Other additions include a Request to Join function on PS4 and PS5, and an improved Game Base menu for easier switching between your Party and other friends. Support for virtual couch co-op is also enabled. This means PS5 owners can let a friend on PS4 view their game or even join in. 'We're currently working on this feature and will keep you posted with any updates on PlayStation Blog.' How you'll move games to USB storage on PS5.Īnother big feature added tomorrow is the ability for cross-generation Share Play.

'As previously announced, the PS5 console will support storage expansion via M.2 drives in the future,' PlayStation's Hideaki Nishino said today. There's still no word on when PS5 will support SSD drives. Also, games stored on USB drives will not automatically be updated until transferred back to your SSD.įinally, Sony says some games will allow you to move portions of them to USB and not others (again, naming no names, but Call of Duty springs to mind). You can't download games straight to a USB drive, so you will still need space before shuffling them over.

This is a far better solution than having to delete and redownload them again whenever Call of Duty needs an update and you run out of storage capacity. ORIGINAL STORY 13/4/21: A big PlayStation 5 system update will arrive tomorrow, Sony has announced, and finally let you move games onto external USB storage.Īs expected, you won't be able to play PS5 games from that external USB storage, but you can shuffle them back and forth.

The patch's big announced features - USB storage and cross-generation Share Play - are detailed in full below. 120Hz support for 1080p PC monitors is also now supported.įinally, there's options to link your console and TV's power - so your TV switches on when you power up your PS5, or your PS5 powers into rest mode when you turn off your telly. There's an option for the PS5 to automatically switch off HDR features when the console detects non-HDR content. UPDATE 14/4/21: You can now download Sony's big PlayStation 5 system software update - which also contains a couple of previously unannounced features (thanks, The Verge).

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