Short list, and it gets shorter the more honest you are about it. Most people reading this need nothing, a working console and 200 GB free is the whole requirement.
The one thing genuinely worth sorting before 12 November. Rockstar has not published the install size, so plan for roughly 200 GB and stop worrying about it. Check what is free on your console first, deleting a game you have finished is free and takes two minutes.
Goes inside the PS5 and runs games at full speed. 1 TB is the sensible size; 2 TB if you keep a lot installed.
Skip it if you already have 200 GB free. This is the most common thing people buy that they did not need.
The proprietary card that slots into the back. It is the only way to add full-speed storage to an Xbox Series console.
Skip it if you have space free, or you are happy managing what is installed.
Cheap, and fine for archiving games you are not playing so you can move them back later.
Skip it if you were hoping to play GTA 6 from it. You cannot, current-gen games will not run from external USB on either console.
GTA has always been a radio game, and this one reportedly has the largest commercial and music collection in the series. It is the one upgrade that changes the experience rather than the logistics.
Wired sounds better than wireless at the same money, and there is no battery to die mid-mission. Single-player means you do not need a fancy mic.
Skip it if you play through a soundbar or good speakers. Do that instead.
Only relevant if yours is already worn out.
Worth it if your sticks have started drifting, an 80-hour story will not fix that. It will expose it.
Skip it if your current pad is fine. It probably is.
That is the number that decides whether you need to buy anything at all. One email when Rockstar publishes it.
