Out of those of us getting PS4s at launch, how many are upgrading the hard drive out of the box?  If so, what are you putting in there?

I'm considering a 1TB SSHD (Solid State Hybrid Drive), but I wanted to get thoughts from others.

i intend to. 2TB is my goal (not SSD cause i'm not millionare).

i gave my pre-order to my cousin recently and he payed me back the money i spent, so i'm not exactly getting a PS4 at launch, but he's putting in a 2 TB HDD

SSHD or is he just getting a standard 2.5" SATA drive @ 7200 RPM?

I'm specifically interested in whether anybody has seen the SSHDs as being worth it.

I will wait for reviews to see if it actually makes a difference. The tests with the PS3 showed it didn't matter if it was an SSD or not, so it's worth waiting to see if that changes with the PS4.

I was thinking the same thing, though the backup/restore process is kind of a pain, so I was hoping to just do it at launch.  I guess I won't have a ton of data on there between now and the middle of next year...maybe I will wait.  Let others be the beta testers for once.

Is it bad? I've never done it. I was planning to move the PS4 drive to my PS3 and get a big (maybe SSD) one for the PS4, but only after I've seen reviews.

just a standard one. he doesn't think SSDs/SSHDs are worth the money and neither do i for that matter, i doubt they would increase loading times a lot in a console.

On PS3 if you have a lot of data it takes a pretty long time to backup and restore.  The physical replacement process is super easy though.  SSDs are far too expensive to be worth it for a size bump in the PS3 or PS4, though if SSHDs show a performance bump you get the best of both worlds with speed and affordability.

I'd rather not go with a Seagate so I'm waiting for Western Digital's drives to be on the market for awhile I guess.

I don't intent to (so far I'm not even having concrete plans for buying), but if I'd do, I think I'd also buy a SSHD.

That way, one gets the best of both worlds, and the price is just a little higher than a same capacity HDD.