ard drive to this external hard drive. Will update if anything arises.

Edit: It had been a little over two months and its still working as intended. To answer a common question:
It works out of the box. Literally just plug it into your ps4 go to devices under settings then USB storage devices. It should pop up under there, select it then it will say "Format as extended storage" and select that. The support for external hard drives is absolutely great. If you have a TON of downloadable games then you can simply just have multiple external hard drives and download all you games to them. Then you can just plug in the external hard drive with the game you want and you're good to go. I highly recommend looking up how to set it up if you are still having trouble. It is very easy.

我买了2TB版本，它与PS4（当前版本4.50）一起工作。起初，起初它不支持它，但在我重新启动我的PS4后，它目前按预期工作。格式化后有1.84TB可用。将内部硬盘驱动器上的3个游戏（118.3 GB）转移到这个外部硬盘驱动器花了19分钟。如果有任何事情会更新。

追评：已经有两个多月了，它仍然按照预期工作。回答一个常见问题： 

它开箱即用。直接将其插入您的ps4到设备下的设备，然后USB存储设备。它应该会弹出来，选择它，然后它会说“格式化为扩展存储”，并选择它。对外部硬盘驱动器的支持是非常好的。如果你有很多要下载的游戏，那么你可以有多个外部硬盘驱动器，并下载所有的游戏给他们。然后，您可以使用您想要的游戏，插入外部硬盘驱动器就会很好的运行。如果您仍然遇到麻烦，我强烈建议您查看如何设置。这很容易。

is gone. Reviews here don't help much: you read 1 star review saying "drive arrived dead", then you have 5 star review saying "drive is great". Which one to trust? Especially since I would prefer "dead on arrival" HDD to one that dies after 1 year of working.

In my case - now that Nintendo Switch is coming - I wanted to download all digitally purchased games I have for Wii U and store them along with save games on one drive. Testing tech components is a hobby of mine and I've decided to go all in - purchasing 3 external HDD drives so I can test how they work and pick the best one. The drives I've tried out are:

WD 1TB Black My Passport Portable External Hard Drive - USB 3.0 - WDBYNN0010BBK-WESN
https://www.amazon.com/Black-Passport-Portable-External-Drive/dp/B01LQQHI8I/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&linkCode=ll1&tag=pers0nal-20&linkId=8ae37a7d7b9d5f8cf95b8b36f9e0e5e1

HGST Touro S 1TB 7200RPM High-Performance Portable Drive, Platinum (0S03694)
https://www.amazon.com/HGST-High-Performance-Portable-Platinum-0S03694/dp/B00IVFDQFM/ref=as_li_ss_tl?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1487637450&sr=1-1&keywords=hgst+external+1tb&linkCode=ll1&tag=pers0nal-20&linkId=d813ac13cad5cfa89dd1cbc0bd5e087e

Seagate Expansion 1TB Portable External Hard Drive USB 3.0 (STEA1000400)
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00TKFEEAS/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&linkCode=ll1&tag=pers0nal-20&linkId=760fd69a7e53bfff98e624d465627daf

Now, on the Seagate drive I'm reviewing here - it's pretty solid HDD. Read/write statistics (90+MB/s) are great for the price. HGST (Hitachi) Touro beats it performance-wise but it's $30+ more expensive. What is more important are peripherals - HGST spins on 7200 rpm so it also draws more power. Which is quite important because of known problems with Wii U supplying enough power though it's USB ports. Y cable is a must for worry free operation regardless of which external drive you pick for your Wii U:

https://www.amazon.com/Micro-B-External-Seagate-Toshiba-Hitachi/dp/B005M0ICG2/ref=as_li_ss_tl?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1487708286&sr=1-1&keywords=y+cable+wii+u&linkCode=ll1&tag=codeproject-20&linkId=cbd46736cfae87a00345b789f6fc5907

During normal usage I couldn't notice any difference between 3 HDDs on Wii U. Probable cause are 2.0 USB ports that are on Wii U - simply there is not enough throughput for performance differences to be visible.

The biggest issue I have with Seagate is historical fail rate. Few years ago Seagate drives had 15%+ fail rate which is catastrophic. I bought Seagate Central HDD in 2013 only to replace it a year later. That's also why I got WD and HGST to test - historically those brands have lower fail rates for their drives. HGST is way better than both Seagate and WD; but unfortunately you won't find it in stock here on Amazon as much as Seagate and WD. This is probably because WD owns HGST/Hitachi and wants to push WD as consumer brand.

In the end, my pick is WD 1TB Black My Passport. Looking at historic data, warranty info and number of 1 star reviews here on Amazon I felt more confident in storing data on that drive. Seagate HDD is solid pick and great value, but if for same amount of money you can get hard drive that has lower fail rate and better warranty - why wouldn't you buy it instead?

I avoid linking externally from Amazon because those often get edited out of review. But if you want more data - like historic fail rates, more testing info and answers to your questions, leave a comment on this review and I'll be glad to respond and help! And if this review helped you, please like it ;). Here are also answers to few questions that I see are often asked on this HDD:

* This drive will work as expansion storage for consoles. This includes Wii U, PS4, Xbox One. So will WD drive that I recommend.

* You can no longer use this HDD to replace PS4 internal hard drive. Seagate has removed internal SATA connection. I am somewhat confused why people were doing this. 7200 RPM laptop drives would be much better choice because of performance considerations. Like this one: https://www.amazon.com/Black-Performance-Mobile-Hard-Drive/dp/B01DOL05OC/ref=as_li_ss_tl?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1487707269&sr=1-3&keywords=wd+hard+drive+laptop&linkCode=ll1&tag=codeproject-20&linkId=c409c09ff004693c145d4790073d011e

* This drive is compatible with Mac OS X, backwards compatible with USB 2.0, etc. In a nutshell this is standard 2.5 inch (laptop) NTFS-formatted, 5400 RPM HDD with USB instead of SATA interface.

我经常抱怨亚马逊对于技术产品的评级系统，这款外部USB硬盘就很充分地体现了这个问题。 简单来说，市场很饱和，有很多产品可供选择，而“挑错”的影响是相当深刻的。 你可以想象当一天起来发现你的数据已经消失是多么糟糕的事情。这里的买家评论没有什么帮助：有1星评论说“硬盘很差”，有5星评论说“硬盘很棒”，我们该相信哪一个？然而我宁愿相信硬盘很差，因为我的驱动器就在使用一年后坏掉了。

在我的情况下 - 我想下载所有数字购买的Wii U游戏，并将其存储在一个硬盘上。 测试技术组件是我的一个兴趣，我决定全部购买3个外部硬盘驱动器，以便我可以测试它们的工作原理并选择最佳的驱动器。 我试过的驱动器有：

WD 1TB黑色我的护照便携式外置硬盘 - USB 3.0 - WDBYNN1010BBK-WESN

https://www.amazon.com/Black-Passport-Portable-External-Drive/dp/B01LQQHI8I/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&linkCode=ll1&tag=pers0nal-20&linkId=8ae37a7d7b9d5f8cf95b8b36f9e0e5e1

HGST Touro S 1TB 7200RPM高性能便携式驱动器，铂金（0S03694） 

https://www.amazon.com/HGST-High-Performance-Portable-Platinum-0S03694/dp/B00IVFDQFM/ref=as_li_ss_tl?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1487637450&sr=1-1&keywords=hgst+external+1tb&linkCode=ll1&tag= pers0nal-20＆LINKID = d813ac13cad5cfa89dd1cbc0bd5e087e

希捷扩展1TB便携式外置硬盘驱动器USB 3.0（STEA1000400） 

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00TKFEEAS/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&linkCode=ll1&tag=pers0nal-20&linkId=760fd69a7e53bfff98e624d465627daf

现在，在这个希捷驱动器上我正在回想使用的体验 - 这是非常坚实的硬盘。读/写统计（90 + MB / s），价格很不错。HGST（日立）Touro在性能方面表现优异，但价格高达30美元。更重要的是外设--HGST在7200 rpm上旋转，所以它也会耗费更多的电量。这是非常重要的，因为已知的问题，虽然是USB接口，但Wii U能提供足够的电力，Y电线是无忧操作的必备条件，无论您为Wii U选择哪个外部驱动器： 

https://www.amazon.com/Micro-B-External-Seagate-Toshiba-Hitachi/dp/B005M0ICG2/ref=as_li_ss_tl?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1487708286&sr=1-1&keywords=y+cable+wii+u&linkCode= LL1＆标签= CodeProject上-20＆LINKID = cbd46736cfae87a00345b789f6fc5907 

在正常使用过程中，我无法注意Wii U上的3个HDD之间的区别。可能的原因是Wii U上的2.0USB端口，只是没有足够的储存量来显示性能差异。 

希捷最大的问题是失败率。几年前，希捷驱动器有15％+的失败率，这是灾难性的。我在2013年购买了希捷中央硬盘，只能在一年后更换。这也是为什么我将WD和HGST进行了测试，从历史上看，这些品牌的硬盘的故障率都较低。 HGST比希捷和WD都好得多;但不幸的是，您将不会在亚历山大找到它，就像希捷和WD一样。这可能是因为WD拥有HGST / Hitachi，并希望推动WD作为消费品牌。 

最后，我的选择是WD 1TB Black My Passport。查看历史数据，保修信息和亚马逊上的1星评论的数量我感到更有信心在该驱动器上存储数据。希捷硬盘是坚实的选择和巨大的价值，但如果相同数量的钱，你可以得到更低的故障率和更好的保修的硬盘驱动器 - 为什么不买？ 

我避免亚马逊外部链接，因为经常被编辑退出审查。但是，如果您想要更多的数据，如历史故障率，更多测试信息和答案，请对此评论发表评论，我将很乐意回应和帮助！如果这个评论帮助到了你，请点赞;）。这里也是几个问题的答案，我看到经常在这个硬盘上问： 

*此驱动器将作为控制台的扩展存储。这包括Wii U，PS4，Xbox One。所以我推荐的WD驱动器。 

*您无法再使用此硬盘来更换PS4内置硬盘。希捷已经删除了内部SATA连接。我有点困惑为什么人们这样做。由于性能考虑，7200 RPM笔记本电脑驱动器将是更好的选择。像这样一个：https：//www.amazon.com/Black-Performance-Mobile-Hard-Drive/dp/B01DOL05OC/ref=as_li_ss_tl?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1487707269&sr=1-3&keywords=wd+hard+drive+膝上型＆linkCode = LL1＆标签= CodeProject上-20＆LINKID = c409c09ff004693c145d4790073d011e 

*此驱动器与Mac OS X兼容，向后兼容USB 2.0等。简而言之，这是标准的2.5英寸（笔记本电脑）NTFS格式的5400 RPM HDD，而不是SATA接口。

我于2016年8月25日购买了此硬盘。它在2017年3月1日不能用了。在使用希捷探索所有解决方案后，他们确认硬盘已经坏了。他们提供的唯一选项是500美元+文件恢复。在我主动询问之前，希捷甚至没有提到产品的保修期。

买来升级我的PS4存储硬盘。能进行格式化，安装软件和传输备份。可以使用外部驱动器底座确认我是否已经备份到内部硬盘驱动器。用起来非常棒。