Sony has just announced what will be the First big update for PS5, his new video game console. With it, the possibility of saving the games in an external USB storage unit will be enabled. An interesting option that was already needed, but there is a small but totally understandable option that you should know.
Sony will allow you to store PS5 games on external drives
Sony already has what will be the first major update to its recent PS5 console ready and ready for an imminent launch. It will be next April 14 (tomorrow) when it is launched and users who have been lucky enough to get a unit can update. But what news does it bring? Well, along with some improvements at the level of performance or bug fixes that they have been able to solve, the highlight will be something related to the storage of the games.
Thanks to this new update PS5 users will be able to save their games to an external storage drive connected via USB. And yes, you read that right, we are talking about storage. Therefore, the games that you have on that disc may not be executed And it's completely understandable.
That is, the PS5 makes use of a very fast internal storage unit that allows game loading times to be minimal. Trying or pretending that you can get the same performance using an external USB drive is impossible, so forget about the possibility of that happening now or in the future.
The only option to be able to expand that capacity and be able to run games would be by enabling the bay for M.2 SSD drives which the console has. But it will still be inactive after this update, so be patient if it's something you had in mind to do soon. What you can do is install ps4 games on an external usb drive
The good thing is that with this new possibility to store PS5 games is that you save the download process if by any chance you were running out of space on the internal disk. Also, the games stored on the external USB drive will be updated. Thus, by the time you feel like playing again, you will have everything you need to do so.
In addition to this, Sony also announced that PS4 and PS5 players will be able to share screen even having consoles of different generations. This option will allow you to pass a virtual controller to a friend or a second controller to play cooperative titles.
Interesting news that also adds to improvements in the app for mobile devices as well as other small details focused on the social theme with a new statistics and trophies screen, adjustment of the volume of other players or the ability to disable chat. Although surely many want more to be able to buy a console that is still difficult to find. So only those lucky ones who were able to buy it will enjoy this first update.
How to install the new PlayStation 5 update
The new Sony PlayStation update will be available tomorrow April 14 as we have already told you and you will practically not have to do anything. When the console connects to the internet, it will detect that this new software update is available and will give you the option to install it. If not, you could go to the settings and click on software update to search for updates.
Likewise, if doing the search process for said update manually does not appear anything, be patient and try again later. Because it will appear and you will have access to this new option.