Topic: General PlayStation 4 Thread

@Thrillho Can you make it last until PS5?
My PS4 did a weird thing last week where I put in a disc and it just turned and whined like it was trying to load up the game, but it never did. So I hit the eject button, it spit the disc out but the eject image flashed on the upper right of the screen continuously afterward. There was clearly something amiss with the disc drive. So I powered it off and then on again, and it’s worked fine since.
— But the thought darted through my mind at the time, “I’m going to have to bloody buy a new PS4 because I can’t wait 6-9 months for PS5 and have no console at all!”
I’m just crossing my fingers that ol’ trusty limps through to end. Heaven forbid if PS5 delays into 2021!

@Th3solution I’m sure I can. It’s done it for a number of years now but used to be very intermittent and could go a year without happening again. It’s just the last four months or so where it’s become non-stop.

I think the screwdriver is coming today so hopefully I don’t break things too much!

Having never opened the console before, I am not looking forward to just how much dust and other rubbish will be inside.

I’d never opened my MacBook until after about five years of owning it and the experience left me feeling that I now know what opening an Egyptian sarcophagus would be like.

@RogerRoger

Reality:

@Thrillho @RogerRoger Eh, it's probably fine

@Arugula What’s in your backlog to choose from? Got anything non-RPG to cleanse the palate with?

@Arugula https://www.pushsquare.com/forums/ps4/have_the_soulsborne_gam...

@Arugula I find that in those situations, a light-hearted, quick and simple game is a good choice.

@Arugula Like I said in that topic, it happens to me after almost every big game i complete. Can mean that I sometimes I can only partially play a whole bunch of games before the next games clicks.

@Arugula MLB The Show’s my game for that. I’ve been slowly going through FF7R and playing The Show alongside it so I don’t burn myself out.

I have a question. Do I need a specific usb cable such as a data cable to pair my PS4 controller to my PS4?

@Kredient I think any cable should work. I use one that originally came with my Bluetooth speaker to charge mine and have no problems.

@Thrillho yeah ik but no cables work for me for some reason any suggestions?

@Kredient Do the cables work with other devices? If so, I wonder if it’s a problem with the controller itself..

@Thrillho It does charge but it doesn’t pair. No I don’t think it is the controller itself. This happened to me before but it was fixable cuz I have 2 controllers and I connected one by Bluetooth now both controllers are unpaired. Idk what to do.

@Kredient Hmm.. I can’t advise anything beyond the advice given on the PlayStation website itself;

https://support.playstation.com/s/article/DualShock-4-Trouble...

Yo PlayStation live chat not working is it just me?

Those of you who partook in the gif exchange on the last page may be interested to see what the inside of my PS4 ended up looking like after my screwdrivers finally arrived...

Not pretty.

I've put some electrical tape over the eject button sensor so hopefully that has finally sorted the problem.

@Thrillho shameful.

@kyleforrester87 If they wanted me to clean the console, they shouldn’t lock it with such weird screws ¯(ツ)/¯