LordOfChaos
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Crazy, I know, but I got my PS5 in March of last year, which means the default warranty is coming to an end in two short months (going forward, it was extended through my credit card, but they'd probably only cover it breaking down, not minor issues).
The debate I'm having here is whether to try for a swap out. I have two little niggles with it, otherwise I love the machine. One, while I thought it was dead quiet when I got it, it didn't take long for updates, games, or whatever it was to start making it audible from couch distance. It's not bad...It's way quieter than my 360 of course, my PS4 naturally, my Wii U...But I can hear it. And when I talk to people who proclaim complete silence I wonder if I should play the lottery again and try to get one while I can.
The other thing is that the right joystick already has some slight control drift, when returning to center it sometimes does a slow pan and half the time I'm like is this some kind of game thing but nope lol, touch it and it stops in any game. I know I could probably deal with the Dualsense as a separate issue, but if I'm going without one, may as well do both at once.
I thought I'd do it when the warranty was this close to over, but now that the time is here, I'm debating sticking with the devil I know...Apart from not being completely silent (I guess I also hear a bit of VRM crackle if I aim my ear close), the machine is still solid and there's no other issues I noted with it that weren't early firmware.
P.s I did check the dust cleaning ports and fan - clean as a whistle after nearly a year. There was also that whole debate with the smaller heatsink but perhaps better optimized layout on the new revisions.
What would you do?
The debate I'm having here is whether to try for a swap out. I have two little niggles with it, otherwise I love the machine. One, while I thought it was dead quiet when I got it, it didn't take long for updates, games, or whatever it was to start making it audible from couch distance. It's not bad...It's way quieter than my 360 of course, my PS4 naturally, my Wii U...But I can hear it. And when I talk to people who proclaim complete silence I wonder if I should play the lottery again and try to get one while I can.
The other thing is that the right joystick already has some slight control drift, when returning to center it sometimes does a slow pan and half the time I'm like is this some kind of game thing but nope lol, touch it and it stops in any game. I know I could probably deal with the Dualsense as a separate issue, but if I'm going without one, may as well do both at once.
I thought I'd do it when the warranty was this close to over, but now that the time is here, I'm debating sticking with the devil I know...Apart from not being completely silent (I guess I also hear a bit of VRM crackle if I aim my ear close), the machine is still solid and there's no other issues I noted with it that weren't early firmware.
P.s I did check the dust cleaning ports and fan - clean as a whistle after nearly a year. There was also that whole debate with the smaller heatsink but perhaps better optimized layout on the new revisions.
What would you do?
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