People are downloading more games than ever onto their consoles – here’s how to make room for all of them
Like the Xbox One, the original PlayStation 4 shipped with a 500GB hard drive, which can fill up quickly if you get larger titles, like the console-exclusive, which takes up 39.48GB of space. The PlayStation 4 is the only current-generation console that lets up upgrade its internal hard drive or plug in an external one.
If you choose to go the external storage route, the Western Digital drive we recommended for the Xbox One is the way you should go. Setting it up requires four steps. First, plug the external hard drive into one of your PlayStation 4’s USB ports. Next, go to Settings, Devices, USB Storage Devices, and choose your drive. Then, click format, which will prepare the drive for use. Finally, go to Settings, Storage, Application Install Location, and choose Extended Storage.
If you don’t mind a little DIY project, upgrading its internal hard drive isn’t very difficult. You’ll need a 2.5-inch SATA drive , and we’re recommending Seagate’s 2TB BarraCuda model. It fits all of Sony’s requirements, and is big enough to hold a large game library without taking up one of the console’s USB ports. This drive is compatible with both the PlayStation 4, PlayStation 4 Slim, and PlayStation 4 Pro, so you don’t have to worry about which specific version of the console you have.
Because this process requires you to take apart your console , we recommend following Sony’s official instructions. You can find a step-by-step breakdown for the PlayStation 4 Slim and PlayStation 4 Pro on their website, and you should follow it exactly to avoid damaging your system. I’ve upgraded the hard drive on the original PlayStation 4 myself, and making the swap only took me about 15 minutes. Sony does recommend transferring data off of your current hard drive to an external one, then transferring data over to your new drive, which can take a little while. This can take a while if you have a lot of games, but you only have to be physically present for about a half hour.
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