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PlayStation 5 owners may want to look into adding an M.2 NVMe SSD to their next-gen console even if they feel that the system’s arguably paltry 825 GB (667 GB available) of internal storage might be adequate for their game library.
Digital Foundry took the new beta firmware 2.0 update that enables the PS5’s expansion slot for a spin this weekend and ended up with some interesting results that went beyond mere parity between the two storage options.
One of the more surprising discoveries is that the expansion drive seems to load select backward-compatible PS4 titles noticeably faster than the PS5’s internal storage. These include CD PROJEKT RED’s The Witcher 3, whose Novigrad Centre loaded seconds faster than the internal drive. Bethesda’s Fallout 4 also saw some improvements in loading times, with the Commonwealth and Diamond City areas loading one to two...
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