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What? Ps3 and ps4s used 2.5 in form factor drives. They didn't need to be proprietary.
by LeoTinnitus 7y ago
What? Ps3 and ps4s used 2.5 in form factor drives. They didn't need to be proprietary.
- falcolas 7y agoThese new drives are using a different technology (though NVME is not proprietary), in a form factor that we've seen on the PC for awhile. They offer much more throughput than normal 2.5" form factor. They're attached to the PCI bus, not a separate disk controller on the motherboard.
- stordoff 7y agoDefinitely applies to the the Vita though. Proprietary cards, with 16GB being $60/£45 and 32GB being $100. They never really came down either - I paid £76 for a 64GB card in 2014.
- p1necone 7y agoI remember swapping my PS3 drive for a faster 1TB laptop drive, such a good upgrade. Likewise for sticking an SSD in a PS4, although I never got around to doing that.
- LeoTinnitus 7y agoWhen did you do that? If you said you did that in the late 00's I would call you nuts haha!
- p1necone 7y agoIt was pretty late in the lifecycle, probably around ps4 launch time. I'm one of those weird people that spends more time playing games on consoles from past generations than I do newer stuff.
- libertine 7y agoI meant the PSP and PS Vita lines.