Failure rate is all that matters. Anecdotal experiences are worth less then nothing (especially considering half of them are probably fake on top of it).
No dude, it's over. It's already happened to a single person. Red Ring of Death Part Deux.
Failure rate is all that matters. Anecdotal experiences are worth less then nothing (especially considering half of them are probably fake on top of it).
It's a little premature to be saying that.
My launch day PS4 had a broken disc drive within 30 minutes of using it. Why can't Sony make better hardware?
holy shit that's a hilarious post.That still haunts me. My launch 360 died more times than Jason Voorhees.
Exactly. The Pro had that faulty exhaust fan issue that got several of videos on youtube and threads on gaf and reddit, but in the end, it turned out to be a small percentage of overall units.This happens at the launch of every single console.
Wait for a couple of weeks to see if this is widespread.
This happens at the launch of every single console.
Wait for a couple of weeks to see if this is widespread.
I wasn't using a surge protector.Xbox One X has a surge protector built in,. If he has it plugged into another one they might not be playing nice together? Especially if it's a cheap one. Shrug.
yup...also thanks, to Taco Bell some lucky gamers have had theirs for a few days now and also journalists got theirs about a week ago now..wouldn't we have heard something if this was a widespread issue?Failure rate is all that matters. Anecdotal experiences are worth less then nothing (especially considering half of them are probably fake on top of it).
Ah my bad. But it works now again?
yup...also thanks, to Taco Bell some lucky gamers have had theirs for a few days now and also journalists got theirs about a week ago now..wouldn't we have heard something if this was a widespread issue?
Nope, still dead last time I tried.
Nope, still dead last time I tried.
I tried leaving it unplugged for a while before plugging it back in, but that didn't work. Also tried changing outlets, but that didn't work either.
regular for me. I think its a small batch that is faulty and not widespread.
Have any external drives plugged in or anything? Cable box, Kinect, controllers, antenna etc. If so, unplug everything that isn't required and try again.
Mine's a regular one.
I'm sorry, I laughed when I read that, forgot about that line.My PS4 Pro died on me trying to play UC4 day 1. After I dicked around with it for 2 hours I returned it and got a replacement. No big deal I say, but it is annoying as heck. I'm patiently waiting for UPS now and hoping I don't have to go through similar fuckery.
How did you come to this conclusion? Many Journalist and some lucky gamers have had theirs for about a week now without issues.I'm not the least surprised. All that power and heat crammed into a relatively small box with little airflow. After the whole RROD/YLOD thing a decade ago and considering what a vacuum cleaner my fat PS3 was, I decided I would never buy a >100W console again, preferably only <50W machines, but, eh, the only <50W machines we had since then are the Wii and Wii U. And I did buy a PS4 Slim a year ago, which is so cool, whisper quiet and stable.
This thing has a vapor chamber. Heat is not going to be an issue whatsoever.I'm not the least surprised. All that power and heat crammed into a relatively small box with little airflow. After the whole RROD/YLOD thing a decade ago and considering what a vacuum cleaner my fat PS3 was, I decided I would never buy a >100W console again, preferably only <50W machines, but, eh, the only <50W machines we had since then are the Wii and Wii U. And I did buy a PS4 Slim a year ago, which is so cool, whisper quiet and stable.
Nope. This is the first time a new piece of electronic hardware failed early adopters.
Nope. This is the first time a new piece of electronic hardware failed early adopters.
In reality I think this is par for the course of any new release. Been that way every since antennae gate with the iPhone 4. Not going to change any time soon.
I picked one up today, played a ton of Assassin's Creed. Works like a dream - BUT - my Samsung 7000 series wouldn't recognize the HDMI with the XOneX for like thirty minutes. I had to turn everything on and off and reorder HDMI's, eventually it just caught it. I was worried the thing was bricked or something.
This happened to me with my Apple TV 4K. Odd thing is that it would only not work on one specific port. All others were fine. I did a factory reset and it worked again. Handshake issues suck, lol.
I have an X sitting in my car waiting for me and this thread is easily the worst thing I could have read.
Welp.
As someone who worked retailed for a long time yeah it happens. 5% failure rate or something like that. It happens with new console launches specifically because so many of them end up being sold at one time. Had similar things happen with the PS4 and XB1 original. Hell my manager at the time (Gamestop) had the free PS4 she got from Sony busted due to the HDMI port being screwed up which was one of the problems with that system at launch.
I have an X sitting in my car waiting for me and this thread is easily the worst thing I could have read.
Welp.
Wow. How bad was the YLoD compared to it?This is nothing like the RRoD situation. There were reports coming in even before the damn 360 launch. It was horrifying.
Don't let it bother you. It's still extremely limited. I just want to know if there's things we can do to prevent an issue, like the surge protector thing. I never knew you weren't supposed to use one.
When she told me over the phone at the time I legit had to put the phone down for a second and laugh because every ASM I knew was super jealous of the managers getting free systems at launch but she had to wait like 2 weeks for a replacement to come in XD She was very unhappy.Yea I remember the HDMI thing. I was super careful plugging mine in.
When I went to gamestop to pick up my X someone was bringing there X back cause it wouldn't recognize the hdmi or something like that. Mine has been almost perfect so far. Won't load gears 4 for some reason