For several days it is possible to install an additional SSD memory on SS5, thanks to the release of the update software that has enabled the use of the expansion port M.2 of Sony’s home console. One of the peculiar features of PlayStation 5 concerns the possibility of installing any compatible memory since the console does not use a proprietary port and therefore supports the same components available also for the PC world (and the choice is really wide, as we have listed in our guide).
Curiously, Sony has not released or chosen an official SSD for PS5, despite Nextorage – a company controlled by the Japanese house – has presented its new SSD equipped with an integrated heatsink just a short distance from the release of the firmware for PS5. The timing with which these two events took place is certainly not a coincidence, however, the new SSDs of the Nextorage NEM-PA series (two 1 and 2 TB drives) do not have any certification or branding dedicated to PS5.
Nextorage accompanied the release of SSDs with the publication of a small advertising film, in which compatibility with PS5 is mentioned, but always referring to the absence of official licenses (despite the proximity of the two companies) and guaranteed support for the various PS5 titles: in short, it almost seems that Nextorage wants to distance itself and immediately make clear its total extraneousness to PlayStation 5.
Those who had the opportunity to test the SSDs in preview also confirmed how the memories are compatible with PS5 and that both the design and the dimensions seem to have been made to perfectly match those of the additional compartment in the console. Even the technical specifications are adequate to those required by Sony for the additional memory of the PS5, as they exceed the minimum values and reach 7,300 MB/s reading (nominal value).
In short, Sony actually has an official SSD available for PS5, but it seems not to want to market it in this way. Not that it’s a problem, since – for now – Nextorage memories are only available in Japan and cost anything but competitive. There is talk of 36,444 yen for the 1 TB version which corresponds to about 283 euros, therefore almost 100 euros over the average cost of an SSD with the same specifications as the competition.
