Microsoft will allow manufacturers other than Seagate to make Xbox expansion cards

[drkohler]

mutantsushi said:

drkohler said:

I'm still curious to know what would happen if I inserted a "cheap" 3-4GB/s ssd into the PS5. Would it be refused or would I simply wait 2.56s instead of 1.45s loading a game?

If an expansion drive (SSD or hard drive) doesn't meet Sony's spec (which is actually faster than Sony's built in SSD because reasons) then you can still STORE PS5 games on it, but you can't play the game from that location.

Listen carefully what Cerny said in his talk.

At this point, nothing prevents you from inserting a cheap ssd drive. The only problem is your drive will not fulfill the demands of games especially built for the internal ssd's speed. (Hint: All multiplats might have the XSX's ssd speed as reference....)

So will Sony actually disable "cheap" ssds or not? What would the ambulance chaser faction of America Lawyer Inc. say to that?