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[Satchel]

It's weird how it only seems like it is the taco bell PS4s

How many non Taco Bell ones would be out there 2 days before launch?

 

[MThanded]

This stream is depressing as hell.

Someone is working overtime at Sony. Engineers surely have to have a way for this to be fixed by the user. Seems like the update is bricking the consoles somehow.

 

[RedAssedApe]

shu going to wake up to another twitter crisis

 

[Violater]

This is fucking ridiculous, Sony seems to have lost all the momentum gained since the reveal in such a short time.

 

[Viruz]

What is making the taco bell early release consoles fuck up like this? Maybe things came in to hot for them?

La Mayonnaise inside!

 

[RPGCrazied]

This is why I will never buy a launch console. Let them get the kinks out after a revision. Will have a price drop then, not to mention better games out.

 

[Square Triangle]

I'm just saying that if Sony gets the equivalent to RROD, they are going to drop Playstation because they can't afford to lose more than $1 billion on something like that.

You should work for SONY, since you seem to have it all figured out

 

[Dark Octave]

RRoD flashbacks!

Preorder c...can....caaaaa....

I'm scared, but I can't do it guys. I can't do it.

 

[Boke1879]

This is fucking ridiculous, Sony seems to have lost all the momentum gained since the reveal in such a short time.

Lol no they haven't

 

[rjinaz]

Just wanna remind everyone that my taco bell ps4 is fine after over 5 hours of use.

Seriously, this sucks for these people and I hope they get it sorted out.

 

[Smo21]

Seems like it might be a software problem...
Let's hope it's not a widespread issue.

 

[ffdgh]

Ouch I'm sorry to hear/read the new title op.

 

[acksman]

First Gen with live stream easily accessible. This is going to be crazy releases for both Sony and MS.

 

[RedAssedApe]

This is fucking ridiculous, Sony seems to have lost all the momentum gained since the reveal in such a short time.

not sure if serious...

but fuck I already cancelled my xbone. what to do now?

 

[Fugu]

We can tell what you're doing.

What's he doing? For a console that hasn't released yet, five stories of dead consoles is pretty bad.

 

[DarkoMaledictus]

Wow sweet, gaf now has posts from the future ???

 

[Wynnebeck]

Not really surprised - Microsoft went the ultra safe route with having the power brick outside it again this gen; Sony made it look more appealing by not doing that but also probably increasing the chances of it bricking at some point.

 

[Bam Bam Baklava]

How many non Taco Bell ones would be out there 2 days before launch?

dev units, demo units, journalist units, people who got connections. There's a lot of PS4s out there and we haven't heard many reports yet.

 

[Anonumos]

Jesus this is just sad. I can feel the sadness and frustration watching this guy. Fuck

 

[TheLostBigBoss]

Wow, this thread took a nosedive really fast.

 

[Pain]

That's WAY too high even for a launch. If it's like that something is terribly wrong with the PS4.

Don't jump to conclusions. If you are buying a PS4 and this is really a concern, get the extended warranty.

 

[golem]

Poor dude

 

[0xCA2]

This stream is depressing as hell.

It really is. And you can tell this guy still has hope. It's crushing.

 

[Lucreto]

We already have 5 broken consoles and it hasn't even officially launched yet. I'm starting to panic because if this is too widespread it will put Playstation down for good.

There is also a big factor people have to take note of. In 2006 the internet was not as big. Facebook, twitter, reddit or other social media were in their infancy. In 2006 these 4 people would not be able to vent their rage to millions of people. These small cases can become front and centre nowadays where they wouldn't be before.

 

[Kurod]

I see through to your plan, Taco Bell. Game menos. Live más.

 

[Elchele]

Taco Bell's quality

 

[MThanded]

What happens if you try to boot without a hard drive?

Do they have any firmware bootstrap stuff going on? Maybe if someone popped a new drive in it would work.

 

[Alienous]

Anyone who has been proclaiming 'SonyGAF' should read this thread.

Sony have a lot of goodwill, but they also have a lot of goodwill to lose. I think this thread has shown that people are quite willing to 'turn' on Sony. And having as many defective consoles from the type of people who visit NeoGAF, Reddit, or can operate a livestream (which is a small sample of the total amount of consoles in the wild), is worrying, particularly as the consoles haven't even gotten a day of usage yet.

We'll have to see more, but I don't know what this means for the 6-month viability of the hardware. Hopefully nothing. Hopefully it's mostly software.

 

[Hidden One]

I'm not playing my PS4 for more than an hour....F*** that. I'll take a 30 minute break every hour T_T....

 

[ironcreed]

Another one bites the dust? Hopefully the good stories will drown all this out after the official launch.

 

[The_Inquisitor]

This is fucking ridiculous, Sony seems to have lost all the momentum gained since the reveal in such a short time.

 

[Hawk269]

Just wanna remind everyone that my taco bell ps4 is fine after over 5 hours of use.

Glad to hear some positive news.

The only really fucked up thing if you get a bad unit Friday is the fact that they will sell out and your are screwed getting a replacement from a retailer. While you can get it replaced via Sony, the sick feeling of waiting so long for your new console and now you have to wait for Sony to receive/ship a new one.

This is the one thing about launch consoles, aside from the Wii U since they never sold out and they were easy to get a replacement if needed.

You guys may think that I am insane for doing this, but I have 2 reserves at 2 different retailers for both the Xbox One and PS4 to cover my ass just in case. I am one of the older gaf members and been through receiving defective electronic devices in the past, so knowing that I had been waiting for a long time for both systems, I wanted to cover my ass "just in case". I mean, shit happens and I understand that as a consumer, but when shit happens on launch day and the items is hard to find, I learned to make back up plans just in case.

 

[lastflowers]

Stuff breaks, guys.




If you are really paranoid about these type of things, then always hold off buying a console at launch.

 

[iceatcs]

Remember they are taco bell eaters. That's a big tell.

 

[Curufinwe]

What's he doing? For a console that hasn't released yet, five stories of dead consoles is pretty bad.

He's making a false equivalency between a few faulty PS4s and the RRoD which affected up to half of all launch 360s.

 

[djblue89]

Has anyone told him to go into safe mode and then reinstall FW 1.50 via Recovery Option ?

 

[Dreams-Visions]

Just so that I feel up to speed: 5 GAFers have had consoles die?

 

[Jedi2016]

He couldn't turn it off so he pulled the power cable out.

(He was also downloading a F2P game at the point when he pulled it)

Interesting... OP was downloading a patch when it happened.

The guy in the stream kept saying "Standby Mode" over and over again. Do we have confirmation this is what the pulsing blue light represents?

 

[Oersted]

This is fucking ridiculous, Sony seems to have lost all the momentum gained since the reveal in such a short time.

Lol no. PS4 is sold on a future promise, not actual day 1 delivery.

 

[Uno Venova]

I'm not playing my PS4 for more than an hour....F*** that. I'll take a 30 minute break every hour T_T....

I mean there has been many streams from journalists for hours and...

Maybe I'll just watch this thread from the sidelines. Too much hysteria for me.

 

[RaikuHebi]

Has anyone told him to go into safe mode and then reinstall FW 1.50 via Recovery Option ?

He said that doesn't work anymore.

 

[rjinaz]

Remember they are taco bell eaters. That's a big tell.

I don't get the connection?

 

[VashTS]

Someone call Marc Cerny for a response.

I'm definitely glad i'm taking a wait n see approach this gen. PC will hold me over until we get the killer apps.

 

[Baby Milo]

whooo lord my rage would be crazy if my PS4 blows up after a few hours

but I'm not tripping over 5 broken PS4's when there are millions out there

 

[RulkezX]

There are people in this thread that are foaming at the mouth with excitement at the possibility of there being a problem with PS4, and that's fucking sad.

There is no way after RROD that either of the platform holders are putting out boxes that they haven't tested the shit out of.

If anything is causing problems it'll be 1.5fw. I simly wont believe that anyone would put out a box that dies after a few hours play in a post RROD console landscape.

 

[teiresias]

Had anyone tweeted yosp about this?

 

[Jedi2016]

Has anyone told him to go into safe mode and then reinstall FW 1.50 via Recovery Option ?

You can't get into safe mode when it's like this.

 

[Elchele]

Remember they are taco bell eaters. That's a big tell.

 

[MThanded]

Has anyone told him to go into safe mode and then reinstall FW 1.50 via Recovery Option ?

SAfe mode doesn't seem to work on these bricks.

 

[ironcreed]

Remember they are taco bell eaters. That's a big tell.

Yeah, clearly all that grease dripped into the systems from sitting soggy $5 boxes filled with gorditas on top of them.