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Sony Says They're Looking Into Crippling PS4 Glitch

Sony tells Kotaku they've "made progress" toward solving a PS4 glitch that has prevented some users from buying or playing games on their new PlayStation consoles.

jujubee883531d ago

Hardware can never be perfect. Just ideal for a purpose(s).

OC_MurphysLaw3531d ago

Sounds less like a hardware issue and more like software to me.

jujubee883531d ago

Technically, a network hardware one (server to client side). Either way, nothing is ever really perfect in technology. That's the point I was trying to make.

donthate3531d ago

juju:

Without having the ability to inspect and debug this error, I highly doubt it is a hardware issue. This is likely a software issue, but a rather odd and nasty bug.

UltraNova3531d ago

"juju

Hence why I prefer console gaming. These systems are around long enough to be optimised to near perfection (look at the ps3 aside from its hardware limitations like the ridiculous amount of ram)

Dontworrybhappy3531d ago (Edited 3531d ago )

I swear the PS4 has DRM. Every time I load up my PS4 and try to start TLOU it shows a lock symbol in the corner and says something like checking license or some shit. Does not bother me though, was down with Microsoft's all digital vision in the first place.

LoTuZ3530d ago

@Juju

Aliens have perfect technology.

warczar3530d ago

@Dontworrybhappy

Digital games are fine and dandy, locking me out of said games if I don't have an Internet connection is a dick move.

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lonelyplayer3531d ago

Only imaginary stuff can be perfect...

jujubee883531d ago

That is strangely profound. :P

DeathOfTheFanBoy3531d ago

You don't have children do you.
When you do, you'll know what perfection is.

pedrof933531d ago

@death

That is so ... weird.

Volkama3531d ago

Can only assume deathofthefanboy has imaginary children. Which is a bit creepy.

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jujubee883531d ago

@ultra:

Yeah, this is true. But, the keyword is "near perfection".

There is not going to be as much "bugs" as say a PC or mobile hw/OS/network, however there's going to be bugs from console to console. Someone that doesn't get this bug; there's a another that does, and that is just how it goes sometimes. Lowering the ratio of people that have bugs to those who don't (to near zero) is the best a console maker can hope for.

gman_moose3531d ago

Wonder if they're making any progress with sound not working when coming out of standby mode. It's really frustrating to boot up the system and have no sound, then have to reset it.

Locknuts3530d ago

Think I'll go plug my SNES back in. Plug and play baby!

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Killzoner993531d ago

This is hardly wide spread and has only affected a very slim amount of people. Nothing like Kotaku to sensationalize a very minor problem to make Sony look bad.

Spotie3531d ago

They're just continuing what they did last generation. Nothing to see here.

Sharingan_no_Kakashi3531d ago

I had no idea this was even a thing -_-

Most issues I'm having with my ps4 is the IGN app which glitches regularly. And sometimes the live streaming thing glitches.

LackTrue4K3531d ago

@Sharingan_no_Kakashi....

Actually, to me/on my PlayStation 4...that app works great!!!

Miles better then there homepage and much MUCH BETTER THEN THERE VIDEO PLAYER.

MRMagoo1233531d ago

I would have a hard time calling it crippling as well lol what an odd choice of words they use to get hits.

BX813531d ago

Killzoner did you read anything? No where in the article does it state that most, all, or majority of ps4 users are having this issue. In fact they use the same word as the sony rep, "some". They didnt sensationalize anything. Its an issue that some ps4 gamers are having. If anyone is making "Sony look bad", it would be sony. Not someone who writes an article about the problem and uses the same wording as the sony reps do.

deafdani3531d ago

There's absolutely nothing in the article, or in the headline, that suggests that this is a widespread issue or anything. You're just getting carried away with your blind hate towards Kotaku.

The headline is correct. This bug is indeed crippling for the PS4... for those few unfortunate people that come across it. Kotaku is just reporting on a Sony statement regarding this issue, so why are you being so defensive here? Damn, calm your horses, not everything is a witch hunt!

HiddenMission3531d ago

That's a sensational title...are the consoles bricked or unplayable...nope so not crippled by any means. Is aren't feature not working yes...can you still buy and play games...yes...it's called go to aren't dawn store.

So again crippled no which makes the title sensational.

Rocky53531d ago (Edited 3531d ago )

@hiddenmission

So what your saying is if my digital games don't work go buy the disc based versions :-/ really, just really.

So if I spend £300 on 5 or 6 or more games via PSStore I'm just to deal with my console not allowing me to play them & go & spend another £300 on the exact same games but on discs so I can play them.

Get real, if my console doesn't play all the games I bought its bloody crippling.

As you PS fanatics always say the PS4 is made for gamers & games come first, well in this case they don't because they don't work & some people (maybe millions we don't know) are having this issue where they can't play there purchased games.

Analogy time.

Look at this way, your car stops working, it starts but it doesn't move, according to your logic, this isn't crippling, as all that's happened is the car has lost a feature, but going on your logic we could get out & push the car so all is fine.

The question is this should we have to, no we shouldn't, the car should work just like the PS4 should play games we bought.

deafdani3531d ago

@HiddenMission: I seriously can't believe you really wrote that. I mean... seriously?

If a console doesn't allow me to play my digital games, YES, IT'S CRIPPLED. The other way around, too: if a console doesn't allow me to play my disc games, only the digital games... YES, IT'S CRIPPLED.

A bricked console that doesn't allow me to play games at all isn't "crippled"... it's a DEAD console.

There's no sensationalism on this article at all. Get out of here.

user95589033531d ago

Like n4g did with the extremely small amount of xbox one's with a cd drive issue at launch?

Remdih3531d ago

Yeah, unless it happens to you. I bought Diablo 3 and the game either freezes or shuts my ps4 down completely. I tried everything, even other disc. None of this helped. I was looking forward to play local coop, yet I can´t get the game even started. I remembered it happened to me with War Thunder after some patches too. I downloaded it and after like 10 seconds it shuts my ps4 down. Nothing is helping. Other games - disc, digital - are unaffected.

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memots3531d ago

Can't buy a game .. Crippling !!!?

ok .. first world problem ?

isarai3531d ago

it's crippling the system, not the user, otherwise that'd be freakin nuts

KwietStorm_BLM3531d ago

Crippling, pertaining to usage of a PS4. Clear and obvious context.

ovnipc3531d ago

I don't have many problems with the ps4 my only 2problems is that some times saves don't upload to cloud. But my biggest problem it's with the psn store most of the time does not opens, i hate that. Took me longer opening the psn store to buy diablo 3 that what it took the game to download.

memots3531d ago

lol

Thanks for that literally made me laugh

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Tomb Raider Remastered just quietly censored one in-game detail

Tomb Raider 1-3 Remastered players are ticked off by the game’s most recent patch, which censors in-game pin-up posters of Lara Croft.

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rlow110h ago

This is why gaming is screwed. When people change things to fit someone’s agenda, it’s a slippery slope downhill.

Christopher10h ago(Edited 10h ago)

Even if that agenda is of the developer? Way to remove developer rights.

***One player called it a “huge problem with modern games,” saying they can now be “ruined AFTER people buy them”.***

The level of drama. Yes, I recall sitting there for more hours than I did anything else in the game. These two pinups are the core of the game, after all!

coolbeans8h ago(Edited 8h ago)

rlow1's cringe catastrophizing aside, I do think developers *ought* to strive to maintain an original work to the best of their ability. The language of a "remaster" tacitly implies that - for good or ill - what's being resold is what fans remember but better.

Profchaos8h ago

Games can be ruined after purchasing them yeah we know this not from this but from GTA IV which had half it's radio content patched out due to licensing expirations and to me that was a huge deal.

This pin up poster is a bit of nonsense but the whole argument of modern games can be ruined post launch is Absol true.

DedicatedDark7h ago(Edited 7h ago)

It's not their work to censor. They are incharge of restoration & remastering the work, not overwriting it.

Barlos6h ago

It's not the agenda of the developer though, they're pandering and trying to increase their ESG score.

Way to support censorship...

victorMaje6h ago

It’s not the end of the world for sure, but I understand the hate towards this kind of change. I believe it’s also a matter of principle.

Imagine a Picasso painting being restored & the restorer deciding there aren’t enough strokes, or some lines aren’t straight enough or curved enough…not sure it would/should sit well with people.

Have all original devs signed off on this change? Even if it’s the case, are we saying older gamers are better mentally equipped to process what was there than current gamers, hence the change?

Enough time ago the case was made that games are an art form. We’re supposed to have won that case.
So which is it? Are games art or not?

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Eidolon6h ago

Hasn't this been happened for over a decade since remasters? I can't see that it's any worse now. Maybe if Sweet Baby starts getting their hands on remasters we will definitely have a problem.

Rebel_Scum9h ago

tbh I dont see something like this as censorship. Does anyone else not find it strange for someone to stick pin ups of themsleves in a locker room?

Now of it was a pin up of some half naked firefighters it might make sense as Lara might like that, and if they removed that I would cry censorship. But removing pin ups of the main character, yeah I get it.

Barlos6h ago(Edited 6h ago)

It's a game, and they were placed there for the audience. It's not real life. If it was, she wouldn't have fought a T-Rex now would she?

Yes, it's censorship but it's a bit less in your face. If they were in the original game, then they should have been in the remasters. It's bad enough that they have that ridiculous unnecessary warning at the start, but then they start removing things post launch. I don't care how small the change, they shouldn't be doing it. It's nothing but ESG pandering but in a subtle way.

Rebel_Scum5h ago

Look bro, if you have pictures of yourself naked on a bear skin rug up in your house let me tell you, its not normal.

jambola3h ago

I wasn't aware censorship was based on what made sense to you

Rebel_Scum3h ago

Likewise, what a stupid comment.

jambola3h ago

I agree
Your comment was pretty stupid

Rebel_Scum2h ago

I never said censorship is based on what I say dumbass. Just because I dont see this as censorship doesnt mean I’m saying others cant.

How about you come at me with your opinion rather than snarky comments with no thought on the matter.

SimpleDad5h ago

By the year 2030, this remaster collection will totally be changed and censored. Probably will remove Lara as a playable character. It's ridiculous. Glad that my family didn't buy this.
I still have Tomb Raider 2 PS1 as a memory.

jambola3h ago

Those shorts are a little revealing
Should probably make them snow pants

Barlos3h ago

They'll probably make her trans

CobraKai5h ago

It’s mentioned in the article, and it’s a point i 100% agree with, it’s the fact that they can censor a game after you buy it. That’s total bullshit.

Killer2020UK5h ago

Whilst it's an overreaction to say this has "ruined" the game, it's still problematic that this has happened post launch and for many, post-purchase.

I don't want someone to change a product for the worse after I've bought it. The same goes for implementing micro transactions after reviews.

I wonder why they did this? Nobody was kicking up a fuss as far as I'm aware.

maykhausonninh5h ago

Nobody was kicking up a fuss as far as I'm aware.

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MrBaskerville1h ago

The game being an accurate represantation of the original was not a slap in the face to the fans. The 3D remasters looked like ass (visually) tbh.