How To Play PS4 Games on Portable External Hard Drive on PS4 & PS5 While Also Playing The Same Game

[Music] so i've been experimenting and testing out using a hard drive that i've owned for almost three years now with storing and playing ps4 games on it while at the same time playing those ps4 games on that hard drive on the ps5 the external hard drive that i'm using is a usb 3.0 seagate portable external 5 terabyte hard drive i bought this back in february of 2018 and yes i can confirm that it does work with the ps5 along with the ps4 and that you can play directly from this drive i have provided my amazon affiliate link on this particular drive in the video description below this 5 terabyte drive costs 167 but i have also provided the links to the smaller and less expensive versions as well if plugging into either the ps4 or ps5 for the very first time the console will notify you that you need to format the hard drive as an extended storage drive before you start downloading a new ps4 game or a ps4 game located in your library onto the hard drive you must first set the ps4 or ps5 to install ps4 games onto the extended storage drive on the ps4 from the dashboard go to settings storage [Music] go down to extended storage press the option button on the controller select application install location and select extended storage on the ps5 from the dashboard go to settings storage extended storage and here is the on off toggle switch right is on and left is off so now using the included usb 3.0 cable that the drive came with you can plug it into the front of your ps4 in one of the two usb ports or into one of the usb ports in the back of the ps5 and you can download and save your game applications to this hard drive once you've done this you can now easily start up any of the games you've downloaded and stored onto the external hard drive so now using the included usb 3.0 cable that the drive came with you can plug it into the front of your ps4 in one of the two usb ports or into one of the usb ports in the back of the ps5 and you can download and save your game applications to this hard drive once you've done this you can now easily start up any of the games you've downloaded and stored onto the external hard drive please take note though save game data does not save onto the external drive meaning for example if you start playing on the ps5 and save your game and turn off the console and for whatever reason you want to continue playing that specific game back on the ps4 the saved game data stays on the ps5 and once you plug in that hard drive into the ps4 and start up that game you will actually be starting up a new save game data file same goes the other way around if you start the ps4 game on the ps4 console then want to save and pick back up on the ps5 if you want to bring your saved game data file over to the other console though while playing off of the external hard drive you will need a usb stick to save the saved game data file to on the ps5 with the usb drive plugged into the front usb port go into settings save data and game app settings data ps4 console storage then copy to usb drive select your saved game data from the specific game or games using the check box then select copy it will ask you if you want to overwrite the saved data on the usb drive and you want to select yes for each saved game data file on the ps4 go to settings application save data management save data in system storage copy to usb storage device press the option button on the controller to select multiple games go to copy then select yes to overwrite the data [Music] after you've done this now you can plug that external hard drive over to the other console and also plugging in the usb stick with the save game data file into the front of that console and you can continue playing the same same game please note going back and forth to each console you will need to remember to transfer the same game data file onto the usb stick every time this may not be something most people would want to do as it is a process even though it's just a few steps but it is definitely a useful hack for those that would play the same game going back and forth from the ps4 to the ps5 and vice versa one scenario this may be useful for is if you have your ps4 in your bedroom while your ps5 is in the living room so that's my take on this little hack plus letting you all know of an external hard drive that is compatible with both consoles once again i have provided amazon affiliate links in the video description below of this specific seagate external hard drive purchasing these drives from those links helps support my channel and making my videos as i earn a little commission from them so thank you in advance if you enjoyed watching this video hitting the like button goes a long way and helps youtube recommend my video leave any comments or questions down below and if you haven't already please consider subscribing to my channel and ring that notifications bell so you can stay on top of all the content i put out i'm avionics i'll see you in the 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Channel: Avionyx

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Keywords: sony, sony playstation, playstation, playstation 4, playstation 5, ps4, ps5, hard drive, external, external hard drive, hd, usb, usb flash drive, usb stick, usb memory, save game data, saved game data ps4, saved game data ps4 to ps5, saved game data ps5, tutorial, how to, ps4 to ps5, ps5 ps4, can my ps4 hard drive work on ps5, portable hard drive, portable external hard drive

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Length: 5min 46sec (346 seconds)

Published: Fri Nov 20 2020