Its proprietary drive structure isn't as bad as people think. Its not like the 360 where it was only Microsoft only brand harddrives and memory cards. They are gonna allow 3rd party to make cards, like PS2 back in the day. Which means someone could create a Memory card adapter that has a slot for your own M.2 NVME and then plug it in to this slot. Not sure if MS would approve something like that but its still a possibility since that slot has a direct link to the full bandwidth SSD. Wouldn't be surprised if MS hasn't thought about making one themselves if the market needs it.
Also, if you use your Target Red Card to pay for it then you get another 5% off ($9.90) for a total discount of $31.90 making it $188.09 before tax.
nice!Also, if you use your Target Red Card to pay for it then you get another 5% off ($9.90) for a total discount of $31.90 making it $188.09 before tax.
Is this an error? The coupon says:
Hmmm...
Got bad news for you, if you think brand new PCIe 4.0 NVME SSDs will have a BF sale like months after hitting market, nah, usually doesn't happen. We still don't have a full list of supported drives, but a 1TB PCIe 4.0 NVME is roughly $200. They'll come down, just not right away.
Well, this is for Xbox not PlayStation. And you aren't going to get good deals on SSD drives (not drives that are actually able to met the specs required to be used in the PS5) this Black Friday. Especially when we aren't having a normal BF this year.
https://www.newegg.com/gigabyte-1tb-aorus-gen4/p/N82E16820009018?&quicklink=true
We still don't know if PS5 supports 2280 size, it's definitely M2, but all we have are screenshots of the opening. Its quite annoying that Sony hasn't said exactly the specs needed, but something tells me the cheaper ones aren't going to work, just a hunch
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2020/10/09/your-pc-nvme-ssds-can-slot-straight-into-the-ps5/
I mean even your article is saying they want it to be the later edition 4.0's not the cheaper one you linked, they want 7.0 G/B saturation, which that drive you linked doesn't do, so you won't be using the cheaper earlier 4.0 nvme's, like both articles state, just not Samsung and now WD have PCIe 4.0 drives coming that can hit the bandwidth Sony wants. Either way, the drives will get cheaper as more hit the market, its a better solution that MS hoping and praying someone else makes these special ssds to help mitigate pricing
look at its throughput, their own specs are not hitting the needed specs Cerny said. Being 4.0 is meaningless, not all Gen 4 are the same. Can't show you what you're not seeing. Geeze don't be an ass, I posted and quoted specifically what Sony was looking for in Gen4 drives, the article you posted had the same, that drive you posted clearly states it tops out throughput below what Sony wants. Its pretty crystal clear. That drive won't make their supported list.
The bold is not fast enough according to Sony, they want at minimum 5.5 GB/s, that read is too slow.
Well Sony hasn't released their list of Compatible SSD Expansion memory yet... And for all we know the PS5 cards could end up costing even more money thanks to scalpers hugging tons of them and Sony wouldn't want that to be a reason for people to get a Series X instead....The Series X prosperity form is for Easy usability as it doesn't get easier than literally Plug&Play unlike the PS5 which you have to Unplug the whole unit and remove plastic panels before you are able to install theirs.
