Enhanced Storage for PS5 and PS4 Gamers The Game Drive External SSD is a catalyst for PS4 console players who wish to build a massive library of readily accessible games.

We opted for the latter to see how well an external NVMe SSD could work to solve the storage problem without sacrificing performance. To test this, we used the Crucial X8 (2TB).

As for loading PS4 games, the PS5 and external NVMe and SATA SSDs are faster than the PS4 and PS4 Pro’s stock HDD, but there is no difference between the PS5’s internal drive and external ...

PS5 is in a similar boat, in that demanding PS5-exclusive games can only be played directly from internal storage. External storage via USB is reserved for playing PS4 games and storing PS5 games ...

You can swap out the internal SSD anytime. Even if you don't have a spare one, it's often cheaper to buy a new SSD and use the enclosure than to purchase a pre-built external SSD.

Gigadrive hopes to revolutionize the SSD market with its fast external Thunderbolt 4 connected drive, which boasts speeds nearly as fast as internal SSDs.