{"id":14982,"date":"2021-04-13T12:24:54","date_gmt":"2021-04-13T12:24:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/ps5-major-update-enables-ps5-games-stored-usb-drives"},"modified":"2024-07-19T07:02:40","modified_gmt":"2024-07-19T07:02:40","slug":"ps5-major-update-enables-ps5-games-stored-usb-drives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/hardware\/ps5-major-update-enables-ps5-games-stored-usb-drives","title":{"rendered":"PS5 major update arriving tomorrow, enables PS5 games to be stored on USB drives"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sony has announced the first key update to the PS5 system arrives Wednesday 14th April, which allows you to store PS5 games on an external USB drive.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Since the launch of the PS5 in November, it&rsquo;s only been possible to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/ps5\/do-ps4-external-hard-drives-work-ps5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">store PS4 games on external hard drives<\/a>. That&rsquo;s set to change however in a new update, so you don&rsquo;t have to simply delete games when your internal storage is full.<\/p>\n<p>There are some caveats however, as outlined in a <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.playstation.com\/2021\/04\/13\/ps5-april-update-brings-new-storage-options-and-social-features\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">PlayStation blog post<\/a>. You cannot play PS5 games from external hard drive as the game&rsquo;s are designed to take advantage of the SSD built into the console. You can&rsquo;t directly download games to the external device either.<\/p>\n<p>The main upside to storing PS5 games on an external drive is it&rsquo;s much quicker to copy it from there than downloading it again from the PlayStation Store.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/video-games\/oddworld-soulstorm-review-abe-return-rough-comeback\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Oddworld: Soulstorm review: Abe&rsquo;s return is a rough comeback<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-cf.ginx.tv\/imgcdn\/OZhE0KeodTJKm0QEOM_ilJ4PGITSdPQZyPuGc0rRYIk\/rs:fill:0:0:1\/g:ce\/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ2lueC50di91cGxvYWRzMi9QUzVfaGFyZHdhcmUvUFM1X3N0b3JhZ2VfdXBkYXRlXzIuanBn\" alt=\"PS5_storage_update_2\" width=\"1024\" height=\"581\" loading=\"lazy\"><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">You can soon store PS5 games on an external drive (Picture: Sony)&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Sony also states they&rsquo;re working on supporting storage expansion via M.2 drives, which is set to arrive in a future update.<\/p>\n<p>Other new features in the update include cross-generation share play, meaning PS4 and PS5 players can now use the share play function across systems. A request to join game session option is also being added, for a quicker route to join friends in games.<\/p>\n<p>The update adds quality-of-life improvements to the Game Base, with quicker switches between parties, along with the ability to turn notifications off. Options to quickly disable game chat, pre-download updates, customise your game library by hiding games, and change the zoom magnification on the home screen, are also coming.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-cf.ginx.tv\/imgcdn\/HPLiN89U_Hh0G9gUShraH4zCZn7MsJtywT33ULYfLXU\/rs:fill:0:0:1\/g:ce\/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ2lueC50di91cGxvYWRzMi9QUzVfaGFyZHdhcmUvUFM1X3N0b3JhZ2VfdXBkYXRlLmpwZw\" alt=\"PS5_storage_update\" width=\"1024\" height=\"708\" loading=\"lazy\"><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">The new Trophy Stats screen (Picture: Sony)&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The final key change is to Trophy settings, although it&rsquo;s perhaps not the overhaul many are hoping for. You can now customise whether you want certain levels of trophies to capture screenshots or video, so it&rsquo;ll record footage when you earn a Platinum for example. There&rsquo;s also a Trophy Stats screen, which gives you a quick summary of your Trophies.<\/p>\n<p>More updates are also being rolled out across the PlayStation App in the coming weeks, so you can join a multiplayer game on PS5 from the app, manage your PS5 console storage and compare trophy lists with friends.<\/p>\n<p>The PS5 update is set to roll out on Wednesday 14th April.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sony has announced the first key update to the PS5 system arrives Wednesday 14th April, which allows you to store PS5 games on an external&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":601,"featured_media":14983,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14982","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hardware","content_type-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.9 - 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