Kadve
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Was looking up some stuff regarding the current gen consoles (Mostly a PC gamer so haven't bought either yet) and found out that neither SSD are user replaceable (the PS5 SSD even being soldered onto the motherboard).
While that's bad enough then i also found articles claiming that each SSD is actually locked to the console it shipped with, and thought that it cant be true right?
Electronics fail, that's just the nature of things. Usually when that happens you can fix it by replacing the part with one from another console. But this would imply that ~20 years from now when Sony/MS has stopped support for their current consoles, they have a chance of becoming unfixable bricks?
While that's bad enough then i also found articles claiming that each SSD is actually locked to the console it shipped with, and thought that it cant be true right?
Cloned Xbox Series X internal SSDs can work on other Series X consoles
Internal Xbox Series X SSD drives can only be be used as internal SSDs in other Xbox Series X consoles if they are cloned.
www.tweaktown.com
Playstation 5 soldered 825 GB SSD puts a hard limit on the lifespan of each retail unit
What will happen when the internal SSD inevitably dies? We're not so sure. Whereas the primary drives in the PS3 and PS4 could all be easily replaced, the fixed SSD in the PS5 could be an issue far into the lifespan of the system.
www.notebookcheck.net
Electronics fail, that's just the nature of things. Usually when that happens you can fix it by replacing the part with one from another console. But this would imply that ~20 years from now when Sony/MS has stopped support for their current consoles, they have a chance of becoming unfixable bricks?