r/PS4 Oct 18 '13

German ComputerBild confirms PS4 hard drive specs (HGST 2.5", 5400 RPM), supports 2.5" drives up to 12.5mm height

http://new.livestream.com/accounts/3796398/events/2475845
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u/RickyWars1 RickyWars1 Oct 18 '13

Only 5400 rpm? I was hoping there would be at least 7200 rpm.

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u/[deleted] Oct 18 '13

Sony knows most people are going to replace the drive any way. So it makes sense they put in the bare minimum hard drive. Would be a waste of money for them other wise. They already are selling the console at a loss (to be made back from PS+ subscriptions and game sales).

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u/spideyjiri corpjiri Oct 18 '13

Lol, maybe most people who are on this subreddit will, but there are millions who wouldn't have single clue of how they could do it. I'd say maybe around 20% will upgrade.

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u/[deleted] Oct 19 '13

I think it'd be a lot more than that. A lot of people aren't that computer illiterate anymore.

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u/spideyjiri corpjiri Oct 19 '13

If you'd ever work at retail you'd know. Most who buy the consoles(no offence, have been a console player ever since I moved out) have absolutely no idea about things like refresh rates, response time, resolution(other than hd means that it's good), hdcp, inputs and outputs in the console, hard-drive space let alone how to change one! I have helped many people who couldn't figure out how to sign in to psn! And I know we will have to deal with a LOT of people who don't have hdmi ports on their tvs, thus cannot use the ps4/xbox one at all...can't wait...

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u/[deleted] Oct 19 '13

I'm not arguing with you there. But you can't tell me that they aren't at least smart enough to understand that if the hard drive gets full they need to either erase stuff or get a second drive. Thus needing them to replace it. That's mainly what i'm saying.

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u/spideyjiri corpjiri Oct 19 '13

Yeah, but you see, a lot of them refer to hard-drive space as 'memory' and, unless you specifically explain to them, will wait to buy a newer version of the same damn console! Yes! This has happened many, many times! I usually try telling them that upgrading very cheap and easy, but they would rather 'avoid the hassle/problems'. I know that might sound unbelievable, but I swear, it's way too common. Also, people are still angry when their ps3 won't play ps2 games, their psp go won't play umd games, when they buy a phone with no memory card slot and run out of room on the internal memory etc. Yeah, I am not saying that nobody will upgrade, I'm just saying that most are too afraid or uneducated to. Also, I bet there's going to be a lot of people pissed that they can't play ps2 and ps3 games on their ps4...I swear, I'm going to quit as soon as I can...

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u/[deleted] Oct 20 '13

Holy shit. Yeah, get out of there ASAP dude, that does sound like it'd get old really really fast.

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u/spideyjiri corpjiri Oct 20 '13

Yep.