ps5 external hard drive
Skip itA deep review moat (31,471 avg reviews) — this niche doesn't clear our bar today.
Market size
Great$1.6M$1.6M/yr · 1.2M searches
Quality gap
Great4.2★avg incumbent rating — lower means beatable quality
Avg price
Good$103.35avg listing price — sweet spot $15–$100
Returns
Good2.9%return rate — above 5% kills the launch gate
Competition
Okay58%top-5 click share — leaders hold, buyers still browse
Brand share
Okay82%top-5 brand share — brands hold most of the demand
Price range
Okay$24.65–$252.42cheapest to priciest tracked listing — scored on the share inside $15–$100
Growth
Okay+2.8%90-day search growth — must beat 0% to launch
Conversion
Bad1.3%search→purchase rate — share of searches ending in a sale
Review moat
Bad31,471.18avg incumbent reviews — the moat a new listing must climb
According to Flapen's Amazon United States niche tracking, ps5 external hard drive is a $1.6M/yr Amazon United States market (1.2M searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 82% of demand. Demand peaks in Dec. Verdict: Skip it — 49/100.
Data updated Jul 30, 2026 · scored weekly · How we score niches
ps5 external hard drive market data
- Units sold / yr
- 15K–20K
- avg 1,000–1,250/product
- Revenue / yr
- $1.6M–$2.1M
- units × avg price
- Conversion rate
- 1.3%
- Avg BSR
- #186
- Page quality
- 0%
- Prime
- 93%
- Sponsored
- 75%
- Out of stock
- 0.0%
- Avg brand age
- 40 months
- Avg seller age
- 175 days
Competition & brand share
The top 5 products take 58% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.Brands
13 rising
Sellers
186
Top-5 brand share
82%
Top 20: 100%
Top-5 click share
58%
Top 20: 91%
Open market
14%
- Seagate54%
- YOTUO9%
- Avolusion8%
- WD_BLACK6%
- Avoluxion4%
- Tianken4%
- Open — no brand owns it (7 brands, 14%)
Demand & seasonality
Weekly Amazon search volume, last 104 weeks — +2.8% search growth over the last 90 days.Peak months: Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 3.0×
Top ps5 external hard drive search terms
- ps5 external hard drive374K/yr
- ps5 external storage132K/yr
- ps5 extra storage55K/yr
- ps5 hard drive external75K/yr
- external hard drive for ps567K/yr
- external hard drive ps561K/yr
- ps5 extended storage61K/yr
- playstation 5 external hard drive76K/yr
- ps5 usb extended storage45K/yr
- ps5 terabyte storage26K/yr
Top ps5 external hard drive products on Amazon
Each bubble is one product — market share against review moat; bubble size tracks estimated sales, color grades how beatable the incumbent looks.
All 24 tracked products in this niche — three views at once, no toggling.
Top sellers
by 90-day click share
Seagate Game Drive for PlayStation Consoles 2 TB External Hard Drive - USB 3.2 Gen 1 Officially-Licensed (STLV2000101)
Seagate$92.394.5★3,406 rev
Seagate Portable 2TB External Hard Drive HDD USB 3.0 for PC Mac PlayStation & Xbox -1-Year Rescue Service (STGX2000400)
Seagate$89.294.6★272,007 rev
Seagate Game Drive for PlayStation Consoles 5 TB External Hard Drive - USB 3.2 Gen 1 Officially-License (STLV5000100)
Seagate$146.044.5★3,406 rev
YOTUO 500GB External Hard Drive Portable Storage Expansion HDD USB 3.0 & USB-C for PC Mac Desktop Laptop Smartphone PS4 Xbox One Xbox 360 Office & Game Black
YOTUO$32.114.3★968 rev
WD_BLACK 1TB SN850P NVMe M.2 SSD Officially Licensed Storage Expansion for PS5 Consoles up to 7 300MB/s with heatsink - WDBBYV0010BNC-WRSN
WD_BLACK$174.124.8★11,401 rev
Newest
by launch date
1TB External Hard Drive HDD Portable USB 3.0 & Type-C Storage for PC Mac Desktop Laptop Xbox PS4 PS5 Backup Drive for Photos Movies Music Games Plug & Play High Speed Data Transfer
Alphami$70.363 rev
PILCNLA Ultra Slim Portable External Hard Drive 500GB USB3.0 HDD Storage for Xbox One X/S Xbox 360 PS4 PS5 PC Desktop Laptop MacBook Chromebook
PILCNLA$31.1747 rev
SIX NVME M.2 SSD PCIe 4.0-1TB m.2 2280 ssd Read UP to 7350MB/s 1TB for Gaming PS5 Memory Storage Expansion with Heatsink Internal Solid State Hard Drive PCIe gen 4x4 Nvme for Laptop Desktop pc
SIX$141.51620 rev
Tianken Ultra Slim Portable External Hard Drive USB 3.0 HDD Storage for PC Laptop Mac Xbox one PS4 PS5 (1TB)
Tianken$57.47158 rev
Tianken Ultra Slim Portable External Hard Drive 2.5 USB 3.0 HDD Storage for PC Mac Laptop PS4 PS5 Xbox one (320GB)
Tianken$24.6568 rev
Trending
90-day click momentum
Seagate Game Drive voor PS4/PS5 5TB externe SSD 2.5 USB 3.0 Blauwe ledverlichting (STLV5000202)
Seagate$198.154.5★
1TB External Hard Drive HDD Portable USB 3.0 & Type-C Storage for PC Mac Desktop Laptop Xbox PS4 PS5 Backup Drive for Photos Movies Music Games Plug & Play High Speed Data Transfer
Alphami$70.361.0★
PILCNLA Ultra Slim Portable External Hard Drive 500GB USB3.0 HDD Storage for Xbox One X/S Xbox 360 PS4 PS5 PC Desktop Laptop MacBook Chromebook
PILCNLA$31.174.0★
Tianken Ultra Slim Portable External Hard Drive 2.5 USB 3.0 HDD Storage for PC Mac Laptop PS4 PS5 Xbox one (320GB)
Tianken$24.654.0★
WD_BLACK 1TB SN850P NVMe M.2 SSD Officially Licensed Storage Expansion for PS5 Consoles up to 7 300MB/s with heatsink - WDBBYV0010BNC-WRSN
WD_BLACK$174.124.8★
What buyers say about ps5 external hard drive
What buyers praise and complain about, mined from review topics.What buyers love
“Excellent product”
“Price was fair”
“Large capacity”
“Simple to use”
“flawless install”
“As advertised”
“file transfers are fast”
“Compatible”
“Good portability,”
“It is very durable”
What buyers complain about
“Poor Durability”
“this is not compatible”
“Doesn't work properly”
“This isnt cheap so recommend looking into this prior to purchasing”
“It wont connect to my computer”
“Low quality”
“doesn't have the storage it says”
“Falsely advertised”
“It was rather slow to transfer files”
“Kind of slow”
Top return reasons
Common questions
- Is ps5 external hard drive profitable to sell on Amazon United States?
- The niche generates $1.6M/yr across 28 tracked products. 2 of 3 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. 90-day search growth is +2.8%. Flapen's verdict: Skip it (49/100).
- How competitive is the ps5 external hard drive niche?
- 13 brands and 186 sellers compete. The top 5 products take 58% of clicks and top 5 brands hold 82% of demand.
- What do buyers complain about in ps5 external hard drive?
- Top complaints mined from reviews: Durability, Compatibility-Overall, Functionality-Overall. The return rate is 2.9%.
- When does demand for ps5 external hard drive peak?
- Demand peaks in Dec; the busiest month runs 3.0× the quietest.
- What does it cost to enter the ps5 external hard drive niche?
- Listings span $24.65–$252.42; the average listing price is $103.35 (sweet spot $15–$100). The average incumbent carries 31,471 reviews — the moat a new listing must climb.