TechnicPuppet
Nothing! I said nothing!
C'mon it's a couple of units at this stage. Bit of a leap to RROD 2.0.
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IGN's on their defective PS4 [Up: Sony - less than 0.4% of shipped units affected]
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C'mon it's a couple of units at this stage. Bit of a leap to RROD 2.0.
The Elite
BOSS
I recall people reporting day one ps2 failures. Hard to know how many as social media wasn't much of a thing back then.
CassidyIzABeast
Member
I heard about this, if this is the case I'm gonna have to buy PS4 inFamous bundle. If not I'm gonna wait for PS4 Destiny bundle.
Relax. There's plenty of if's and may's in what I posted Jesus Christ.
Hot stuff.
R3TRODYCE
Member
Wow, I'm not going to go all hyperbole but yeesh.
cebri.one
Member
http://www.gamespot.com/articles/xbox-360-failure-rate-237-ps3-10-wii-27-study/1100-6216691/
By 2009, the PS3 had a failure rate of 10%. I think is safe to expect, due to the less complexity of the hardware an its TDP, that the rate is going to be lower. Anyway, 5% of 5 million by the end of march is 250.000 consoles, you are going to hear a lot of reports like this one.
By 2009, the PS3 had a failure rate of 10%. I think is safe to expect, due to the less complexity of the hardware an its TDP, that the rate is going to be lower. Anyway, 5% of 5 million by the end of march is 250.000 consoles, you are going to hear a lot of reports like this one.
jaythagamer
Member
I think you can
in this playstation access video at around 1:05 they mention it
kind of like you can hoard vita games while not owning one
If Sony wants to pay me to run their warranty department, ok. But you should really use the warranty system for that. I mean it's there because factory assembled shit sometimes isn't right. Or it's engineered wrong like the CD-ROM drive on the PS1 or the solder on 360, but that's worse.
Do you have the expectation that a purchased piece of factory assembled piece of tech will 100% of the time be operating properly? It's unrealistic. Sometimes right out of the box, stuff simply doesn't work. Now when it reaches into the double digits like nearly 25% failure rate of launch 360's within 2 years of purchase, that's when it's a major problem.
Pop
Member
Marvel
could never
Whoa.
Maybe an Internal PSU problem though, too early to say.
And lol @ the comments. Jesus.
twisteddeeds
Member
Could also be bad connections/tv/cable... in other words no more clear..
As far as that guy on twitch is concerned.. he pulled the power cable out as the console was downloading.. so he could have corrupted his system
Was it cooped up in one of those ridiculous display cases by any chance?
zomgbbqftw
Banned
Out of about 1000 units out there so far, 30 will be defective and those 30 people are much more likely to be vocal about it than the people who have no issues. So far I don't see anything out of the ordinary.
I don't think those 2 weeks will matter at all. They will probably be from the same batch/production line.
seriously?>
meanspartan
Member
Well guys, in less than a day we will know if this is widespread. Gettin mine at midnight, hopin for the best. But between all the press and taco bell winners and such, thousands of ps4s are already out there and we know of under ten failures. Keep it in perspective until we know more tomorrow.
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IT IIRC froze so he unplugged it
Boy Wander
Member
Exactly. There is a failure rate expected with ANY electronics product. Luck of the draw. Unless of course it turns out to be a higher than expected fail rate.
It gives the person a chance to monitor the situation and cancel pre-orders.
What does he mean with "it's probably a 1 time fix"?
Telephoto999
Member
So of my two friends that got ps4s yesterday one is now dead. It's doing the same thing as the video posted with the flickering if pressure is applied to the top of the case otherwise it shows nothing.
My other friend has reported his locking up twice during the menus as well.
My other friend has reported his locking up twice during the menus as well.
the start of RROD2.0? at least sony will only have to recall whatever they've produced up to this point instead of 2-3 years worth of consoles like Microsoft.
If shit really goes south come Friday and the following days, I can see them delaying the EU launch. Though it would have to get pretty bad for that to happen.
Or looking on the bright side, it may require a new system update that are NA friends can kindly test for us Europeans between now and the 29th.
Or looking on the bright side, it may require a new system update that are NA friends can kindly test for us Europeans between now and the 29th.
Impeccable
Member
The best Microsoft ploy ever. Get early PS4 systems, intentionally mess them up and post the ultimate FUD! Well played, MS, well played.
I really hope this doesn't become as wide spread as it might seem to be. Also, for clarity sake I am absolutely kidding.
twisteddeeds
Member
Yes.. he said he downloaded the 1.5 update.. rebooted, went onto the store and downloaded dc online... while it was downloading he thought it had froze.. and he pulled the cord..
I don't know if it froze.. or it was just the download stopped and he thought it had froze... so it could have been a crash.. but pulling the cord is the last thing you do..
systemfehler
Member
Unless it is during an update no modern operating (file) system should have a problem with that. May the downloaded data be lost - depends but corrupting the whole system? In that case Cerny should go back to CS 101.
If it is indeed a hardware problem I hope it is a simple assembly line problem aka bad quality manufactoring because that is easy to fix. Wrong design on the other hand isn't.
So far we don't have enough data to really conclude anything. I guess tomorrow and the weekend will really show if there is a true issue beyond a certain level of failure tolerance or if it is just as many claimed Web 2.0 "complaining".
OT: Freaking VVS
From one system? No.
Let me know when someone's had to warranty about 5 of them in six months.
Pop
Member
Hdmi cable problem?
After rebooting it was bricked again and he couldn't get the fix to work.
fastford58
Member
So we have a failure rate of 0.00175 so far (7/4000)?
Oh shit. RRoD 2.0 confirmed!
Oh shit. RRoD 2.0 confirmed!
A Serious Man
Member
There are 6-7 defective units so far but that's just among the early users who have a vocal online presence. There could very well be more out there who simply contacted Sony support instead of posting on reddit or making a youtube video.
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
I will see how it works when I get it.
Social media is making this launch both great and then you get stuff like this.
Wasn't like that in the last launch cycle.
Social media is making this launch both great and then you get stuff like this.
Wasn't like that in the last launch cycle.
Nightengale
Member
Relax. Let's put stuff through the numbers.
Concerns over some failure rates shown among journalist-gifted PS4s? It's fair to assume that there's anywhere from 100-200 PS4s given to the media over the course of the past few weeks. We've heard issues from... 5 of them? Realistically, that's a 2-5% failure rate.
Taco Bell PS4s? That's 4,000 PS4s distributed, and we've heard... 10 defect issues? Let's give the benefit of the doubt that not everyone are social media frenzies and that the reported issues are only 30% of the actual problems. That's 30 defective PS4s out of 4000. Around 7%.
PS4s already at game outlets? There's probably hundreds of those, and... we've heard single digits too. Single digit percentage defects there.
Nothing out of the ordinary so far. Even less if the problems are caused by software quirks.
We'd find out a lot earlier if there were major serious issues with PS4 hardware in that it can barely last a day before crapping out. The hardware has been out in the wild for a while now in different shapes and forms.
Concerns over some failure rates shown among journalist-gifted PS4s? It's fair to assume that there's anywhere from 100-200 PS4s given to the media over the course of the past few weeks. We've heard issues from... 5 of them? Realistically, that's a 2-5% failure rate.
Taco Bell PS4s? That's 4,000 PS4s distributed, and we've heard... 10 defect issues? Let's give the benefit of the doubt that not everyone are social media frenzies and that the reported issues are only 30% of the actual problems. That's 30 defective PS4s out of 4000. Around 7%.
PS4s already at game outlets? There's probably hundreds of those, and... we've heard single digits too. Single digit percentage defects there.
Nothing out of the ordinary so far. Even less if the problems are caused by software quirks.
We'd find out a lot earlier if there were major serious issues with PS4 hardware in that it can barely last a day before crapping out. The hardware has been out in the wild for a while now in different shapes and forms.
What is this? Unstable OS? He clicked on PSN Store and the PS4 turned itself off...
gooner4life_uk
Member
I'd expect a pretty high failure rate on GPU's for the Xbox One and PS4, ATI(AMD) have always had high failure rates on GPU's, I used to build PC's and probably 1 in 5 brand new ATI Graphics Cards would be DOA.
MarkMclovin
Member
this thread need more Banderas.
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No wonder he's having trouble