In the old days, game consoles did not have hard disks, so you had to use something called a 'memory card' to store your progress. Otherwise, you had to start from scratch every time.

These days, hard disks, or in the case of the upcoming next-generation game consoles, SSDs, are the norm. But limited space means you probably want to expand it, and we had an idea of how much it would cost for a prospective PS5 owner.

With the launch of the PS5 just a few weeks away, retailers are already poised to have everything gamers need to set it up. Walmart is also getting ready to upgrade its SSDs.

If the tag is legitimate, a 500GB PS5-compatible SSD would cost $115 (plus tax), not too much more than the price of a comparable SSD for a PC, but the PS5 will likely require a more specialized hard drive, and specialization will increase the price .

However, at $115 per 500GB, the price is about the same as the cost of a 1TB expansion storage drive for the Xbox Series X.

The only problem here is that we still don't know much about how PS5 storage expansion will work This means that Sony has been letting users swap out hard drives since the days of the PS3, and judging from the PS5 teardown video, it appears that this time will be no different. The storage expansion slot is located just under the cover, but still not something that can be done on the fly. Comparatively, the Xbox Series X's expandable storage card is a simple plug-and-play external drive.

Given that the PS5 has an 825GB SSD, you will want to upgrade, as it seems to offer only 625GB of capacity. While this doesn't make up for the fact that there is no option to play PS5 games from an external USB drive, the good news is that the price is slightly lower than Microsoft's offering.

For now, it is good to see a PS5 SSD coming soon. The only question is who will manufacture the drives; the more companies that produce PS5 compatible drives, the more competition there will be. If this happens, it will make it inevitable that prices will drop in a way that one company alone cannot obtain. Expectations.