MS Executive says Devs will need to learn how to work around Slower SSD on XSX

[DonFerrari]

shikamaru317 said:

padib said:

His post was mostly interesting and correct, except for the point about the SSD swapping (we know it's not true from the road to PS5 video).

Wait, are you telling me that PS5 doesn't have 2nd, empty internal SSD slot? I could have swore I read somewhere that it does. If it only has the one slot, that is even worse than I thought. It would mean that you will have to replace the 825 GB one it comes with with something larger in order to get more storage, which will be even more expensive. On XSX, you should be able to buy a 1 TB SSD cartridge to pop in the expansion slot on the back for about $150 (the price of a 1 TB NVMe SSD currently), doubling your maximum storage from 1 TB to 2 TB. On PS5 you would have to wait until SSD's as fast as the internal one are available off the shelf, and then buy a 2 TB one, which would likely cost $300+, if not $400+. 

Sony didn't show the console yet and didn't mention a bay but I think there isn't one, you either use external drive or replace internal.