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).
See the thing is, when people have the urge to revisit a classic it is because they haven't played it in a long while. Which means it probably isn't installed on any system, so this isn't all that much of a realistic point.
The backwards compatability is nice and certainly makes it harder to justify putting off buying a PS5. However you still don't have to toss the old system away.
I don't see how it is reductionist to expect that you don't instantly stuff your old system in the closet the second you bring home the new system. Especially if there are games that you still have a vested interest in played on it. Maybe you move the Ps4 to a different TV, instead of your main gaming TV or your best TV. Maybe the Ps4 gets put into the bedroom, or office, or garage TV's for those times when you wanna play in a different situation.
Also they make HDMI spliters for like $15 bucks. that allows you to plug in to systems into the same port on your TV.
I just think the attitude of "I wanna be able to play all the new games AND all the old games at the same time" is just unrealistic thinking.
Even if you could immediately add the second SSD to the system, how does in improve your next gen gaming? Because being able to play the games you can already play on the system you already have, isn't next gen gaming.
I don't know, I've got a shitload of games, over 500 on steam and over 120 games for PS4, and I've never once had issue with storage. I play a game, i finish, I move on. It's rare that i save a game on a system after I've gotten my fill. And if i do want to revisit something old, I just redownload it, it's not a big deal.
What people are describing is like a hoarding problem, except worse because freeing up your harddrive doesn't mean you've trashed the game forever. So there really isn't an excuse that makes enough sense to justify the need for multiple storage drives worth of games.
