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[BigEmil]

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.

But will the PS4, PS4 Pro read USB 3.0 external drive at its max speed though?

Even with internal SATA 3 in PS4 Pro Digital Foundry tested not much difference just abit faster, maybe a bottleneck due to the CPU or bandwidth something like that?

Curious to find out maybe through USB the speed cap is less strict somehow

 

[Ricker]

A quick way to know if an external drive is 3.0 is the blue inside right...?

I have one lik that I bought 2 years ago though...

 

[Dr. Kitty Muffins]

Now we gotta test loading times with external HDDs vs PS4 Pro HDD.

Which do you think will load faster?

I want to see tests compared to the 2tb Firecuda drive I already have installed internally. I want a faster external.

 

[thenexus6]

YESSSS

 

[KillGore]

Not sure if a stupid question but can I buy 1 external hdd for both xbox one and ps4? Or will that simply just not work?

 

[Black Republican]

Thank fuck for external support

 

[bombshell]

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.

Yep, loading the image on a page in a browser and taking a screenshot with the Share button works as a work-around for custom profile images as well, so it should work for this wallpaper update too.

 

[Lucifon]

• 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.

Makes taking games to a friend's/family member's much easier too.

 

[Jacob4815]

Good for HDD externals... but no major system updates for PRO (downsampling and base PS4 mode) is utterly disappointing.

 

[wapplew]

SBS 3D VR video support please?

 

[Planet]

There are more features included in 4.50...

*prays to the shu-god* Supersampling as a system feature p-l-e-a-s-e!

 

[thatJohann]

But will the PS4, PS4 Pro read USB 3.0 external drive at its max speed though?

Even with internal SATA 3 on PS4 Pro Digital Foundry tested not much difference just abit maybe a bottleneck due to the CPU or bandwidth something like that?

Curious to find out maybe through USB the speed cap is less strict somehow

Curious about this too.

 

[Noobcraft]

Punished Playstation.

Looking forward to seeing what performance numbers are like on external hard drives.

If it's anything like the Xbox One it should dramatically decrease loading times in open world games (looking especially at FF15). When I switched FFXV over to my SSD on my Xbox it reduced the loading times from a few minutes to like 20 seconds.

 

[Sjefen]

Sony fuck, what to complain about now? Great update

Edit: Name change......

 

[madmackem]

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.

It's the fact you don't need to worry anymore about space, I've got 100 gig left on my internal now don't need to worry.

 

[Caayn]

Makes taking games to a friend's/family member's much easier too.

Not necessarily Sony can still lock the drive to the console that formatted it.

Drives are interchangeable on the XB1 whereas the drives on the WiiU are locked to the console. It depends on the implementation that Sony choose.

 

[Darryl M R]

Makes taking games to a friend's/family member's much easier too.

Wait I didn't even think of this. Games can be installed on them and then just moved around to another console?

 

[Jinroh]

Would a 3.5" 7200 rpm drive make sense through USB 3.0 or would it be limited, in which case a 2.5" passport drive would be enough?

 

[Zombie James]

Fuck yeah. I have a 120GB SSD just sitting here that I can finally put to good use, just need an enclosure.

 

[KillGore]

A quick way to know if an external drive is 3.0 is the blue inside right...?

I have one lik that I bought 2 years ago though...

Yep

 

[danowat]

Not sure if a stupid question but can I buy 1 external hdd for both xbox one and ps4? Or will that simply just not work?

It might work if you can partition it in half and use half for the XBO and half for the PS4.

 

[kiguel182]

Man, if load times improve that would be great. But I doubt it. Digital Foundy hopefully will do some tests!

 

[foxbeldin]

Wasn't expecting hdd support.

3D bluray for PSVR is nice too.

 

[Noobcraft]

Fuck yeah. I have a 120GB SSD just sitting here that I can finally put to good use, just need an enclosure.

Go to Amazon and get a SATA III to USB 3.0 cable. Don't bother with an enclosure.

It might work if you can partition it in half and use half for the XBO and half for the PS4.

This can't be done. The Xbox One formats the entire harddrive when you use it with the system. The PS4 may as well.

 

[JohnnyFootball]

External HDD is as huge of a feature as anything for the PS4 in quite some time.

I didn't think much of the feature when it was brought to Xbox One, but now that I have it I can safely say that it may be the best feature it has.

Now at long last I can get a cheap 500GB SSD and install it as my main drive and back up less played games to the HDD. Hopefully it will be that simple.

 

[Guymelef]

Colour me SURPRISED with external HDD addition.
One of those things I would say Sony would never include.

 

[viHuGi]

Someone put links for good external Hdds please!

 

[xKilltheMx]

I JUST UPGRADED MY INTERNAL TO 2TB YOU MOTHER FUCKERS AFTER ASSUMING YOU'D NEVER GIVE US EXTERNAL SUPPORT UGHHHHHH

 

[Coxy100]

Boring update.

Your picture matches this quote

 

[Fliesen]

Not sure if a stupid question but can I buy 1 external hdd for both xbox one and ps4? Or will that simply just not work?

almost certainly not going to work. You can't even hot-swap internal drives between two separate PS4 consoles, so i'd guess the external drive would be formatted and encrypted in a similar way.

I mean, you could maybe partition the drive, but i don't think both, if even one, consoles will support mounting the proper partition / volume accordingly.

 

[TGO]

Can we play PSone games now.

 

[DieH@rd]

Not sure if a stupid question but can I buy 1 external hdd for both xbox one and ps4? Or will that simply just not work?

Don't count on it.

Makes taking games to a friend's/family member's much easier too.

You should really not count on that too. The data will probably be encrypted to be accessible from the hardware key [or other security stuff] of your own PS4.

Sony fuck, what to complain about now? Great update

Supersampling / PSVR on PC / Linux on PS4 / PSN name change / BC

 

[Dr.Tentacle]

Sony official kills nyko lol

 

[Mesharey]

What's the supersampling?

Really happy they're supporting external HDD.

 

[JohnnyFootball]

Wait I didn't even think of this. Games can be installed on them and then just moved around to another console?

Yes, it's an underrated feature of the Xbox One. Whenever I go and visit a friend I can just take the external drive hook it up to his Xbox One and play right away. The discs are still required, but the hassle of not having to wait for installation and/or patches is welcome.

 

[BigEmil]

Not necessarily Sony can still lock the drive to the console that formatted it.

Drives are interchangeable on the XB1 whereas the drives on the WiiU are locked to the console. It depends on the implementation that Sony choose.

What if both the PS4's is set as the Primary and that thing

Don't count on it.



You should really not count on that too. The data will probably be encrypted to be accessible from the hardware key [or other security stuff] of your own PS4.



Supersampling / PSVR on PC / Linux on PS4 / PSN name change / BC

There's alot of workarounds online to make PSVR work on PC and such there's a YouTube channel think it's called "Matownerie" which is dedicated for this related stuff

 

[giancarlo123x]

Early contender for update of the year.

 

[danowat]

This can't be done. The Xbox One formats the entire harddrive when you use it with the system. The PS4 may as well.

Thanks for the clarification, I was a while I ago I did mine for my XBO

 

[MaKTaiL]

Anyone received the email yet?

 

[TheKingOfPain]

exFAT?

 

[J 0 E]

External HDD finally!!

Changing names is still not possible, so...

this is a PSN service feature actually, not PS4.

 

[DieH@rd]

What's the supersampling?

Really happy they're supporting external HDD.

System wide support for automatic playing of high resolution games [4K or near-4K games] on 1080p screens. When selected, games will automatically downsample on 1080p, making image sharper and clearer.

Would a 3.5" 7200 rpm drive make sense through USB 3.0 or would it be limited, in which case a 2.5" passport drive would be enough?

Sony gimps speeds, so probably all drives are perform close one to another [except faster seek times of SSD/hybrid drives].

exFAT?

We shall see... probably some custom file format with heavy encryption of data.

 

[jmaine_ph]

but that's where my PSVR is plugged into

i could just use a hub, right?

As long as it supports it I don't see why not.

 

[Dr. Kitty Muffins]

Firmware codename "Storage-ton", right?

 

[Waveset]

Thread seems overwhelmingly positive so allow me to have a moan:

No support for streaming or local 3D video files?
No system level integration of downsampling on the Pro?

 

[Hasney]

Seriously eating my words with the external HDD support. Interested in seeing some speed tests when DF get their hands on it, but still, good work. Just after I sold my XB1 and have a 500GB drive spare too.

External HDD is great news, shame it needs to hang out the front of the console.

Buy a pro. You get one on the back then!

 

[Mass Appeal]

Great update Sony! Finally external HDD support!


I see they are saving PSN name change for 5.0

 

[boredandlazy]

Considering taking my 2TB Samsung Evo out of my PS4 now and sticking it in my PC. I'd then take the 960GB SSD out of my PC and put it in my PS4. Use an external for games I'm not currently playing...

 

[oti]

Sony fuck, what to complain about now? Great update

Edit: Name change......

Knack PS+

 

[bebop242]

As an owner of 2 ps4s, I'm hoping I can use one HDD and switch between both systems as needed. Not holding my breath though.