When I was first contacted to take the new Lexar Play 2280 SE PCIe 4.0 SSD out for a test drive, I was ecstatic as my launch model PS5 is in desperate need of a storage boost. The best PS5 SSDs aren't rare by any means, but 4TB worth of space to store all my online games at once is the dream - it's enough to never really need to think about running out of space again, but that luxury doesn't normally come cheap.
The eye-watering cost of some 4TB drives, especially when a heatsink is involved, is why I've been hesitant until now, and it'd be understandable if throwing money at the problem just meant buying a PS5 Pro for some folks. But this Lexar SSD has proven itself to be a better alternative to buying entirely new hardware, and one that would give me 2TB more space than a PS5 Pro would anyway.
