Reports of PS4 hardware issues.

Yeah, the manager was on the phone immediately after the dude left the Gamestop, calling other Gamestops for an additional console. Manager told dude, "I guess you are one of the .5%"
 
Holy hell, this has escalated fast.

I hope everyone on this forums console is running fine, because the rate at which this is being reported had new feeling a bit uneasy. Failure rate be damned, I've only read a few pages, but that gaf thread is nightmare fuel. Hardware issues and then software causing hardware issues? Da fuq?
 
No just something that might be added later. Plus the console won't wobble unless people are dancing on it.
 
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I thought I had a defected one but it turns out the console just doesn't like my HDMI switch, quite disappointing actually I've been changing my setup sorted wires ext for the past hour now I have absolutely no will to play the damn thing, I don't even want to look at it until tomorrow.

I prefer the old UI for the record.

PS4 and X1 if not mistaken use HDMI 2.0, so that could be your issue.
 
The X1 runs cooler and is quieter, this I know from a good source, for me now that is concrete and I'm glad as to when I go pick up my X1...

But those of you who believe in Karma (I don't), why are you even trolling this and trying to make it bigger than it actually is? Surely you know that Xbox One zealots will have their hearts ripped out of their anus next week when they go to the "polls" and vote lol.

Seriously some of you are no better.

PS4 manufacturing or assembly has issues, cannot be denied, but the number of fully working consoles as opposed to troublesome, failed, won't even turn on, electrocution consoles in number does not even surpass the acceptable 3-5% failures, at least not yet. If/when it does, you won't have 150 IGN dudes but more like 50,000 melting down the web. MS should be glad social media was not as big as it is now when the 360 went through the RROD fiasco until the Jasper 1.0 revisions released (late 2008).

These IGN and whatever else sites letting any Joe Blow vote and comment on their faulty PS4's means very little, as little as someone who gives a thumbs up and thumbs down to Xbox One Youtube videos...

My advice for everyone is not to take what you read on the internet too seriously, if the PS4 is in serious hot water, Sony will either recall them, close their PS divison or start fixing them... Point is, you'll then know the actual truth.

Have fun either way, X1 releases for me in a little over 5 days, if mine is a lemon I'll let you know.
 
I don't have a PS4 but have you tried anything in relation to the Video settings?

It has you set your display area the first time you use an app or play a game.. like the PS3 does.. rather odd, but I guess it's just to compensate for TV's that heavily overscan or aren't set to 1:1 pixel match. I set a separate option for screen size manually, have no clue what that does.

Other than that I left RGB and the other color setting at automatic.
 
That would void the warranty. I'd leave it alone.

Wouldn't be the first or last piece of electronic equipment I've modified. :)

I'll even watercool the thing if I can come up with a nice casing for it.
 
If there's a failure rate above the accepted average (3-5%) I'll be the first to admit it. Until then, a few hundred people out of hundreds of thousands of customers doesn't mean much.

Just a picture to put things into perspective:
amazon-playstation-4-warehouse.jpg
 
Has anyone on this forum bought one that's not working ?
 
Not seen anything. Some had issues with PSN but that's just because of the heavy traffic.
 
The rate I must say is very uneasy, especially considering lots of error reports are not filled with Sony hate from Xbox fanboys. This might go down quickly and may not be a huge problem, but it does seem more like 360 launch than PS3 one.
 
Amazon reviews are sometimes the place where fanboys and whiners flock to, so I won't 100% trust it.
I would normally say that's the case but Amazon now does verified purchase reviews which a lot of those seem to be. Whether or not these people are telling the truth, I dunno, but they definitely bough a PlayStation 4. That's a great added feature by Amazon.
 
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