The Official Playstation 4 Thread - News and Info

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First time I sent it in was because video playback was messed up. It was always sped up; looked like it was at 60 fps like a video game.

I got it back a couple weeks ago and it worked fine until the 1.60 update was downloaded. Now I'm getting the flashing blue light. I've been able to turn it on with safe mode a couple times, but it shuts down on its own and then I can't start it up again. I'm pretty irritated about this.
Man, I'd be pissed. wow. I haven't heard too many report on the PS4 messing up though. You may have gotten one in a bad batch.
 

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Guess I'm one of the lucky guys. :whew: My PS4 was bought from Amazon and I haven't had any crippling issues from it since launch. I remember a few times the system got worryingly loud when I played AC4 but everything is good.

Even BF4 is working fine met some hackers in game but I'm not getting any errors.
 
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I had to send in my launch day console in the middle of December because of a faulty drive. It would eject discs randomly or think there was a disc in there despite being empty. The one I got back seems to be okay. It sometimes hangs on the dynamic background and I have to shut it off using the power button on the console
 

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It's not due to their gaming division though.

:snoop: at folks who are focusing on Sony losing $1.1 Billion & cutting 5,000 jobs. Thar's NOT the story. The real story is:
Sony sells its VAIO PC business, makes TV arm its own subsidiary

BY MAT SMITH FEBRUARY 6TH, 2014 AT 1:02AM ET
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Sony said it was "addressing various options" as recently as yesterday when it came to its VAIO PC and laptop arm, and while announcing its financial results for Q3 2013, it's apparently come to a decision. Amid reforming its TV arm (and splitting it into a standalone entity by June 2014), it's going to sell its PC business and VAIO brand to Japan Industrial Partners (JIP), with the final deal set to be done by the end of March 2014. The company has reported a drop in demand for its PCs in prior financial statements, and (barring the VAIO Flip 11A), Sony didn't really have much to show from its VAIO range at this year's CES.

The company says it's no longer designing and developing PC products, while manufacturing and sales will wrap up after the company's final VAIO range goes on sale globally. It has decided to focus on those post-PC products (yep, smartphones and tablets), meaning that it had to make some big decisions with less successful parts of the business. During Q3 2013, Sony saw year-on-year sales increases from its mobile arm, but still forecasts an annual loss of around $1.1 billion (110 billion yen) for the full year: it had previously projected a 30 billion yen profit. The blame is leveled at the businesses its now looking to change. Other highlights include the PS4, which sold 4.2 million units and 9.7 million games in its first six weeks. The games arm also saw a "dramatic increase" in PlayStation Plus subscriptions -- something that's mandatory for multiplayer on the company's new console.

Sony will cut a total of 5,000 jobs worldwide (1,500 in Japan) by the end of the 2014 fiscal year, while the new PC company has stated that it will hire around 250 to 300 Sony employees, encompassing design, development manufacturing and sales, and will be based in Nagano -- where Sony's current VAIO HQ resides. The company is promising to fulfill all its aftercare warranties. Sony is signed up to invest 5 percent of the new company's capital to support its launch and smooth over the transition. Restructuring costs across both the TV and PC segments are now set to cost an extra 20 billion yen. Sony is now set to focus on its high-end sets and 4K screens, and hopes that changes will ensure the TV business returns to profitability within the next financial year.

Source: http://www.sony.net/SonyInfo/News/Press/201402/14-019E/index.html
Source 2: http://www.sony.net/SonyInfo/IR/financial/fr/viewer/13q3/

http://www.engadget.com/2014/02/06/sony-sells-vaio/

This is GOOD news if you're invested in Sony. Sony losing $1.1 billion & cutting 5,000 is just a negative short-term side effect of Sony's restructuring.
 

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Ps4 Gold headsets getting good reviews, only drawback is it's missing the "bass impact" but other then that they are said to be superior in every way to the Elites.
 

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I've never fukked with headsets, but I think I'm gonna cop the gold wireless headset
 

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don't let the few stories of people's shyts bricking affect when you cop one...the majority of the ps4s are working fine...i'd recommend copping one as soon as you can....get in on some of this good gaming
Aight, cool.
I've got a backlog of games, then I'll cop. Thanks, brehthren.
 

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so is this thing worth copping yet? is that new metal gear supposed to be an AAA title?
 
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