PS4 won't let you install games on external hard drives

This is a very bad move seeing how Xbox One(and heck even Wii U) can do it. I guess we're stuck with 1TB internal hard drives, and I don't see that being enough when games get bigger in size. Not to mention for gamers who want to buy more games digitally like me.

So X1>PS4 in this area.

TCHBO :cool:

The PS4 can have the internal harddrive upgraded. Its really more matter of preference on which method you prefer, no?lx_theo

[QUOTE="lx_theo"]The PS4 can have the internal harddrive upgraded. Its really more matter of preference on which method you prefer, no?clyde46

There's a 2TB 2.5" drive from Western Digital, unless it's a hardware restriction by the PS4, which would make no sense at all.

[QUOTE="lx_theo"]The PS4 can have the internal harddrive upgraded. Its really more matter of preference on which method you prefer, no?clyde46

The PS4 can have the internal harddrive upgraded. Its really more matter of preference on which method you prefer, no?lx_theo

Wasn't it the same with the PS3?

[QUOTE="clyde46"][QUOTE="lx_theo"]The PS4 can have the internal harddrive upgraded. Its really more matter of preference on which method you prefer, no?Consternated

There's a 2TB 2.5" drive from Western Digital, unless it's a hardware restriction by the PS4, which would make no sense at all.

12mm, 15mm, etc. don't work, only 9.5mm.

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[QUOTE="clyde46"] You are limited to 1TB IIRC which is not enough for me. mitu123

There's a 2TB 2.5" drive from Western Digital, unless it's a hardware restriction by the PS4, which would make no sense at all.

12mm, 15mm, etc. don't work, only 9.5mm.

Ahh. Thanks for clearing that up.

Wasn't it the same with the PS3?

Trail_Mix

PS4 however with talks about games getting up to 50GB and such...

Well, Xbox One won't let you upgrade the internal hard drive, so it better let you install them to the external one. Wii U comes with minuscule memory, so again, it better let you install them to the external one. PS4 lets you upgrade the internal hard drive, so why would it let you install them to the external one? What's the point?charizard1605

[QUOTE="Consternated"]

[QUOTE="clyde46"] You are limited to 1TB IIRC which is not enough for me. mitu123

There's a 2TB 2.5" drive from Western Digital, unless it's a hardware restriction by the PS4, which would make no sense at all.

12mm, 15mm, etc. don't work, only 9.5mm.

[QUOTE="clyde46"][QUOTE="lx_theo"]The PS4 can have the internal harddrive upgraded. Its really more matter of preference on which method you prefer, no?lx_theo

This isn't really an issue. Delete the content off the hard drive and redownload it whenever you need it. Most people on Steam don't have their entire games library downloaded and installed on their hard drive. Nonstop-Madness

Heck I would say most Steam users mainly have one hard drive, if they had 2-4 hard drives, they wouldn't delete so much, I know I wouldn't, lol.

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[QUOTE="Consternated"]

There's a 2TB 2.5" drive from Western Digital, unless it's a hardware restriction by the PS4, which would make no sense at all.

lx_theo

12mm, 15mm, etc. don't work, only 9.5mm.

[QUOTE="Nonstop-Madness"]This isn't really an issue. Delete the content off the hard drive and redownload it whenever you need it. Most people on Steam don't have their entire games library downloaded and installed on their hard drive. mitu123

Heck I would say most Steam users mainly have one hard drive, if they had 2-4 hard drives, they wouldn't delete so much, I know I wouldn't, lol.

I have an SSD boot drive and two WD Caviar Blacks in RAID0 for storage... I actually uninstalled most of the games from my library, so I didn't have them cluttering up the "installed" list when I wanted to play games :P I never really did that on my PS3, but I have around 550 Steam games that aren't installed, and around 80% of my total HDD space free haha.

USB is slow as hell anyway.killzowned24

Really? 500GB aren't enough? I doubt that by the first 3-4 years the regular X1 & PS4 users will have filled them. And even then 1TB 2.5 HDD's are cheap now, meaning that in 3-4 years time the higher capacity versions (1.5TB, 2TB, etc) will have come down in price and it's also likely the SSD solutions (of similar capacity) will be available for the regular mortal at a decent price. (Crucial's 1TB SSD costs around 600$ now...)

Desmonic

[QUOTE="killzowned24"]USB is slow as hell anyway.mitu123

Really? 500GB aren't enough? I doubt that by the first 3-4 years the regular X1 & PS4 users will have filled them. And even then 1TB 2.5 HDD's are cheap now, meaning that in 3-4 years time the higher capacity versions (1.5TB, 2TB, etc) will have come down in price and it's also likely the SSD solutions (of similar capacity) will be available for the regular mortal at a decent price. (Crucial's 1TB SSD costs around 600$ now...)

Edit: Even being limited to 9.5mm I still doubt  the 500GB-1TB won't be enough, especially if one buys most of his games on retail.

Desmonic

Install wars!

[QUOTE="Trail_Mix"]

Wasn't it the same with the PS3?

mitu123

PS4 however with talks about games getting up to 50GB and such...

One could just make space by cleaning out every so often, or replace the hard drive itself.

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[QUOTE="killzowned24"]USB is slow as hell anyway.clyde46

Hell I can play games on it and not even notice a difference between my main hard drive when it comes to performance.

[QUOTE="superclocked"][QUOTE="Desmonic"]

Really? 500GB aren't enough? I doubt that by the first 3-4 years the regular X1 & PS4 users will have filled them. And even then 1TB 2.5 HDD's are cheap now, meaning that in 3-4 years time the higher capacity versions (1.5TB, 2TB, etc) will have come down in price and it's also likely the SSD solutions (of similar capacity) will be available for the regular mortal at a decent price. (Crucial's 1TB SSD costs around 600$ now...)

Desmonic

internal drives are cheaper anyways.

Do you guys play a lot of multiplayer games? I doubt you would delete those quickly.:P

[QUOTE="clyde46"][QUOTE="mitu123"]Nope. Just get one with 5Gb/sec+ and you're set.

mitu123

Hell I can play games on it and not even notice a difference between my main hard drive when it comes to performance.

Stop moaning. The internal drive is replacable. 1TB is not enough for a few games... even if they are 50GB a piece you can get 5 - 10 with the system software and what not on it. Then you will have to delete the game data. Not that big a deal, wont the ps4 let you play while installing?

I can see why they don't allow external drives, it would need extra testing and there is always the possibility of something going wrong and people blaming Sony and wasting their time. You will still be able to use externals for music and videos I would presume.

wut so ps4 use propetiery hardrive what if they jack the price like just vita memory card

internal drives are cheaper anyways.

osirisx3

wut so ps4 use propetiery hardrive what if they jack the price like just vita memory card

nyzma23

no

internal drives are cheaper anyways.

osirisx3

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internal drives are cheaper anyways.

mitu123

[QUOTE="osirisx3"]

internal drives are cheaper anyways.

mitu123

If you replaced the internal, is it possible to clone the data and migrate it to a new drive?