Sony PLEASE give us the option to use external HDDs!!

[vivster]

Intrinsic said:

CosmicSex said:
Which would be faster theoretically: an external drive or real SATA 3 speeds from a HDD?

Technically speaking, if both drives are SATA 3, and both connectors supporr SATA 3 speeds (so at least USB 3 and a SATA 3 HDD interface) then the internal drive will be faster.

The reason the external drive is faster for the XB1 is because its internal drive uses a SATA 2 connector while the external drives connect via USB 3 (which has a higher bandwidth than SATA 2).

onionberry said:

wut, an external hdd it's just a hard drive, nothing different about the security

There is, as it stands all PlayStation games can only run from the encrypted internal drive or a bluray disc. Obviously sony has more control over that than whatever they could have over an external drive. 

Wait what? They have the same control over an internal as an external drive. Sony allows you to freely remove the internal drive as well as backup all your stuff on a USB drive. Piracy isn't the issue here as they can just encrypt their stuff like they already do with USB backups.

The only reason beside laziness and idiocy is performance. A lot of people will use cheap external drives which will have an impact on loading times, which will then reflect badly on the console.