PS5 Doesn't Support SSD Expansion At Launch, Sony Confirms Sony has stressed numerous times that it needs to verify SSDs for use with the PS5, confirming that the feature isn't live yet at launch.

Over eight months since its release, Sony is finally rolling out a firmware update for beta PS5 users that enables internal SSD expansion using consumer NVMe M.2 SSDs.

Sony has confirmed with The Verge that the PS5 won’t support SSD storage expansion at launch, with the slot being disabled out of the box and it being unlocked in a future firmware update.

The second major PS5 update will allow users the option to install their own M.2 SSD drive to expand the internal storage in their console with compatible SSDs ranging from 250GB to 4TB.

More specifically, the new PS5 system software update is set to include 3D audio support for built-in TV speakers, official support for M.2 SSD storage expansion, PS Remote Play and PS App ...

The PS5's M.2 SSD expansion slot will be unlocked via a new firmware update tomorrow, Sony has announced, allowing gamers to supercharge their storage with premium PC-grade SSDs.

Sony first confirmed storage expansion for the PS5 back in November, and noted that it would use an M.2 solid state drive (SSD). There’s also the wrinkle that PS5 games need to run on an SSD; a ...

Note that the SSD expansion capabilities are only available to users who have gotten into the PS5 system software beta at this time. Don’t try adding an expansion drive if you aren’t part of ...

To run his tests, they used the internal PS5 SSD as a control, got a 5,000MB/s Sabrent Rocket 500GB SSD to get a baseline for the expansion bay, and then of course used the slower XPG Gammix S50 Lite.

Sony will allow the PlayStation 5 to make use of expanded SSD storage from this summer. The PS5 has an SSD upgrade slot, but it’s presently non-functional.

The PS5 will include a high-speed SSD with 825GB of available space at release. With the ever-growing size of games these days, it won’t take long before players start running into storage problems.

If you’ve been paying close attention to PS5 news, this won’t be a big surprise. PlayStation hardware architect Mark Cerny spent several minutes talking up the SSD storage expansion feature as ...