| EricHiggin said: At one point I did wonder if SSD prices didn't fall fast enough to include worthwhile mass storage, that PS just may say screw it and use a 1TB SSD. If they could get approx 1TB of flash on board, it would end up basically the same. Having to buy an external HDD with the system wouldn't be any different than having to buy games or extra controllers or VR separately. More space for cooling would be great. PS5 could stand to be more quiet than PS4. PS could also continue to partner with other brands and have them make a certain model that fits the PS5 design and is an official PS5 drive. By that time $50 could probably get you a 4-6TB drive. Adding that to a $399/$449 PS5 retail price wouldn't be so bad. It would be a big change for PS not to try to pack everything into the console to keep things neat and tidy, but it would make sense. Having people get used to buying a separate external mass storage drive for PS5 would be a good way to eventually transition to having to buy an external optical drive for those that want physical games in the future as well. One step at a time maybe? |
I guess no matter how fast ssd prices fall its still cheaper to just dolder the nand flash chips on the board regardless. On the plus side they could tailor the speed of such a set up. And technically having the console ship with 1TB of nand flash but no HDD is still an all inclusive package. Some would even-argue that its cleaner.
