The Playstation Thread

[Self.Destructive.Pattern]

Beyond pissed with fucking Sony. I understand that is it a horrible idea to buy consoles on launch day in this day and age, but the fact that a supposed "Next Gen" system will become a fucking brick down the road is unacceptable at this point. I've been with Playstation since the beginning starting with PS1, respectfully. Of course every console has it's hiccups and Sony, nor Microsoft are perfect, but through time, Sony and PS has been very good to me as far as hardware goes and functionality. It always puts a tear in my eye when I hear that people have received bricks, or faulty HDMI ports, or whatever other problems arose the past two years or so. My whole point of this is the fact that instead of buying a console that is supposed to be built to last 10+ fucking years, I have to be almost forced to buy an insurance plan for 50 dollars to insure myself that if anything happens to my console, I am covered.

What the hell happened to the days of just buying a console, throwing in the game, and playing it for years on end, and still to this day work like a charm?? (SNES) I am not saying people didn't have problems with consoles out of the box in the retro days, but when I go to play a brand new 65 dollar game, get through the long ass movie intro, only to have my entire PS4 shut down and not turn back on. Solution to my problem?? Faulty power supply...

Solutions to fixing:

1. Smack the bottom of where the supply is located and play until it decides to turn off again

2. Replace the supply with another power source, and from extensive research, only works less than half of the time.

3. Buy the insurance and send it to Sony for repair.

Only thing is... since I decided not to buy the insurance plan, and since my console is over a year old....A YEAR OLD. I am no longer qualified for the insurance. Mind you, my PS4 is exactly 1 year, and 1 month old. Now, instead of being able to send my console in, I have to either pay $160.00 to send it back in, or buy a completely new system. I am beyond livid right now, and some may say "Should have purchased the insurance". I call bullshit on that. It's amazing how loyal gamers to any platform are treated. It's not like I'm buying a car here. I'll take this as a learning lesson, but I still cannot believe that shit like this happens and people are stuck with brick, shit systems because they had a bad luck of the draw while picking the console off of the shelf. Thanks Sony.

[Jinsai]

Beyond pissed with fucking Sony. I understand that is it a horrible idea to buy consoles on launch day in this day and age, but the fact that a supposed "Next Gen" system will become a fucking brick down the road is unacceptable at this point.

It's a possibility, it always has been.

My brother's PS4 randomly ejects discs (a problem that has been somewhat fixed now that we've sliced the bottom of the eject rubber bumper off). Xbox 360s could burn your house down. My PSP stopped working a little over a year of having used it, and I paid close to a hundred dollars to have it repaired. I was upset, but oh well, stuff breaks.

My minimoog voyager synthesizer, which I paid close to 3000 dollars for, suddenly went nuts (after being kept in immaculate condition) one day... They offered free repairs but I only had to pay shipping. I've blocked out how much that was, but the thing weighs around 40 pounds or so... but oh well.

These things are complex machines, and they're mass produced for price efficiency. They can break. You can get unlucky... and as you said, yes, you're not buying a car here. I'm not going to say "you should have purchased the insurance," because that would be silly since I didn't either. I hedged my bets, hoping my shit wouldn't break vs the probability of the chance it would and the cost difference if it should. I got lucky. You did the same thing and didn't get as lucky as me or my brother... who still has a wonky PS4 but it functions (for now).

You approach this whole thing from the perspective that the company should extend similar brand loyalty to you as a consumer. Whenever you see a demonstration of that sort of thing, it's a marketing illusion. They will "care" if this becomes a big enough problem to the degree that the 360's "red ring of death" was, and they will only care at that point because it is a better option financially to compensate disgruntled customers than it is to fight potential class action lawsuits.

It's probably better to just let it go and treat it the way you'd treat your car getting towed for some completely bullshit reason. It happens, and it's a much bigger inconvenience and it costs a lot more. Oh well. Fuck it.

[Self.Destructive.Pattern]

It's a possibility, it always has been.

I expressed this mentioning the retro days. Yes, it always has been.

My brother's PS4 randomly ejects discs (a problem that has been somewhat fixed now that we've sliced the bottom of the eject rubber bumper off). Xbox 360s could burn your house down. My PSP stopped working a little over a year of having used it, and I paid close to a hundred dollars to have it repaired. I was upset, but oh well, stuff breaks.

That does suck, but not everyone has the money to go repair, or even purchase insurance for a gaming device. It may be easier for you, or others to say "Oh well, shit breaks, time to buy or repair another one!!" Compared to the people that are literally stuck with a brick that cannot afford to even attempt to repair one.

You approach this whole thing from the perspective that the company should extend similar brand loyalty to you as a consumer. Whenever you see a demonstration of that sort of thing, it's a marketing illusion. They will "care" if this becomes a big enough problem to the degree that the 360's "red ring of death" was, and they will only care at that point because it is a better option financially to compensate disgruntled customers than it is to fight potential class action lawsuits.

I may have rage ranted a bit and may have seem a bit naive to the situation, but I fully understand that being a loyal customer doesn't mean shit in this day and age, or even ever. I had to deal with the yellow light of death with my PS3, fixed the disc drive, and got another couple of months out of it. I then bought a slim when it first came out, and after a few months, it would reset on it's own. I accepted the fact and just dealt with it since I was younger and money wasn't much of a problem. Now, having tons of more responsibility and less money to throw around, yes, I am pissed.

It's probably better to just let it go and treat it the way you'd treat your car getting towed for some completely bullshit reason. It happens, and it's a much bigger inconvenience and it costs a lot more. Oh well. Fuck it.

Of course I will let it go . Everyone is entitled to a little rage here and there when something like this happens. Some may be able to let it go as easy as you can, but others do not work that way. It's just a bit tougher when it happens to something you love. I've learned to digress with situations like this. In the end, I need my car much more than I need a PS4...

That sucks man, sorry to hear that.

Appreciate it dude. At least I can dissect my old PS4 whenever I am able to purchase a new one . One aspect that I do love when systems go to shit.