How to Move PS5 Games to External Storage!

Learn How to move your PS5 Games to External Storage. The New April Update for the PS5 allows you to move games directly to an external HDD or SDD for storage to save space on the console for more PS5 games.
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[@techbymidas]

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[@ctm479]

Yo will they ever put an update where we could actually play PS5 games on the extended storage instead of copying back to the ps5

[@ticklememary992]

@@ctm479 not externally. Only with an internal ssd- which is still in beta. Not fully released

[@ticklememary992]

(as far as ps5 games. ps4 will still work on external)

[@19AGJ86]

This is one of the things I dislike about the PS5.

[@shadowmereplaysyt6971]

Just found that out as well. Plus we can't have dynamic themes in ps5 as well which sucks as well.

[@thesouthamerican.2282]

Cant game be stored on ssd? Instead of usb

[@Psycho-games_3.0]

It does it on all consoles

[@Ichabod_Jericho]

Plus the fact they had to engineer these locks in place. Otherwise we COULD play games from the external drive. But they’d rather find a way to monetize the value.

[@reganlee083]

Thank you, I think I get how to use the games through my game drive, I've just got a WD_black game drive and I was confused why I had to copy them back to the console because I thought I was running out of storage again 😅

[@GothicPunk007]

It's better to move the games rather than copying because you're creating two copies of the same game (and DLC). One in the internal HDD and the other one in the external HDD which will just eat up your storage even faster. Copying and moving takes about the same amount of time so moving will always be better than copying. I guess the downside is not being able to do anything on the PS5 until the data is done moving. If you copy the game back to the internal PS5 storage, you will have to re-download all DLC again and it's almost as if the game is being downloaded again to your console rather than just copying the data. Sony sure loves making everything complicated with the PS5.

[@vorten8163]

Thank you for pointing this out! I’m getting an external hardrive today and it’s a good thing I read your comment because I might have copied a game and messed up real bad. Thank you!

[@GothicPunk007]

@@vorten8163 No problem. Another issue with the external hardrive that Sony messed up in recent system updates is that the console no longer recognizes the external hardrive as soon as you turn on the console. I'm someone who always leaves the external hardrive plugged in to my PS5 and before the updates my PS4 games were ready to go and ready to play. Now, I need to wait a few minutes before I can play them as the console is reading the external hardrive and I get the USB icon in the top middle screen.

[@fahadal-hasan4463]

@@GothicPunk007 do you put your external harddrive at the back of the ps5's usb?

[@GothicPunk007]

@@fahadal-hasan4463 Yes.

[@voltgaming2213]

@@GothicPunk007 but for preservation of games or for carrying copies are great

[@leighjamescanham7500]

Came across this video when searching for advice regarding copying PS5 and PS4 games to an external hard drive. Very happy that I did and didn't have to go through the complicated and long winded jargon that I've come across during my search. I've subscribed to your channel. Thank you so much!

[@techbymidas]

I'm happy to hear you've found what you're looking for. Thanks for the watching and subscribing :)

[@Kale13000]

Thanks for the guide! I might use this when I get a PS5 so I don’t have to rely on redownloading games from the internet. I’m not entirely comfortable with my software not sitting on any of my devices, and it’ll be faster then downloading from the internet. Nice work

[@kentkatchem]

Way to go being the first reviewer of this update! Way to stay ahead of the pack, thanks for sharing!

[@techbymidas]

Thanks! I try to ger ahead of the news on things like these.

[@shekilrose1077]

@@techbymidas so basically if your ps5 games is stored on a hard drive you can only play them off the extended storage correct because the hd drive can not saved ps5 games it can only hold ps4 games.

[@b67a2011]

Bro , no joke I have been to your channel more often, you got your self a Subscriber , keep being to the point no bullshit 👍🏻

[@techbymidas]

🤜🏾

[@darthgamer6239]

So if I copy a game like Miles Morales from the external storage to the console storage does it take up console storage space as well as external storage space?

[@ladymirage3]

THANKS A BUNCH! I PREVIOUSLY USED MY SEAGATE FOR MY XBOX AND NOW WANTED TO USE IT FOR MY PS5. I REFORMATTED IT ON MY PC WITH ANOTHER KZbin TUTORIAL AND FOLLOWED YOURS AS WELL. WAS TRYING TO FIGURE THIS OUT FOR WEEKS ON MY OWN, LOL. DAMN CALL OF DUTY UPDATES EATING UP MY MEMORY!

[@robertambrandon65]

Thanks for showing g me how to put my game on my external drive. I’m not very savvy at this, so thank you so much for helping.

[@heathstory9655]

Yo man I appreciate it! I'm new to the PS5 and a guy at work recommended us grab a drive and start saving everything on there from the PS5. Thanks for making it easy!

[@ODRMO]

but then what's the point i can't even play the ps5 games without the normal storage so what's the point of adding ps5 games to the extended storage cuz then i have less storage in my extended storage

[@ForeverJustinn]

So when it’s time to copy that game you have to make sure there’s enough space in your console storage or you can jus move a game to the hard drive to make the space instead of deleting it somebody tell me if I’m making sense 🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️

[@Real_Alien]

So i can’t play ps5 games on the external disk ? 🥴

[@techbymidas]

No but you can if you install an m2 ssd internally. It's quite easy to do.

[@taker4ever92]

Great review can’t wait for you to review the last update for nvme m.2 slot when it drops

[@techbymidas]

Thanks! Can't wait for that update

[@itssstitchhh]

Brilliant tutorial, helped me to understand a lot!

[@DedricSilva]

I just got my PS5 last week and loving it, so i'm defintelly gonna get one to archive my ps5 and ps4 games and then put them back in console storage to play without having to re download it

[@fopal-gang7108]

I got that ssd boooooy and the external for the PS4 games lol

[@jamesleary1405]

I just recently finally git myself a ps5 because I was just so into my ps4 and wasn't really feeling the ps5. But I got one now and had to get a external hard drive and this video helped me alot thank you. I never needed any kinda hard drive for my ps4 as 1tb was enough for me. I'm still trying to figure my way through the ps5 though it's very confusing compared too the ps4 imo.

[@mrsplosh999]

Great video man! :) Just got a ps5 so defo gonna pick up a drive at some point. CBA downloading all the time

[@Bunzi-Boi]

Thank you so much! It was my birthday Today and I got an extended Storage device and this helped! But if you move it to the usb storage can you also move it back to the console storage

[@lordfrenchfries9530]

This helped a lot, Thank you!

[@anwarsyed9513]

Thanks for the help man I was pretty worried asaf I thought I lost all my game data 😢 lol u saved my life 😊

[@joealvarez9901]

Thank you for the tips! This was very helpful!

[@dont_try0285]

Why would they do this? Just let me download my damn games on the hard drive

[@Sicwitit_Squad]

Thank you bro. I was lost and getting mad. Much appreciated.

[@12AmJudo]

Dam I was moving it all the time to m da drive every time

[@12AmJudo]

And copying it all the time because I just got ps5

[@donnygurtner9949]

Man, Midas is just the best!

[@techbymidas]

You too! 🙂

[@jayeb8825]

Awesome, Useful video. Thanks.

[@arogamer7818]

Thanks it was really helpful !

[@techbymidas]

No problem! :)

[@mdubbgaming]

Nice! Thank you. How much faster is it to copy a PS5 game back from the SSD instead of just redownloading it? Wondering if it is worth the purchase or not.

[@matttibos2562]

So I can move a game from console storage to extended storage which is fine. But when I select copy it copies back onto the console storage so now the game is on both storages? The point is to take the game off the console storage

[@tikfa476]

So I just copied destiny 2 PS5 to an external HDD but when I click the copy button it now states its "downloading" not "copying"? Any ideas as to why this happened

[@trumpameri1638]

Ican't believe PlayStation make NEW console with so small memory capacity.... now my kids PS5 is 99% full and no more space for NEW ratchet and clank game....

[@adhlansentiana]

Is the ps5 games save data carried over when you moved them back to the console? (Can someone clarify this please)

[@xanderalex9911]

When you copy a ps5 game from the Home Screen, does it just give another version of the game thus taking up more storage or what

[@andymejia5456]

you mean to tell me that you got an external hard drive to store ps5 games, but you can’t play games off of the external, so you are forced to make a COPY of the game in order to play it?? completely cancelling out the entire point of having an external storage??

[@Mashtrocity17]

Thank you so much man helped so much

[@pannoci2049]

Thanks for this bro 🤜🏻

[@andreeassstangaciu8940]

Will I get my game saves by copying it back or will the game be like “new” without save data?

[@Dash7300-]

My question is does it take double the space or not?

[@GLOCKTOPUS_XVIII]

That’s man you saved me money. Bless you 🙏🏼

[@dylangomez5551]

Very helpful video. Thanks!

[@TrillAlpha]

Thank for The tutorial

[@Dame92322]

Soo I’m using all my extended storage to store my ps5 games just to copy them to system storage and take up that space aswell?

[@mickdenley]

I’ve seen some nice content from you recently you’ve just gained another subscriber 👍

[@techbymidas]

Thanks Mick! I appreciate that 🙏🏾

[@Staylecrate]

Great contant man! Quick and concise. Have you come across any ps4 games that wont load on the ps5? Btw the way you said you were using a WD 3.0 HDD and then you said SD. If it is HDD how have your load times been? Neglegable or does ir take a while?

[@RB-mb5sv]

Hey, when you copy a ps5 game from your external hard drive, does it still actually stay in your hard drive because you copied it because I see the games on both storages.

[@wrekers101]

Why is it that from the game library? I could play some games that are stored in USB extended storage without copying and then others I cannot.

[@AmmarVII]

Thanks bro! Very useful

[@phillekj377]

Thank god I watched this cause I was gonna move Cod, Spider-Man and Fortnite on my extended storage but good thing I looked it up first. 🙏🏾👍🏾

[@angelcividanes7146]

Thanks do more please ??🤔

[@salvadorjrchavez1667]

I’m confused a bit, when you copy a ps5 game does it still take up space in your internal storage? Also thanks for the help

[@salvadorjrchavez1667]

I just realized the point to copy games back is to keep them whenever you want to copy them back so it’s kinda useless in a way but I guess it still helps

[@cwilson1768]

It's dumb you can't play ps5 games from USB storage

[@joshhershberger9384]

great video man thanks

[@ArtLeywin_]

I’m so confused. I was trying to move modern warfare 3 on to a hard drive cuz I couldn’t update it with it making my storage full. I moved it over and now I can’t play it

[@percyliavasquez1003]

YO thanks man

[@neerajpathak_]

I also wants to buy but can't afford but its really cool bro🔥🔥

[@kaleekhazzard8737]

Write vexhack on Instagram he can help you

[@KrazyJR]

Okay I appreciate your advice and all, so this whole time, whenever you want to play a game, u have to copy it on your storage just so that u can delete it?

[@yaboiq2973]

Thanks my man!

[@splxz3368]

Wait so if I move modern warfare warzone that’s a PS4 game does that give me more space on my console storage?

[@Dro9291]

There’s no point really of having a hard drive then if we can’t play directly from it, can always keep the on library or physical discs

[@stijndegraaf2003]

Thanks man i'm was always struggling with downloading everything all over again. Very early update tho keep up the good work 😁

[@techbymidas]

Thanks man! 🙂

[@kodajunco]

Thank you so much

[@uvuvwevwevweonyetenyevweug6386]

Great content! But 10 min for moving a 40GB game? I just watched Mystic move 200GB data in 21 minutes, there seems to be quite some differences in which drive you use.

[@uvuvwevwevweonyetenyevweug6386]

Okay 5 second later I came to the section where you talked about it thanks bro for info

[@greatness7405]

Why can’t we see what you did to open the option to move not everyone is a super gamer some are new

[@Amarej4]

year late i don’t have the option to move the games to usb extended storage from the home screen how can i fix it ?

[@TeilhardGentillon]

Thanks for sharing!

[@techbymidas]

Absolutely!

[@JohnFisherChoir]

Cool, how long did the transfer take?

[@reasonablerage4370]

Thank you so much. From Canada btw

[@techbymidas]

Anytime! 🙂

[@qifatrahunt541]

How about save files? Can it be transfered to USB extended too?

[@Alexperrin98]

Why does have to be complicated I click copy and just keeps saying free up space

[@xlx-wraith-xlx3054]

So what does this why don’t i just play my ps5 games normally and just use the hard drive for storage?

[@ZachisDaBomb100]

I don't get what's the point of downloading ps5 games on extended storages if it still takes up space on the console itself as well

[@kk-yy8oi]

Thanks for the video.. so will a digital copy takes more space than a physical game? I realized that even if I purchase a physical disc game.. it will still need to I stall it to hard drive in order to play ... So dot hey both takes up the same amount of space? Thanks

[@TrollFootballer]

Do you reckon there'll be an update in the future that will allow us to play ps5 games straight off the hard drive?

[@techbymidas]

I don't think drives will be able to handle it. If anything, it'll be very specific external SSDs. Otherwise, I think onboard expandable storage is going to be it.

[@MrAlex8963]

I was mad at first because I couldn’t easily move everything over but it takes a little more work. I guess to move PS five games.

[@carterhockey12345]

Does it save your progress from the game when you move it?

[@mjpvlogz4247]

Ok so I can move ps5 and ps4 games on the drive as well?

[@jerryx2000]

You can move but cannot play from there

[@hr2401]

Thank you sir.

[@barryhalloran1]

When do u think we’ll be able To play ps5 games off the hard drive?

[@mg9887]

hey Midas i just wanted to ask if you can start streaming on you gaming channel again. also i got my ps5 and 2k so we can play now.

[@MessiAHbuss]

Do you have to copy EVERY time you want to play or do you just move it to the external drive, copy it, then you can play it whenever you want with most of the data being on the external drive

[@techbymidas]

Once it's copied off the PS5, You need to copy it back onto the internal drive to play the game again.

[@xandermartinez4654]

@@techbymidas that’s the dumbest thing ever I hate it cuz it pretty much defeats the whole purpose for transferring it so I can have space hopefully they fix that

[@Vaughn876]

@@xandermartinez4654 PS5 games are meant to take advantage of SSDs, not HDDs. So that's why you can't play PS5 games stored on external hard drives. It's unlikely that this will be something they 'fix'

[@xandermartinez4654]

@@Vaughn876 well its not doing a good job cuz i can barely have any ps5 games and my ps5 crashes all the time even after i do all the extra stuff to fix it might just sell it and wait for a newer one tbh 🤷🏽‍♂️😂

[@Itshevyhart]

@@xandermartinez4654 seriously playstation f*ckin sucks with this shit Xbox makes it so much simpler why can't playstation? Ohh right they don't care and wanna make everything harder on us playstation users

[@coaster8014]

Question you know you're save data where you can check on you're saved games is to the right on that it says console storage 506.9 gb should I worry about that? Also I have 633.5 free useable space for games as well I'm just worried about the space for save games.

[@dave9732]

Thanks for the help!

[@techbymidas]

Absolutely! Thanks for watching 🙏🏾

[@shekilrose1077]

@@techbymidas can you not used a segate external ps4 or ps4 pro memory card for the ps5

[@solidliquid9443]

So doesn’t it make it to where it’s downloaded on you console storage and external hard drive?

[@ghostplayz_yt4239]

Quick question will there be a time where ps5 games will be playable on the external hard drive?

[@niviichand6560]

fr bro hopefully, bc ps5 games take a lot of space and 1tb ain’t enough

[@Tuchbot]

Thank you

[@LucaMuntz]

How long do you reckon it took for that game then bro? Which was 40gb, 45 mins or so?

[@liamlane1165]

Just got PS5 and hogwarts legacy today and whilst I'm able to download the game easy enough, I can't move the game onto an hard drive. It is saying it's installing but yet the game is installed and I can play it. Can you tell me what I'm doing wrong here please

[@blazezelichowski6685]

I’m so confused. So now I can’t even play ps5 games in my external storage?? I don’t have space in my console storage to play all these games and my space is taken up by all ps5 games because I can’t transfer them.

[@celerymorales6664]

Could I do this and transfer my ps5 games from my steam deck from my external storage?

[@MyLftNut]

Its doesn't even give me an option to move games just to copy

[@Ldenlord]

can we do this on rest mode ??? that would be so much better quality of life

[@rapfaelezio6282]

Hi, do you have disc games installed? Are you able to move them to the external harddrive? And copy it back to ps5 without inserting the disc or do we need the disc in the ps5 to initiate transfer??

[@onslaught01]

So does that mean I ahve to buy a new external drive

[@rhinofn]

What happens if I have a game in my extended storage AND the PS5 content, can I delete it on my PS5 content and still use it? Because I barely have enough space in my PS5 storage

[@robbiemannino2851]

I have the same issue, did u fix yourS?

[@Duelistkingdom6270]

I have My Passport but doesn't appear on ps5 , what can I do ?

[@cielinteri5673]

Very informative....but what kind is the best for PS5 games. When I look it doesn't really specify. Unless both links works?

[@StockierPuppet1]

Biggest slap to the face of us consummers, then one download at a time then oh ur game or app can be played showing error code for ps4 game type up the error code update isnt up to date log into os4 current update for game and system same for ps5. By far the biggest disappointment ive ever seen!

[@derekwilhelm1555]

Whats the point of moving em if u cant play it that makes no sense