SvennoJ said:
Licence said:
forevercloud3000 said:
But that is just it, its not some sub-par product. The system is going through stereotypical yield issues at it's launch. Some are trying to inflate the numbers to give them a worse appearance than they actually are.
Like the article describes, this is no way the second coming of RROD yet. Reading some of these articles tho you would think it was.
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This is exactly the type of apologetic behaviour that I think is simply unacceptable. There is no such thing as "stereotypical yield issues at at's launch" unless we come to accept these things as somehow normal and to be expected.
The PS4 is a closed eco-system. There is no excuse for it not to work perfectly under normal conditions. What we are seeing here is Sony simply allowing a sub-quality product to be shipped in order to meet Christmas deadlines. Nobody should be OK with this.
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That's the way the market works, lowest price/performance ratio with cheap and fast construction is the company that makes the most money.
Wait a couple of years and by a refurbished unit, then at least you know the thing has been properly tested.
You're buying a brand new complex mass produced electronic device for 399,-, what do you expect. You're not only beta testing the hardware and software, but also the production line. Anyway that's what warranties are for. What do you think the price will be if every individual unit and its compononts are build by qualified electrical engineers and thoroughly stress tested before being packaged and shipped?
Going for high end electronics is no guarantee either. My $3000 flagship model amp broke down within a year. Left surround channel dead and front left cutting out. Sent back to Yamaha for repairs by the store and it has been working flawless for 15 years since. Still not what you expect from a flagship model.
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You absolutely hit the nail on the head - we are being used to beta test their hardware for them. But I don't find this at all acceptable. We are not talking about a device that has unlimited unforeseen uses (compare with an IPad, for example, where Apple has no way to predict what people are going to use the device for). We are talking about an isolated electronics product that sits below a TV set and does nothing else than being plugged in all day. You can test that extensively and cheaply BEFORE shipping it out to customers.
