ssd support is definitely something they should update rather sooner than later.
That's a kind of reductionist approach. Many people who pre-ordered a PS5 for DeS for example aren't 'done' with PS4 yet and it's nice that there is this continuity with the new system. So many great titles have come out that you might want to revisit in the future so it's great that you can play them all on one console without having to rotate systems or having them plugged in or replace when they break. It also gives the PS5 a huge library from the start. When games aren't seen as just disposable toys it will also give a new generation of gamers the chance to play a classic like Bloodborne for example(instead of being relegated to an obsolete system like the original DeS).
