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[Krakn3Dfx]

Easiest way to see the difference in the slit distance

It's too bad it's not in native 1080p.

 

[Dezzy]

Strangely enough, today my phat PS3 blu-ray drive starting having issues, games would get stuck on loading screens and movies would stop playing after 10 minutes or so. Gotta buy a slim or superslim now.
Sorry it's a little off-topic.

Now I'm all extra nervous about my PS4 having issues!

 

[Corto]

Hmmmmmmmmm.

 

[Goodacre0081]

anymore units after the dude on Vine?

 

[Barristan Selmy]

Damn this keeps getting worse. I feel sorry for the people who open it up thinking their gonna get hours of gaming in. I know them feels. Even though Sony will rectify it swiftly you still have to wait a couple of weeks.

 

[Hex]

I am looking at pictures of laptops on dell and other sites and most of their USB ports looks off. Is this really something to nag about? Really?
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/hp-pavi...lver/2287004.p?id=1219071221794&skuId=2287004
In fact looking at mine, there is quite a difference in the usb port I use the most and the one I don't.

 

[SeaOfMadness]

Forbes shouldn't be reporting on any video game related material at all.

What do they know? I'd take what they say anything video game related with a grain of salt

seriously? So you have to be a video game expert now to know when your console is broken?

tell me you were being facetious

 

[Kagari]

Damn this keeps getting worse. I feel sorry for the people who open it up thinking their gonna get hours of gaming in. I know them feels. Even though Sony will rectify it swiftly you still have to wait a couple of weeks.

Except... it's not getting worse. ffs

 

[Barristan Selmy]

Except... it's not getting worse. ffs

So the Forbes unit going bad isn't true? I swear that every time I come back to the thread a new one bit the dust.

 

[reKon]

I doubt that this will be a full blown issue, but the failure rate will definitely be higher than .4%. Still nothing to go crazy about though because unfortunately this is normal with launch the recent generations of consoles.

 

[StoopKid]

So the Forbes unit going bad isn't true? I swear that every time I come back to the thread a new one bit the dust.

That was literally the first one in hours. The list is only at like 11 calm down.

 

[paskowitz]

Guys, it is 2013. People talk about negative things online. How is this surprising?

 

[Barristan Selmy]

That was literally the first one in hours. The list is only at like 11 calm down.

So am I right in saying that it's getting worse? I didn't say "oh shit failure rate 99%", I said it's getting worse. Which it is.

 

[VillageBC]

So am I right in saying that it's getting worse? I didn't say "oh shit failure rate 99%", I said it's getting worse. Which it is.

not necessarily. More units have been shipped so it could be getting better.

 

[StoopKid]

not necessarily. More units have been shipped so it could be getting better.

.

 

[Hex]

So am I right in saying that it's getting worse? I didn't say "oh shit failure rate 99%", I said it's getting worse. Which it is.

To be technical in those hours multiple people have gotten home and received their brand new PS4s and connected them, updated them and found them not to be bricked do it can be said in some ways that since that with more people who open their PS4 and connect it and update it and have find no issue the percentage goes down that the situation actually in some ways gets better.

Spoiler

of course not for those having the issue, and hopefully there is a solution found and it is not widespread but this Chicken Little stuff is just mind numbing[/spoiler

not necessarily. More units have been shipped so it could be getting better.

See, I just blathered on too long.

 

[Barristan Selmy]

To be technical in those hours multiple people have gotten home and received their brand new PS4s and connected them, updated them and found them not to be bricked do it can be said in some ways that since that with more people who open their PS4 and connect it and update it and have find no issue the percentage goes down that the situation actually in some ways gets better.

Spoiler

of course not for those having the issue, and hopefully there is a solution found and it is not widespread but this Chicken Little stuff is just mind numbing[/spoiler


See, I just blathered on too long.

Spoiler

not necessarily. More units have been shipped so it could be getting better.

I understand that the more consoles shipped that aren't defective brings down the failure rate. What I'm saying is that when I left, only 8 consoles went bad and now it's 11.

Some people are just too defensive.

 

[kurbaan]

Reading some shit in this thread:

I understand that the more consoles shipped that aren't defective brings down the failure rate. What I'm saying is that when I left, only 8 consoles went bad and now it's 11.

Some people are just too defensive.

So by your logic this problem can and will only get worse since the number of bricked consoles is not going to go down. only up. Nice

 

[Jburton]

I understand that the more consoles shipped that aren't defective brings down the failure rate. What I'm saying is that when I left, only 8 consoles went bad and now it's 11.

Some people are just too defensive.

11?

 

[Barristan Selmy]

11?

That was literally the first one in hours. The list is only at like 11 calm down.

.

 

[Hex]

I understand that the more consoles shipped that aren't defective brings down the failure rate. What I'm saying is that when I left, only 8 consoles went bad and now it's 11.

Some people are just too defensive.

Not defensive, I assure you (well I can only speak for myself)
Just trying to do what this little voice in my head tells me.

 

[Muppet of a Man]

I understand that the more consoles shipped that aren't defective brings down the failure rate. What I'm saying is that when I left, only 8 consoles went bad and now it's 11.

Some people are just too defensive.

Relax man. Give it a day or so and we will see if it's really a big issue or not.

Also, if you are getting a launch day PS4, I'd recommend waiting before updating the firmware. Sometime firmware updates can brick consoles if they aren't handled appropriately.

 

[MogCakes]

I understand that the more consoles shipped that aren't defective brings down the failure rate. What I'm saying is that when I left, only 8 consoles went bad and now it's 11.

Some people are just too defensive.

Like you? This is absolutely nowhere near 'bad' levels of malfunction. Anyone who expects electronics to have 0% failure rate is an idiot.

 

[big_z]

Futureshop replaced my brothers dead ps4 so minus one for the launch line.

Apparently an employee walked by during the returner and said something like "wow another one, we might have to do a launch return event". It's possible the employee that made the crack might simply be following online but if he/she based it on them getting a handful of defect returns the day before launch that's very troubling.

 

[Samyy]

http://kotaku.com/good-news-about-our-once-broken-ps4-1464813671

Kotaku fixed their PS4
Just a bent in in HDMI port, Sony reps put it back down.
Ya'll overreact too much.

 

[StoopKid]

I coulda swore the list was at 10 + the Forbes one.

 

[Samyy]

I coulda swore the list was at 10 + the Forbes one.

200 can go bad and it would be considered pretty good (on the initial 4000)

 

[StoopKid]

200 can go bad and it would be considered pretty good (on the initial 4000)

Yep.

 

[Zen_Arcade]

Not defensive, I assure you (well I can only speak for myself)
Just trying to do what this little voice in my head tells me.

Oh Deadpool, you have all of the answers.

 

[Jburton]

I coulda swore the list was at 10 + the Forbes one.

It was at 8 last I heard, not sure where 11 came from.

 

[reynal1287]

http://kotaku.com/good-news-about-our-once-broken-ps4-1464813671

Kotaku fixed their PS4
Just a bent in in HDMI port, Sony reps put it back down.
Ya'll overreact too much.

Good news i guess.

 

[sunofsam]

It was at 8 last I heard, not sure where 11 came from.

http://pastebin.com/DcaQQZYM

Looks to be more than 8 documented here.

 

[Jburton]

http://pastebin.com/DcaQQZYM

Looks to be more than 8 documented here.

I cant comment on half of those, most of those have not been reported here ........ a pastebin file by someone random is not a definitive source.

 

[nynt9]

Kotaku fixed their PS4, it was a HDMI port issue, the port was seated too deeply. They talked about how they fixed it: http://kotaku.com/good-news-about-our-once-broken-ps4-1464813671

 

[Racer1977]

Kotaku fixed their PS4, it was a bent up wire in the HDMI port, bent it back and works.

 

[StoopKid]

http://pastebin.com/DcaQQZYM

Looks to be more than 8 documented here.

Lol pastebin and a whole bunch of reddit comments.

Cmon man.

 

[Touch]

What luck is it that IGN, Kotaku and Forbes are apart of this 0.4%?

 

[Jack Torrance]

http://kotaku.com/good-news-about-our-once-broken-ps4-1464813671

Kotaku fixed their PS4
Just a bent in in HDMI port, Sony reps put it back down.
Ya'll overreact too much.

Agh... beat me to it!

Seems like a simple fix... and this could be the error in most of the consoles that people are having problems with (maybe the problem even as simple as the supplied HDMI cable being shoved in and bending the pins and not with the console itself, perhaps?).

 

[sunofsam]

I cant comment on half of those, most of those have not been reported here ........ a pastebin file by someone random is not a definitive source.

Shrugs, whoever is maintaining the pastebin is providing links to each instance. But, if you prefer lalalalala nothing to read here.

 

[dreamer3kx]

Kotaku fixed their PS4, it was a bent up wire in the HDMI port, bent it back and works.

Oh wow, people really are overreating in here, cancelling preorders, panicking, wait until you get the system at least.

 

[Samyy]

Shrugs, whoever is maintaining the pastebin is providing links to each instance. But, if you prefer lalalalala nothing to read here.

Hearing my neighbors PS4 died too, should add to the list!

 

[monlo]

What luck is it that IGN, Kotaku and Forbes are apart of this 0.4%?

They're just the loudest voices

 

[Pop]

http://kotaku.com/good-news-about-our-once-broken-ps4-1464813671

Kotaku fixed their PS4
Just a bent in in HDMI port, Sony reps put it back down.
Ya'll overreact too much.

Wow could they seriously not fix that themselves

 

[Bunta]

Wow could they seriously not fix that themselves

I'm sure, but obviously they didn't think to check it.

 

[Samyy]

Wow could they seriously not fix that themselves

They never checked, had it picked up by Sony beforehand.

 

[Ubiquitar]

What luck is it that IGN, Kotaku and Forbes are apart of this 0.4%?

Dem clicks (runs.....).

 

[Xenon]

Bent pins in an HDMI port? Never heard or seen such a thing. Not a good sign of the quality of the PS4.

 

[opticalmace]

Wow could they seriously not fix that themselves

Yes probably, but they didn't know that was the problem.

 

[VillageBC]

They never checked, had it picked up by Sony beforehand.

well I can guarantee I will be requesting a replacement if I'm retired to bend metal to make my ps4 work. some things I expect to work right out of the box without repair by me.

 

[Samyy]

well I can guarantee I will be requesting a replacement if I'm retired to bend metal to make my ps4 work. some things I expect to work right out of the box without repair by me.

Cool, I'd rather just play my games asap then have to wait but thats your right