BioWare 'Working Closely' with Sony to Fix ANTHEM's Unacceptable PS4 Shutdown Crashes

Reminds me of Fallout New Vegas on Ps3 back in the day, that game froze my system so many times, I thought I was gonna brick it. Yet, I couldn't stop playing, it was that good lol

the developer is "working closely with Sony"

So, they called them and said - "yeah -we know there's a problem. Later."

yeah i'm kind of glad i decided to save for DMC5 instead but to be honest i don't think i will EVER get this now even if they fix it i wont be able to trust it

It's funny how the mods of r/AnthemTheGame are deleting posts about this issue bricking consoles, saying that is fake only because another user CLAIMED to work for Sony (without any proof, of course) that those experiences were fake.

Givwn my PS4 had to do repeated hard drive rebuilds and crashed loads when doing something as basic as the last firmware update...maybe something is wrong woth the current firmware that doesnt agree with something Anthem is doing? Who knows.

It happened to me and had to rebuild the database. That said I have played it a ton since and never happened again.

I really feel like this game has potential but I would recommend waiting.

The combat is already great tho...

Wasn’t really planning on getting Anthem to be transparent, but that ain’t ever changing now. I can’t believe a game is actually causing permanent damages to PS4 consoles, that’s frightening.

@Sakisa I haven't read it caused permanent damage. Maybe a "soft" brick, but not a "hard" brick. All consoles were recovered from what I understand.

I guess I dodged a bullet giving up on Anthem and deleting it.

The capital letters always make me read it like it's being shouted.

"What are you playing?"

"I'm playing ANTHEM"

"All right calm down"

Yeah, it bricked my PS4 Pro on the demo, it shut down and would not restart when I closed the application. But after removing the plug from the wall socket for a while and turning it back on thankfully it restarted and rebuilt the database.....Phew!!!! don't think I'll be buying this for a while.

I sure am glad I don't buy EA games anymore.

@Gremio108 That made me chortle. Nice one.

@kyleforrester87 People love random rolls in their loot games and this is the deadliest gamble of them all

Sounds more like a Bethesda game than a Bioware one...

I've got Anthem on PS4 disk version and I have not had a single issue.
And Cloud36426 is correct. It doesn't actually 'brick' the console. Still, unacceptable though.

one issue under investigation, only an avalanche more waiting....

Man, the console versions seem utterly broken. My brother plays it on PC and he says it's working OK, but a friend of mine is too afraid to even start the game on his PS4.

@Bonbonetti it's happening on PC as well, the computer just suddenly turns off. Here's just one example:
https://answers.ea.com/t5/Technical-Issues/Launching-Anthem-crashes-whole-computer/td-p/7378317

Level 30 power 500. Ps4 pro. Had 1 crash since release and about 1 million bugs. Game is fun and f×÷=ed at same time.

Console Bricking doesn't come from a game, it comes from the platforms OEM vis OS updates, Homebrew or modding etc... If even half of the people "claiming" that their console was bricked did the most common sense troubleshooting to their console they'd stop crying "wolf" when something doesn't go their way and stop blaming the last thing they did on their console as the cause. This could have been ANY game. I remember numerous other instances where people claimed a PS4 game was "bricking" their console, only to have each and every one debunked. Your system could be completely clogged with dust a nd debris and blew up at the exact moment you started anthem, making it guilty by association, which is why the games get blamed and not their negligence.