It must be acknowledged that the PS5 is driving sales for SSD manufacturers, with NVMe PCIe Gen 4.0 drives being used as expandable memory for new game consoles. Manufacturers have successively released various models of M.2 SSDs with integrated cooling solutions, tailored to fit the storage expansion port in the PS5. Companies like WD, Seagate, and Gigabyte Aorus have all produced products that meet Sony's requirements for size and data transmission bandwidth to equip the PS5.

