In reply to a post by epyon:

Well even though sony saying not major

its worrying they would even give fail units to IGN and Kotako

i see its an HDMI related issue?

yeah it appears is somehow hdmi related rather than a chip overheating. I havent checked yet for updates as I believe americans can buy it today?

--edit-- I checked and the news isnt good currently.

http://www.amazon.com/PlayStation-4-Launch-Edition/p...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adWxrqBK5j4

Seems people getting that red line of death also now as well.

Although there is evidence still suggesting its firmware related at least in some cases.

Edited by Chrysalis (Sat 16-Nov-13 06:12:24)

I think we will have to wait a while before we see the scale of the problems, there are lots of people reporting issues on Amazon.com but there are more giving 5 star reviews. Don't forget also if your PS4 is fine you are much more likely to be busy playing it than taking the time to write a review. Another thing is are the reviews even by verified owners?

So my point is... yes there are obviously a number of issues with PS4 but we don't know the scale yet so there's no need to panic. It is hopefully just a small percentage of units that are affected.

Edited by astateoftrance (Sat 16-Nov-13 10:31:29)

this one works fine and nice tricks with camera.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oY1vi7y7WxU

Angry joe��..Love his show ,especially his Xbox One original reveal and funny rant .

Any new product will have some issues,and Apple iPhones have certainly had there share of launch problems in the past and many other electrical problems.

Its not something we want to hear about or no are happening but it does and we will get the same next week with the launch of Xbox One ,some may be legit and some will even be saying there is a problem when they don't even own one.

Sony supported will bash Xbox One and Xbox One owners will bash Playstation 4��.It happens,you only have to look at some of the things people do regarding user game reviews on Metacritic to know that its a flawed system.

I just watched a video of a bricked playstation 4 and when he held the power button for several seconds to do a reset he got a electrical shock...

It's not great publicity/ PR for Sony and May be just may be a 2 week delay in Europe in getting the console will be of benefit .

Hopefully it's more related to firmware issues and the update than Hardware failure,because if it's the later this is going to have a dramatic effect on Sony and the Playstation 4 and not something they going to be able to fix .

Worse case senario if these problems become even more wide spread and prolific would be a total recall of the product which would be a disaster ,let's not forget the signal problems with the iPhone 4 and the hassle this caused Apple.

Let's just hope that a fork lift truck or courier transport or some other problem caused a batch to be dropped or misused and it does not become a major issue...


I have to say I'm slightly concerned given the fact I have invested in one which by all accounts when the payment will be charged and processed next week in preparation for the week after.

Would Sony recall this product and cancel a European launch if these internet related issues continue.....what do you think ?


Check these issues out

Edited by time2die (Sat 16-Nov-13 11:24:30)

apparently most of the failed units have the same manufacturing location.

and yes angry joe is great, I also watched his ps4 unboxing video which was good.

You should watch his Xbox One Rage video��..That was Hilarious

That was when Microsoft first announced the DRM stuff��

In reply to a post by Chrysalis:

this one works fine and nice tricks with camera.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oY1vi7y7WxU

Lot of talk about DRM in the comments below that vid

In reply to a post by time2die:

Would Sony recall this product and cancel a European launch if these internet related issues continue.....what do you think ?

Check these issues out

That would be a disaster for Sony. We can only hope it is a relatively small number of units which are affected and not a larger problem with them.

I enjoyed that. Angry Joe is an amusing fellow. Love the fact it picked out the other dude instead of him as owner. That was hilarious.

Yeah, like Timey says, his other vid on the XBO and DRM was classic.