The Seagate Game Drive for PS5 5TB is an external hard drive that handles the storage limits of the PS5’s internal SSD, adding 5TB of room for games that won’t fit on the console. Officially licensed for PlayStation, the drive auto-recognizes when plugged in and works with both PS5 and PS4 consoles. Plug-and-play setup takes about two minutes through USB 3.2 Gen 1, with no power adapter required since the drive draws power from the console. A blue LED strip along the front matches the look of a typical PS5 setup, and the white finish blends with the console.
A massive amount of extra storage space for your PlayStation 5
This Seagate Game Drive can hold around 60 or more average-sized PS5 games on its 5TB. Older PS4 games typically take less space per title, so the same drive can store even more of them with room to spare. AAA titles can push past 100GB each, but you should be able to fit a large mixed library with a blend of indie titles, sports games, and older PS4 releases with no issue.
The caveat to this drive is that, on the PS5 side, it works as cold storage. Native PS5 games must be moved to the internal SSD before they can launch, since the console’s high-speed I/O architecture requires the internal NVMe for direct play. PS4 games install directly to the external drive and run from it without transferring first, including backward-compatible titles played through PS5. You can also move this drive between PS4 and PS5 if you’re looking to play your games on another console without needing to download them all over again.
The PS5 system settings menu handles drive formatting, file moves, and verification, with progress displayed on-screen during longer transfers. Moving a 100GB game between the internal SSD and the external drive takes a few minutes over USB 3.2 Gen 1, which is typically faster than redownloading the same game over the internet.
The trigger for buying something like this is usually a full PS5 internal drive that’s out of room for new games. The Seagate drive handles that storage pressure by giving you 5TB of archive space, which translates to 60+ PS5 titles or 100+ PS4 games sitting ready to swap in. At the $180 sale price compared to the $220 list, the per-game cost works out to about $3 per PS5 game or $1.80 per PS4 game stored. However, for anyone who specifically wants faster PS5 load times rather than more archive space, an internal NVMe SSD remains the suggested upgrade path.
