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USB HDD: a cost saving measure: they already have a usb bus, why add sata on as well? we're talking a platform that's going to last for a decade possibly... ar

USB HDD: a cost saving measure: they already have a usb bus, why add sata on as well? we're talking a platform that's going to last for a decade possibly... arm soc southbridge also not a surprise, xbox one has something similar. enables the console's rest mode to be "smart"

djsumdog 10y ago
But in the talk he says the BlueRay player is hooked to the SATA bus. There is a SATA bus on there. I know the xBox one hard drives are removable. Are PS4s the same way? (I haven't owned either; more a PC gamer). Maybe with their device hacks, USB was easier to plug-n-play than SATA?
- subliminalpanda 10y ago
  PS4 hdd is indeed removable/upgradable. I swapped my 500gb for a 2tb. Sony even gives out instructions on how to do it: https://support.us.playstation.com/articles/en_US/KC_Article/Upgrade-PS4-HDD https://support.us.playstation.com/articles/en_US/KC_Article...
- 0xcde4c3db 10y ago
  My WAG (all points are conjecture): 1) There's only one SATA port on the southbridge. 2) USB-SATA chips are cheaper than SATA port multiplier chips. 3) They needed a USB hub anyway for other stuff.
  - rasz_pl 10y ago
    Those Marvel SoCs are build on NAS oriented IP, they have tons of SATA ports onboard.