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PlayStation5: Storage Expansion Finally Incoming
Sony prepares for PS5's system software 2.0 launch, here’s what you need to know
It’s no secret that the PlayStation5 lacked a few key features when it launched worldwide last November, but it was one in particular that gamers have been complaining about the most: the option to expand its storage space. Sure, PS4 games can always be played directly off an external HDD or SSD, but PS5 games can only be installed in the system’s internal SSD which offers “just” around 650 GB. It was OK at first — there were not too many PS5 games that required a lot of storage space — but as months went by it became clear that Sony would have to keep its promise soon and “unlock” the M.2 SSD internal storage slot it built into the PS5, so consumers can have as many new games as they like installed at any given time.
This is exactly what Sony is preparing to do. The PS5 system software 2.0 update — currently offered in beta form to players in the US, Canada, Japan, UK, Germany and France — will become publicly available at some point over the next two months and its main feature is none other than the activation of said internal storage slot. The company also published the first support page about the subject because, well, things…
