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IGN's on their defective PS4 [Up: Sony - less than 0.4% of shipped units affected]
- Thread starter The Elite
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When Xbox 360 launched, Microsoft PR's response to reports of problems was to mail out this picture:
More along the lines of: "That being said, we have received a few isolated reports of consoles not working as expected. "It's important to note that there is no systemic issue with Xbox 360 - each incident is unique and these customer inquiries are being handled on a case-by-case basis."
PJV3
Member
You have another 30 countries to go yet.
I don't see the outrage over a handful of people reporting problems. I seen many PS4 streams and a few people were streaming for hours while not having any problems besides the Twitch app crashing. If this was a big problem, hundreds of people would talk about their situation on Twitter/Facebook/Youtube/Reddit.
We'll know everything in the next 24 hours, I bet people are overreacting for no reason.
We'll know everything in the next 24 hours, I bet people are overreacting for no reason.
Parapraxis
Member
Hilarious.
I had a PS3 and a Vita, it took me 2-3hrs with each to determine what was wrong and troubleshoot every option.
VibratingDonkey
Member
Remember, 3-5% is within industry standards.
Dr. Kitty Muffins
Member
I think the consoles with HDMI issues might have been dropped. The box doesn't look protective.
The Elite
BOSS
That's a big assumption.
At least the IGN article cited their sources for those failure rates, but a survey of 5,000 magazine readers isn't exactly a reliable poll.So at 0.04% (so far) and industry standard at 3-4%...... we are perfectly okay- and would actually be proud numbers
Now, Sony's 0.04 percent figure is based on what? How many people contacted support in the first week pre-launch? Do they even say what numbers they're using to claim 0.04 percent?
Infinite Justice
Member
Tomorrow and later than that should give a better picture
MADGAME
Member
Unknown trauma to the units prior to delivery always worry me
B_Spooky13
Member
Okay how about this?
Even 2 years launch(first Q of 08) They picked out 2500 new 360's and 2500 new PS3's at random.
360 failure was at 23.7% (12% b/c of RRoD, 11.7% b/c of other)
PS3 Failure was at 10%
So i really don't think out of 4500 consoles we've only heard of less than 12 consoles screwing up, that there should be a panick.
Even 2 years launch(first Q of 08) They picked out 2500 new 360's and 2500 new PS3's at random.
360 failure was at 23.7% (12% b/c of RRoD, 11.7% b/c of other)
PS3 Failure was at 10%
So i really don't think out of 4500 consoles we've only heard of less than 12 consoles screwing up, that there should be a panick.
PJV3
Member
Most of the thread is guessing and assumptions.
Barristan Selmy
Member
Lets have fun!!
#dead
which has me scared
but mainstream hasn't even heard of this yet. roommates had no idea what i was talking about when i brought it up, and they follow vidja games to a certain degree
It's 10 times less
Oh there are reasons, there are reasons.
Colbert
Banned
For sure ! LOL
And if you read through the read you'd know that Yoshida clarified that he was reffering to pre-launch consumers, aka the press and taco bell winners.
Reading is fundamental.
lol its already all over ign.
Leftover911
Banned
Except the Xbox's didn't fail on Day 1, they failed over time. These are dead within 24 hours.
*if true.
The_Holy_Puck
Neo Member
Really.. Is this a serious post.
okay that's bs mine red ringed. when i got madden 06.
The same day i got the console.
A) I agree
B) they are probably using data from customer service. So if the person hasn't called service, they are not being counted.
That is some nice revisionist history you got going on...well done.
I died and am now posting from heaven.Lets have fun!!
Wtf is this shit. I'm so tired of everyone being a hysterical baby.
akidnamededdy
Banned
Don't forget to read over his Facebook page that he posted so you can find personal info to use in case they ask you a security question.
There have been many posts that have been embarrassing in an obvious sense like this one from both sides and then we have those who are much more subtle.
TheBanditKing
Member
not sure if serious.....?
ethomaz
Banned
My guesses....
Sony shipped 200k units until now.
0.04% of 200k = 80 units that reported failure.
The key here is how many units Sony shipped (I guess it is way over 200k) and how many guys reported the issue to Sony (I'm pretty sure not everybody reported to Sony)... and of course that some issues won't happen day 1 but maybe week 1, month 1 or year 1.
To start to think in a new RROD we need at least 1k reports of failures... I think we are far way from that.
Sony shipped 200k units until now.
0.04% of 200k = 80 units that reported failure.
The key here is how many units Sony shipped (I guess it is way over 200k) and how many guys reported the issue to Sony (I'm pretty sure not everybody reported to Sony)... and of course that some issues won't happen day 1 but maybe week 1, month 1 or year 1.
To start to think in a new RROD we need at least 1k reports of failures... I think we are far way from that.
THATS the stuff that worries me.
.04% failure rate? Sure, I believe it.
4 major game news outlets all having similar problems? Fishy.
That spoiler was not there initially. It is my very strong suggestion that you watch yourself in the future. I could easily ban you permanently (given that you're a junior) and it would be completely allowed.
If your joke is indistinguishable from a real claim and particularly if you're a new user that nobody knows (which means we have no idea what your personality is like), the end result of your "joke" is that dozens of people have to go rifling through the internets looking for a source for your quotation before finding out it isn't real. It's time wasted. If there was some reasonable way to know ahead of time you were joking, this would be different, but there wasn't; it is entirely plausible Microsoft said something very similar back in 2005. It happens they didn't, but it's not so unreasonable as to be obviously false.
They've shipped way more than 200k by now. It would be really disingenuous to count units that aren't in customers' hands, though. The sample size is more likely about 5000 (Taco Bell contest winners + game journalists).
They're referring to units shipped for the Taco Bell promotion and review units. This doesn't include what was shipped for the official launch.
lifa-cobex
Member
If I keep doing math, maybe the problem will solve itself.
Come on ppl. You're not going to know until you get it home.
No matter how much you decide on percentages.
Keep positive
Come on ppl. You're not going to know until you get it home.
No matter how much you decide on percentages.
Keep positive
Lets have fun!!
Killing em softly.
Anyhow I would say reading over all these reports hope it is not an HDMI HW fault. Can't imagine something like that not caught early however.