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4 months on, how reliable is the PS4?

So far, my system has been going strong. I had a problem with my controller where the lower left area on the analog stick would not register, got a replacement for that. Other than that, the unit has been pretty solid.
 
Only issue I have had is that they keep releasing all the games I want to play on it for PS3 instead :(
 
Off-Kilter said:
So uh... who else thought OP was talking about the reliability of the PS4 after being on for 4 months?
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No, but have crazy stress tests of the 8G consoles happened yet? That sort of thing was fairly common in the 7th gen, ie running the PS360 in cabinets for weeks on end or something. That should happen again. And for gods sakes the publication should include the Wii U, that didn't even get the heat vision test that the PS4 and One got.
 
LordOfChaos said:
No, but have crazy stress tests of the 8G consoles happened yet? That sort of thing was fairly common in the 7th gen, ie running the PS360 in cabinets for weeks on end or something. That should happen again. And for gods sakes the publication should include the Wii U, that didn't even get the heat vision test that the PS4 and One got.
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Hmmm .. I played Second Son for 3 hours straight and then accidently left it running for an additional 4 hours while it was unpaused in the world.

My system shuts down after 4 hours if no interactions occur with it. So that is 7 straight hours. Didn't have any issues.
 
Mine is day 1 model, though I got it like 2 or 3 weeks later US release. Until now its working pefectly nice! Hope it continue like that! But no sign of malfunction.
 
I've had to get my launch Australian model replaced due to my bluray drive constantly ejecting discs.

Now I'm going to have to get my launch controller replaced as the rubber has split down to the plastic underneath.

Crap start all round for me so far.
 
My launch US version PS4 shipped by Amazon died last month after gradually displaying the 'blue light of death' more and more often.

Unfortunately, it was shipped to me here in China and the return shipping to USA would cost about $200 USD. I tried to get it fixed locally but the shop said it can't be done. I got it back and it's been opened and most of the internal parts replaced with broken bits.

Sony only support said they could ship a box to a US address and have it fixed, but I'm sure after seeing how butchered it is they wouldn't touch it.

I had given up all hope.. But then tried Amazon (who originally said they wouldn't help me because it was outside the 'return window').

After a few chats to different customer service reps, they shipped me a brand new PS4 to a friend in the USA who has shipped it to me here in China. Couldn't be happier with that! Sure, it cost me $100 shipping, but it's better than having no PS4 at all.

I have 3 friends who also bought launch PS4 and they have all had theirs die. 1 had a dead Blu-ray drive and the other 2 had the dreaded blue light of death.
 
Launch unit always showed the blue light and wouldn't boot up. Replacement system has been fine. but the analog sticks on all of my controllers are falling apart.
 
Launch system.

No problem here. It still runs great and haven't had any issues.

When playing graphically "heavy" games like Infamous and Battlefield the fans get a bit louder but never more than my Slim ps3. You can't really hear it unless you mute the TV or sit right next to the console
 
I'm on my second PS4 (sold my first one stupidly) but never had a single issue. Just game issues like Battlefield 4 erased my campaign data three times. Nothing to do with Sony, though. Xbox One's core problems are things the console should be able to do flawlessly. Xbox One Blu Ray plays the audio before the picture catches up to it, ,or vice versa. PS4 doesn't have that problem...from my experiences.
 
My launch ps4 is en route for a warranty replacement after it kept randomly shutting off during gameplay for no reason. I love me some Sony products but admittedly I'm pretty disappointed about this occurrence. If nothing else its giving me time to rekindle my Vita love.
 
Shakala said:
Sent in my launch system because of the infinite eject loop. Pretty sure they sent me a new one
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I was having this issue too( I think i posted it here before). While i was prepping it to ship to Sony, I noticed the rubber feet was touching the eject button from behind. Just had to push it back and be careful not to have it slide forward again when setting it next to my monitor again. There was also some dust in there so I cleaned that out. I havent had any problems since then
 
i guess i had some bad luck with my second ps4 but when i first got it had that blinking blue light problem. they sent me another one and it worked for a while until it decided to uninstall all my games and couple hours later fail on me and got the blinking blue light again .
 
Launch system here, and it appears to be fine. It survived the Australian 40+ degree heat here in the Summer, which is nice to see.
I think I can see the beginnings of wear on the grips of the analog sticks of the controller, but I guess that's to be expected (although I haven't used the controller excessively...).
 
No issues really. The only real problem Ive seen is one of my buddies in the close personal circle has had issues with his left stick the rubber coming off. Asides from that everything else is golden.
 
subtleglitch said:
Launch system here, and it appears to be fine. It survived the Australian 40+ degree heat here in the Summer, which is nice to see.
I think I can see the beginnings of wear on the grips of the analog sticks of the controller, but I guess that's to be expected (although I haven't used the controller excessively...).
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It's expected because you've heard from other people that it has happened, right? Because I'd never expect a $60 controller to have such a low durability.
 
My system has been fine. My controllers have not though. Between sticky R1 buttons and peeling joystick rubber I'd say they have serious quality issues.
 
The controller feels great but also cheap and creaky like if I hold it too hard it will fall apart ACME style
 
Got my console yesterday and it shut down after just five hours and wouldn't come back on. It doesn't boot into safe mode either, just pulses a blue light once then clicks off.

I'm gonna take it back for a replacement I guess but it was a pretty disappointing day one.
 
One of my PS4 in my guest room has been on standby mode since Nov.
It is still alive.

Serious question, should I turn off that console?
Standby mode sounds great in theory, but that PS4 is collecting dusts.
 
My launch console is still running strong. The only problem that I have encountered was with the square button in my DS4. It would jam occasionally, but works great the rest of the time.

My day one edition xb1 had to be replaced last month due to a faulty Bluray drive-SMH-
 
fedexpeon said:
One of my PS4 in my guest room has been on standby mode since Nov.
It is still alive.

Serious question, should I turn off that console?
Standby mode sounds great in theory, but that PS4 is collecting dusts.
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the PS4 fan is actually on in standby mode, so you basically shortened the fan lifetime considerably.
 
Mine was running hot in my new entertainment center tonight. The fans were full on blowing for hours.
 
My issues are: can't update trophies manually, twice have I found it turned on but unresponsive so that I have to manually shut it off and fails to upload save data currently. Launch day unit. Apart from that it's fine.
 
Thumbstick is fine, but it constantly overheats. Probably going to have to send it in, as the problem is getting worse over time.
 
Mine is great nothing wrong *touch wood* my DS4 however has developed this odd thing with the D-pad. They seem to stick a little when pressing kinda hard to explain
 
Mine is fine. One time it turned on in the middle of the night and had a corrupted file system. Wierd, annoying, but no trouble since.
 
Bought one 3 weeks ago. It died within 48hrs. I was trying out Final Fantasy when it shut itself down and wouldn't start up again. The replacement has been fine so far. I'm not sure about the durability of the controller. I have big shovel hands and it feels kind of flimsy to me.
 
Winter John said:
Bought one 3 weeks ago. It died within 48hrs. I was trying out Final Fantasy when it shut itself down and wouldn't start up again. The replacement has been fine so far. I'm not sure about the durability of the controller. I have big shovel hands and it feels kind of flimsy to me.
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I had the same problem with FF14 after the latest firmware update. I had to do a full reinitialise to stop it crashing each time the game launched so that's a software bug not a hardware reliability problem.

My launch unit is doing fine other than that.
 
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