Seagate Shuri SE FireCuda External HDD - USB 3.2, Customizable RGB LED Cyan, Works with PC, Mac, Playstation, and Xbox, 1-yr Rescue Services (STLX2000402)

Takes less than 2 minutes to connect to my PS4. Plenty of storage. A+++

Plug in, format the drive, and you are good to go. For anyone not clear on format; the PS4 does it for you. Just follow the prompts in the system settings menu. The whole process literally only took a few minutes. The PS4 continues to operate the same, so the user view doesnt change. Once setup, just continue your normal routine. Heres the thing...this external HD does not go into a sleep mode on its own. It depends how you have your USB ports configured. This can also be adjusted in the system settings. Not a big deal, just something to be aware of. Especially if you dont want the external HD running 24/7. There are some great vid tutorials online for your reference.

This drive works as intended in terms of storage and the USB ports. The main issue I ran into is that the provided app for the lighting control does not work with all USB controllers (notably those using the Etron USB 3.0 controller chips). On my computer when I installed the app, it would see the drive but did not have any options for lighting control. I then tried it on my laptop and it worked, so I tried with the drive connected to another (non-USB 3) port on my PC and suddenly the lighting options appeared. Move the drive back to the USB 3 port and they disappear again. Came to the conclusion it had to be the ports, but all USB 3.0 ports had the same issue on my PC. Then I tried it on an old laptop at work that has the same Etron USB 3.0 controller as my home PCs motherboard, and sure enough the lighting options were missing. Its unlikely youd come across the issue on a modern PC as the USB controller chip in question is not found in recent PCs (the PC this is being used on is 10 years old), but be aware if youre using this with an older PC.

Took me some googling to figure out how to get my sons ps4 to recognize it but after I figured it out it works great

It was working great until I moved the gaming setup from the bedroom into the living room. Once it was turned on again the drive wasn’t even registering as connect to my PlayStation . But again, everything else about this purchase was actually quite awesome , and it ran perfect the entire time I had it …til it just didn’t. It’s like having a perfect girl and you’re in a perfect relationship …. Until you wake up one day and she’s left you with not a single explanation as to why …. And she took your bag with her

I would definitely recommend this product if you have a lot of ps4 games. This works great on ps5 too!

There is a lot of confusing information on the internet about what is it isn’t compatible with the PS5. This is from the seagate website: External drives on USB Hubs and External Drives with USB Hubs built-in are not compatible with PlayStation 5 (PS5). This includes the following Seagate products: Backup Plus Hub Backup Plus Hub for Mac FireCuda Gaming Hub FireCuda Gaming Dock Game Drive Hub for Xbox I think I was mislead because lots of websites seem to think just because it can be formatted to the PS5 standard of exfat it will work. Not true. Further the reviews on Amazon are all mixed together for a dozen different seagate products depending on which size drive you pick. Some work fine but the game hub style do not. If you want an 8 TB external storage drive for your PS5 buy the WD Black D10 8 TB. Do be aware you will not be able to play PS5 games from the drive. You can play PS4 games directly from an external drive but PS5 games must be installed on the internal drive. You can buy an SSD to expand internal storage. All that said I want to mention the the seller was great, very responsive and helpful. 5 stars to them. 1 star to the confusing mix of reviews on Amazon and the internet at large

If this drive is a USB 3.2 then its an awfully slow one. Below are CrystalDiskMark results of this FireCuda drive, a USB 3.0 external hard drive and an actual USB 3.2 external SSD, shown in that order. These drives were all hooked up to the same USB A jack on my interface card, which is supposed to be USB 3.2, even though the driver says 3.1. The SSD (last image) shows the interface is well capable of 1Gbs read and write transfers. The USB 3.0 drive (second image) is actually a tad faster than this FireCuda (first image) except when it comes to random read/write, which are always really slow on mechanical hard drives. Im only writing this review to alert potential buyers that the USB 3.2 selling bullet is pretty much useless and deceptive. You will be getting nothing faster than a USB 3.0 drive. Im only keeping mine because an 8TB external hard drive with RGB priced at $170 is a decent deal.

Product is great and delivers as expected. Amazon shipping was ridiculous. Ordered day before Xmas with an arrival date of 1/5. Didnt arrive until 1/19. Amazon shipping sucks. If possible,locate the product in store instead of waiting.

Haven’t transferred files to it yet but it is connected and formated