The Official PS4 Thread - Part 3

[GENERAL RAAM582]

So is the HDD I need for the PS4 for an upgrade?

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=8158169&CatId=2676

 

[eternalinferno]

I really hope the games I bought from amazon arrive today. Games like resogun have been a blast to play but I feel like I haven't truly entered the next generation until I've played a game like killzone.

 

[the last son]

I called gamestop and they said others have been calling and complaining about the same issues I'm having of not being able to play the game at all. I'm talking about BF4.

 

[the last son]

Anyone else find the power button weird?

 

[Benstamania]

That BF4 problem is an update issues. EA just spoke about it.

 

[StrainedEyes]

Has anyone figured out how to change the color of the light on the console yet?

It's blue when powering on. White when in use. Yellow during standby mode. Red when it's overheating.

 

[StrainedEyes]

Downloading Battlefield 4 digitally is kind of weird. I had it in standby all night and all my games downloaded fine. But when I go into BF4, it still says the MP is only 70% installed. There's nothing downloading or installing outside of the game, and it seems like the game needs to be in-use to continue this install process.

Or maybe I just needed to start it once to finish the install? We'll see. The file size isn't the full size, same for Killzone (which I haven't started yet). The small details on how things install are still a little vague.

DCUO looks good! Though I do dislike the separate trophy lists between PS3 and PS4 versions.

 

[Perfect Cell]

When did u order one on amazon? As of last night they had some in stock.

I ordered it off the Canadian Amazon, which has different stock and options than the American one. As far as I can tell, they've never had a console in stock outside of pre-orders. They have three versions listed. The launch edition, which is obviously gone, the standard edition, which is sold out, and the New Year edition, which has open pre-orders. I signed up to be notified when the standard edition becomes available, but it hasn't yet. So I decided to just lock a place in line for the New Year one and wait until January.

Edit: If you look at Amazon.ca, you'll actually see reviews where people are denouncing Amazon, and saying that there should be plenty of PS4 stock in brick and mortar stores. Unfortunately, in my area, the only places to pick up a PS4 would be Future Shop, EB Games, or Walmart. And all three are thoroughly sold out. So... waiting for Amazon it is, sadly.

 

[SpideyVille]

So I had this concern and my brother called me up with the same one, which is that since I'm holding the PS4, there's no way of knowing if its one of the rare ones with a defect. So he's asking me to test it out to make sure it works. But I'm wondering, if I set it up with my PSN account and stuff, is there anyway of erasing it. I would use their account but he's afraid that his son might get logged out of his PS3 and figure out that we got him the system.

 

[StrainedEyes]

So I had this concern and my brother called me up with the same one, which is that since I'm holding the PS4, there's no way of knowing if its one of the rare ones with a defect. So he's asking me to test it out to make sure it works. But I'm wondering, if I set it up with my PSN account and stuff, is there anyway of erasing it. I would use their account but he's afraid that his son might get logged out of his PS3 and figure out that we got him the system.

You can turn it on and update the firmware and navigate the menus all without logging into a PSN id. You could also log in via a guest account, which doesn't save any of your information once you log out.

 

[SpideyVille]

Awesome, thanks.

 

[ThePowerCosmic]

Are people social online or what? Is it like Live, where the match is mostly silent because everyone is off in their own private chats?

 

[TheDreamMaster]

It's blue when powering on. White when in use. Yellow during standby mode. Red when it's overheating.

What's red on the controller? System didn't show it but controller was red.

 

[StrainedEyes]

What's red on the controller? System didn't show it but controller was red.

Depends on the game. Red is generally player 2. In NFS red means your playing as the racer (blue is the cop). In DCUO it turns red when you're in action mode. I think in Killzone it indicates your health.

 

[ProjectPat2280]

Are people social online or what? Is it like Live, where the match is mostly silent because everyone is off in their own private chats?

Well the PS4 now does party chat, so I'm sure thats going to come into play.

 

[Soapy]

Resogun bros, what ship do you use?

 

[Quasimod0]

Depends on the game. Red is generally player 2. In NFS red means your playing as the racer (blue is the cop). In DCUO it turns red when you're in action mode. I think in Killzone it indicates your health.

That is a pretty cool feature. Hadn't heard about that

 

[Havok83]

So annoying. My Amazon status STILL says Preparing Shipment, which is what it said like 3 days ago. My Killzone shipments both proceeded to that stage at that same time, yet they arrived this morning and my PS3 is still in the warehouse

 

[SpideyVille]

So I got to test the PS4 out after all and its pretty cool so far. Couldn't do much though with the PS Store down for maintenance, so my brother is going to try to head to Target later on to see if they have anything left from the B2G1 free deal. He's going to let me try out the games to see how they look.

 

[SpideyVille]

So annoying. My Amazon status STILL says Preparing Shipment, which is what it said like 3 days ago. My Killzone shipments both proceeded to that stage at that same time, yet they arrived this morning and my PS3 is still in the warehouse

Damn! Who normally ships it when you order from Amazon?

 

[ProjectPat2280]

So I got to test the PS4 out after all and its pretty cool so far. Couldn't do much though with the PS Store down for maintenance, so my brother is going to try to head to Target later on to see if they have anything left from the B2G1 free deal. He's going to let me try out the games to see how they look.

Haha kinda messed up ur playing with some kids Christmas toy before he can.

 

[Havok83]

Damn! Who normally ships it when you order from Amazon?

You mean the carrier? It varies. In the past week Ive had Lasership, and USPS, but Ive had FedEx in the past. I just picked the Free shipping bc Amazon almost always ships my stuff faster then they estimate (Killzone was supposed to arrive Tuesday, but I got it today). My PS4 shipment looks to be the rare case when they ship it according to their estimated schedule which is next Thurs-Sat

 

[Zeus]

http://www.amazon.com/PlayStation-4...eviews/B00BGA9WK2/ref=cm_cr_pr_hist_1?ie=UTF8

Take a look at all of the bad reviews for the PS4...Sounds like amazon shipped them broken or something

 

[SpideyVille]

Haha kinda messed up ur playing with some kids Christmas toy before he can.

Yeah, I felt kinda bad when I was putting it back in the box because I did a sloppy job with all the plastic and wires. But at the same time, it would really suck for him to wake up on Christmas morning to find that the system doesn't even work.

You mean the carrier? It varies. In the past week Ive had Lasership, and USPS, but Ive had FedEx in the past. I just picked the Free shipping bc Amazon almost always ships my stuff faster then they estimate (Killzone was supposed to arrive Tuesday, but I got it today). My PS4 shipment looks to be the rare case when they ship it according to their estimated schedule which is next Thurs-Sat

So you didn't get it with two day shipping?

That's the problem I had last weekend when I noticed that mine wasn't supposed to arrive until next Friday because I chose Free Super Shipping. I had to change it to Two Day, which turned out to be free with Prime, to make sure it came last night. And I was really worried because my carrier is usually UPS and they were showing up at early parts of the day all week to deliver some other stuff I ordered. Luckily they came last night when someone was home or else I would have had to wait until Monday.

 

[Solidus]

Yeah, I felt kinda bad when I was putting it back in the box because I did a sloppy job with all the plastic and wires. But at the same time, it would really suck for him to wake up on Christmas morning to find that the system doesn't even work.

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The chances of it not working is slim to none. The problem rate officially reported has been a .4%. It would be highly unlikely that it would "not" have worked.