When the PS5 was first announced, there was some criticism of Sony’s decision to use non-proprietary expandable storage. This is because, rather than simply plug in an extra SSD, the manufacturer required you to open up your console, install heat sinks, and perform other “complicated” tasks more associated with building computers. The upshot, of course, was always that the prices of the drives would drop dramatically – and that’s finally happened.
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Right now, you can grab a 1TB Samsung SSD for under $100 – and it includes a heatsink pre-installed. Other options from Western Digital are available as well: you’re looking at about $150 for an enormous 2TB of storage space. All of these drives are up to the specification the PS5 requires, so you can play native new-gen games on them with lightning fast loading times and no compromise. In some cases, you’re saving more than $200 compared to the MSRP.