PlayStation 4 to support external hard drives
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anxious_f0x
A boost mode has also been uncovered for PS4 Pro allowing it to run base PS4 games at smoother framerates http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-2017-ps4-pro-boost-mode-makes-standard-ps4-games-run-more-smoothly
Loophole35
While this is great and all. Why has it taken 3+ years for this to come out on PS4?
scatman839
Wow, that's great as well.
Both of these are good additions, better late than never.
Now if I just had a pro.
xthedakmanx
I've tried a few external drives with the beta. The one I'd suggest (If you're wanting to buy one) Would be this goo.gl/YoR1Rb . It works perfectly with no need of any external power supply and is extremely fast. I have a couple of these and use them on various other systems with no issue! (One for my XB1, and WiiU :P)
Fender178
Good Question. Plus it has been longer than that if you date people wanting this since the PS3.
It is about damn time Sony.
Asgardi
Not possible, because PS4 is known to run everything at 1080p 60fps. /sarcasm
Stormyandcold
Both nice additions. Icing on the cake would be if they could somehow allow full 1080p for titles that run below this. Probably not possible due to UI and asset etc problems. 30 to 60fps would be great as well.
vbetts
Moderator
Not defending it, but with the PS3 and PS4 you could always replace the hard drive yourself. In the PS3's problem though, USB 2.0 ports aren't fast enough for game storage...
But external is always more convenient.
PrMinisterGR
Because Sony isn't really a software-oriented company.
XP-200
Very nice little feature for PS4 owner's, more features are always a good thing.
Neo Cyrus
I don't understand why Sony are such ****ters that this had to be a feature to be added.
Fender178
The Wii-U has USB 2.0 ports and it can be used for game storage.
Loophole35
WiiU games don't have the textures that even PS3 games had.
scatman839
Wii u games can hit up to about 23gb. That's not filler
Darren Hodgson
Just bought a 4 TB Seagate drive to supplement the almost full 2 TB drive in my own PS4 Pro. This update is great news for people like me who have large games libraries that they switch between. While PS4 games install relatively quickly, the multi-GB sized updates/patches don't hence why I want to keep them installed rather than install/uninstall them to make space. For example, I bought Hitman Complete Edition Season 1 and that had a 10 GB patch plus another 8 GB for the DLC!!!
