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Very impressive. I have one but I haven't opened it yet. For me, none of the launch titles were particularly compelling. But I missed out on a lot of console ga

Very impressive. I have one but I haven't opened it yet. For me, none of the launch titles were particularly compelling. But I missed out on a lot of console games last gen because of the transactional inertia of not owning a system to play them on. Super stoked for Deep Down and The Division, when they come out.

ChuckMcM 13y ago
Given the Amazon comments I suggest you open it and power it on to verify it works while it is still in the 'no-questions-asked' warranty period :-). My neighbor's second one has been working fine for a while now.
- protomyth 13y ago
  Regardless of comments, I would recommend everyone test whatever electronics they buy as soon as possible. The reported failure rate on the PS4 is sadly not all that bad. HP in the early 2000's paid Best Buy to setup (really turn on an test - pre-Geek Squad days) their computers before customers took them home. The failure rate was interesting.
  - ChuckMcM 13y ago
    Fascinating, I had not heard that story about HP and Best buy. When building servers I found that powering on the parts and running them at 75% capacity for 72 hrs prior to releasing them to manufacturing helped trim the infant mortality rate to something much more tolerable. DIMMs and Disk Drives were particularly susceptible, power supplies were actually not too bad.
    - protomyth 13y ago
      HP had some problems at the time. They shipped an AMD powered PC that would reboot due to low power every time you tried to burn a CD. They also would reuse hard drives off units that were returned. My brother had some words with the HP rep due to what was on a machine he was setting up for a customer. HP servers seem ok, but their PCs were junk. Such a shame given the heritage.
  - mikeash 13y ago
    That's crazy. They were aware of the problem and willing to take steps to fix it, but why not fix it at the source? You'd think that it would be better to test everything at the factory rather than trying to shoehorn it in at the store.
    - hrkristian 13y ago
      Not if their corporate deals were different in a way that made bulk testing at the factory more expensive than paying Best Buy to do it for the consumer market...
- jamesaguilar 13y ago
  I will certainly do that.
b3b0p 13y ago
I'm surprised you would have chosen a PS4 over a PS3. The PS4 is not backwards compatible and the PS3 has a large assortment of console exclusives as well as being significantly cheaper (and DLNA media streaming if you are into that). There are some intriguing Black Friday sales coming up on the PS3 and they are still releasing exclusive games. I honestly have no interest in a PS4 at this time. I have a PS3 and looking forward to some games coming out still (and have a huge backlog), but I also want a Wii U (and I will get one contributing to even a bigger backlog).
- melling 13y ago
  With the PS4 selling faster than the initial PS3, I would expect it to quickly gather steam with developers. Life is way too short to cling to older technologies. "The company has said it expects to sell five million units by March, which would beat the initial sales rollout of its last-generation videogame device, the PlayStation 3, which sold 3.5 million units worldwide over the same introductory period."
  - MisterBastahrd 13y ago
    The PS4 exclusive titles don't look all that much better than PS3 titles, honestly. Knack is more of a mediocre beat-em-up than a platformer, and Killzone is a blurry mess. Coming from an Xbox 360, I've got to say that the user experience on the PS4 is a mess. I put a game into the system, and I can play within a minute, but it is a pared down version of the game while it installs. Then I have to exit the game to install it. Oh, and if I want online multiplayer, I usually have to download a 700MB patch before that is available. If I access a TV app through my library, it will boot me back out to the main screen if I have a game running, but if I access it through the TV apps section, it will close my game and allow me to run Netflix.
    - venus 13y ago
      > I put a game into the system, and I can play within a minute, but it is a pared down version of the game while it installs With respect, what did you expect? To be able to play the full game before it is installed? > Oh, and if I want online multiplayer, I usually have to download a 700MB patch Oh, the horror. I am guessing that could take as long as 10 minutes! Talk about your first world problems....
epsylon 13y ago
Even more impressive considering this is only North America.

ChuckMcM 13y ago

Given the Amazon comments I suggest you open it and power it on to verify it works while it is still in the 'no-questions-asked' warranty period :-). My neighbor's second one has been working fine for a while now.

protomyth 13y ago
Regardless of comments, I would recommend everyone test whatever electronics they buy as soon as possible. The reported failure rate on the PS4 is sadly not all that bad. HP in the early 2000's paid Best Buy to setup (really turn on an test - pre-Geek Squad days) their computers before customers took them home. The failure rate was interesting.
- ChuckMcM 13y ago
  Fascinating, I had not heard that story about HP and Best buy. When building servers I found that powering on the parts and running them at 75% capacity for 72 hrs prior to releasing them to manufacturing helped trim the infant mortality rate to something much more tolerable. DIMMs and Disk Drives were particularly susceptible, power supplies were actually not too bad.
  - protomyth 13y ago
    HP had some problems at the time. They shipped an AMD powered PC that would reboot due to low power every time you tried to burn a CD. They also would reuse hard drives off units that were returned. My brother had some words with the HP rep due to what was on a machine he was setting up for a customer. HP servers seem ok, but their PCs were junk. Such a shame given the heritage.
- mikeash 13y ago
  That's crazy. They were aware of the problem and willing to take steps to fix it, but why not fix it at the source? You'd think that it would be better to test everything at the factory rather than trying to shoehorn it in at the store.
  - hrkristian 13y ago
    Not if their corporate deals were different in a way that made bulk testing at the factory more expensive than paying Best Buy to do it for the consumer market...
jamesaguilar 13y ago
I will certainly do that.

b3b0p 13y ago

I'm surprised you would have chosen a PS4 over a PS3. The PS4 is not backwards compatible and the PS3 has a large assortment of console exclusives as well as being significantly cheaper (and DLNA media streaming if you are into that). There are some intriguing Black Friday sales coming up on the PS3 and they are still releasing exclusive games. I honestly have no interest in a PS4 at this time. I have a PS3 and looking forward to some games coming out still (and have a huge backlog), but I also want a Wii U (and I will get one contributing to even a bigger backlog).

melling 13y ago
With the PS4 selling faster than the initial PS3, I would expect it to quickly gather steam with developers. Life is way too short to cling to older technologies. "The company has said it expects to sell five million units by March, which would beat the initial sales rollout of its last-generation videogame device, the PlayStation 3, which sold 3.5 million units worldwide over the same introductory period."
- MisterBastahrd 13y ago
  The PS4 exclusive titles don't look all that much better than PS3 titles, honestly. Knack is more of a mediocre beat-em-up than a platformer, and Killzone is a blurry mess. Coming from an Xbox 360, I've got to say that the user experience on the PS4 is a mess. I put a game into the system, and I can play within a minute, but it is a pared down version of the game while it installs. Then I have to exit the game to install it. Oh, and if I want online multiplayer, I usually have to download a 700MB patch before that is available. If I access a TV app through my library, it will boot me back out to the main screen if I have a game running, but if I access it through the TV apps section, it will close my game and allow me to run Netflix.
  - venus 13y ago
    > I put a game into the system, and I can play within a minute, but it is a pared down version of the game while it installs With respect, what did you expect? To be able to play the full game before it is installed? > Oh, and if I want online multiplayer, I usually have to download a 700MB patch Oh, the horror. I am guessing that could take as long as 10 minutes! Talk about your first world problems....

epsylon 13y ago

Even more impressive considering this is only North America.