The WD_BLACK SN850 is the second SSD to officially confirm PlayStation 5 compatibility.

A Western Digital spokesperson told VGC: “Based on Sony’s published requirements, we can confirm our WD_BLACK SN850 NVMe SSD with Heatsink (500GB-2TB) meets the stated requirements to expand console storage on the PlayStation 5 for those with access to the PlayStation 5 Beta software.

As such, the onus has been placed on storage manufacturers to confirm which of their SSDs are compatible.

In order to extend the main SSD storage for playing PS5 games, players will need to buy a high-speed M.2 SSD that meets Sony’s requirements, and attach it to the console’s internal SSD mount, which is currently inactive for everyone except beta users.