Kubukeka sengathi lezi zindaba azisoze zafika kepha ekugcineni abakwaSony benze isitatimende ku iwebhusayithi esemthethweni lapho ekhangisa khona ikhono lokwengeza i-hard drive yangaphandle kusibuyekezo esilandelayo. Lokhu ngokungangabazeki kungenye yezindaba ezilindelwe kakhulu kubasebenzisi be-PlayStation 4 njengoba i-console iqhubeka nokuthengiswa nge-hard drive engu-500 GB kanye ne-hard drive engu-1 TB, kepha imidlalo ithatha isikhala esiningi futhi bekusobala ukuthi isilinganiso salolu hlobo bekudingeka namuhla. Ngakho-ke uma sekukhishwe isibuyekezo sohlelo lokusebenza i-4.50, abasebenzisi bazobona ukusekelwa kwe-hard drive yangaphandle esetshenzisiwe.
Ngomqondo amandla aphezulu wale hard drive azoba ngu-8 TB ngokuxhuma kwe-USB 3.0 ukuze abasebenzisi bakwazi ukujabulela isikhala esithe xaxa kukhonsoli yemidlalo. Uhlobo lwe-500 GB belulokhu luluhlobo oluthile oluyindlala futhi njengoba ngishilo ekuqaleni, inguqulo ye-1 TB ibivele isishoda kakhulu nangenxa yesikhala imidlalo ekuso njengamanje. Lokhu kuzophinda kuvimbele abasebenzisi ukuthi bashintshe i-hard drive yangaphakathi yize benedrayivu yangaphandle yokuhamba nayo uma kwenzeka behambisa ikhonsoli.
Ngokuxhuma i-hard drive yangaphandle, uzokwazi ukufinyelela kukho konke kusuka kusikrini sasekhaya sePS4, njengenjwayelo. Ngaphezu kokuthuthuka okulindelwe nokufunwa yibo bonke abanikazi bale khonsoli, inkampani ingeza kulokhu kubuyekeza inketho yokwengeza amaphephadonga ukuze ivumelane nomsebenzisi kanye nenketho yokubuka ama-movie e-3D nezibuko ze-PlayStation VR. Le nguqulo iza kusukela kusasa ngefomu le-beta elinegama lekhodi: Sasuke, kubasebenzisi abakhethiwe nakusasa eliseduze labo bonke abanye abasebenzisi.