Playstation 5 [PS5] [Release November 12 2020]
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It's not an available feature after 8 months and it's 8 months late.
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Sony did volunteer that NVMe support wouldn't be available for launch, I think the only timeframe they gave was "later this summer".
If we get to autumn and it's not available, then it's late.
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That's a statement from April 2021 though...
In the Road to PS5 video from Q2 2020, Cerny said they would publish a list of compatible NVMe drives closer to release, hinting at compatibility being there from launch.
Maybe with "closer to release" they meant release of the feature and not release of the console? It's frustrating having to carefully parse those pr statements.
Silent_Buddha
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Yeah, this one. He's still holding off on getting one due to concerns about having to swap games frequently onto and off off the internal NVME drive. He and his children play a lot of games semi-frequently (multiplayer, MMO, etc.).
Of course, that would assume that he could actually find one in stock.
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SB
You can run non PS5 games off the external HDD…I have it set up so only PS5 games are internal, the rest on the external.Yeah, this one. He's still holding off on getting one due to concerns about having to swap games frequently onto and off off the internal NVME drive. He and his children play a lot of games semi-frequently (multiplayer, MMO, etc.).
Of course, that would assume that he could actually find one in stock.
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SB
Silent_Buddha
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Sure, but he's upgrading his games to PS5 versions whenever possible, so being able to run PS4 games on external drives doesn't help him.
Do games that receive patches to become PS5 versions still run on External? For example, will Ghost of Tsushima with the upcoming PS5 patch run on external USB drives? If not, then external USB drive isn't a good option for him.
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They're still PS4 games, so run on external drives
Cynicalking
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Patched PS4 pro+ games will run on external, like the previous update for Ghost of Tsushima, The Last of Us 2, Days Gone, etc. The new update for Ghost that will have a native PS5 port only from the internal SSD.
Cynicalking
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That’s not correct, specifically with the game he’s mentioning. It will be a native PS5 game so it won’t run from external. The “old”, non director cut will, because it’s just an enhanced PS4 pro game.
Silent_Buddha
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Yeah, that's what I thought since there's going to be so many PS5 only enhancements, including haptic feedback.
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SB
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The current version of that game is PS4 and installs to a external drive. The new version of the game with the expansion packs and proper PS5 version will be internal. But the 60fps updates to games that some refer to as PS5 versions, are able to be installed to external drives.
Cynicalking
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That’s literally what I said…
I was just trying to ensure you had the correct information from the questions asked.
Sorry, I thought I was helping.
Silent_Buddha
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No need to be sorry mate.
It was good information, it just doesn't really apply to my friend. While it's possible with enough management that it could work in the very short term, as more games are native PS5 games, he'll run into problems. Right now he doesn't want to have to deal with it, so he's just going to wait until the NVME expansion is useable.Regards,
SB
https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/...t-of-tsushimas-ps5-exclusive-features-at-gbp9
I'm confused.
So it's not a system wide feature to support PS4 saves on PS5 and Sony allows their own game to requires a micro transaction to enable the ps4 saves support?
I'm confused.
So it's not a system wide feature to support PS4 saves on PS5 and Sony allows their own game to requires a micro transaction to enable the ps4 saves support?
Any user facing icon or something to indicate this (PS4, ps4+, PS4 became PS5, PS5) in the store and dash?
Unsure in the store - but it's very clear on the dash and in game management, for example - if you highlight a game to play it and it's PS5 on external it will say 'transfer' and if you want to move games between drives you can highlight PS4 and PS5 games separately so you know which ones need to be on which drive, this helps any management massively as you can easily see which games can be moved from internal to external and still play (etc).
This is in complete contrast to my Xbox experience (which may have changed) where (I think it was Outriders) needed to be on the internal SSD and it was a real pain to make it happen.
Edit - I didn't read your comment correctly so this doesn't answer your question but I think it's worth adding.
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