Many PS4 units dead on arrival

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Post by manojlds » Sat, Nov 16, 2013, 6:34 PM UTC

Many PS4 units dead on arrival
amazon.com

Re: Many PS4 units dead on arrival

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Post by obsurveyor » Sat, Nov 16, 2013, 6:53 PM UTC

Manufacturing defect with the HDMI port is causing damage to HDMI cables. Amazon should really send an email out about it to people who ordered, there is an easy fix.

Re: Many PS4 units dead on arrival

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Post by agumonkey » Sat, Nov 16, 2013, 6:56 PM UTC

Was it better on previous models ? I wonder Sony isn't suffering from off-sourcing issues. Instead of in-house easily controlled circuitry, the cheaper off-the-shelf approach might cause higher rates of failures.

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Post by abritishguy » Sat, Nov 16, 2013, 7:03 PM UTC

There may well be widespread issues but this link just shows that some people have issues which given the volume of PS4s was kind of a given.

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Post by minimaxir » Sat, Nov 16, 2013, 7:10 PM UTC

I read a comment earlier that made a good point that unlike the console launches of the previous generation in 2004-2006, we now have access to Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube to vocalize and demonstrate our complaints worldwide.

It makes the vocal minority much more vocal.

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Post by yelnatz » Sat, Nov 16, 2013, 7:14 PM UTC

At least you know right away that they're dead.

It'd be more annoying 6 months down the road.

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Post by minimaxir » Sat, Nov 16, 2013, 7:16 PM UTC

yelnatz wrote: post #6

At least you know right away that they're dead. It'd be more annoying 6 months down the road.

Or worse, the Xbox 360 RROD issue, which was an inevitable ticking time bomb that could blow at any time.

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Post by barista » Sat, Nov 16, 2013, 7:21 PM UTC

minimaxir wrote: post #5

I read a comment earlier that made a good point that unlike the console launches of the previous generation in 2004-2006, we now have access to Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube to vocalize and demonstrate our complaints worldwide. It makes the vocal minority much more vocal.

If you clicked on the link above, you will see that nearly 40% of the Amazon reviews are 1*. There is a good chance that most of those people received a dead PS4. Agree that not everybody who received a good PS4 left a positive review but this certainly does not make it looks like a minority.

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Post by barista » Sat, Nov 16, 2013, 7:23 PM UTC

minimaxir wrote: post #7

yelnatz wrote: post #6

At least you know right away that they're dead. It'd be more annoying 6 months down the road.

Or worse, the Xbox 360 RROD issue, which was an inevitable ticking time bomb that could blow at any time.

Why worse? Weren't the rrod Xboxes replaced by Microsoft? PS4 has not made any public announcement that I know of.

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Post by simias » Sat, Nov 16, 2013, 7:23 PM UTC

The problem with those reviews is those whose console is working are not complaining. Are there any hard numbers on the proportion of dead consoles? Have Sony commented on this issue?