nope, you can easily swap in any laptop drive, i’ve heard it done plenty of times already… sony let alot open with this console, like letting it be able to read MPEG videos and such, plus a whole bunch more of formats… im able to easily convert videos and toss them on the PS3, i’ve got posimadness 5, cars, transporter 2, Italian job, dead mans chest, the goonies, and others already on my drive.