I remember back in the PS2 days when they would try to deny the DRE issues that were cropping up world wide. It took the fucking legal system to FORCE them to fix their own defective consoles.

I remember when my NES would flash the red power light on and off while I was trying to play a game.

Not sure how it relates to this thread but figured we were remembering old consoles breaking?

Your console is 3 years old and you are complaining about paying for it to be fixed? Gosh... Sorry I can't sympathize with you one bit, in fact I'm almost laughing at the situation. You can buy extended warranties from the store at purchase, if you don't, that's on you. The service fee is justified, Sony isn't a charity.

Sounds to me like this could still easily be your fault from the overheating. When they fixed it last time, they probably just swapped out the obviously malfunctioning part that kept it from playing. Maybe there was a deeper issue that was missed last time. I can't say for certain, but you can't exactly pin this on the console being defective.

http://www.playstationlifestyle.net/2013/11/08/ps4s-playstation-protection-plan-pricing-revealed-extend-your-warranty-by-2-years-for-49-99-or-59-99/

Either way, this is what warranties are for. You should have bought an extended warranty for an extra 50 bucks.

This is another reason I like Nintendo more than Sony. Nintendo's consoles are generally more stable than Sony's. Sony is trying to put expensive and unreliable technology on the market so people get slightly better graphics quality. If you care about graphics, well there's one of your tradeoffs right there.

This. The premise of the thread is wrong.

My original PS1 had this fault where it wouldn't read disc properly, the only way to make it work was to put the disc in and then turn it upside down (not a joke worked perfectly after). I played on that thing like that for ages before my family gave in and bought a new one. Good times.

So, there was a paid employee, spending time to try and help you fix an out of warranty issue without cost for you, and you complain about their service because that they don't want to physically fix your console for free?

Wired. 

Damn. Even replacing a simple bluetooth antenna fix needs you to solder over 20 microscopic pins? I think I'll just try to hunt down a wired secondary controller, and then sell it for $150, with the defect intact. Thanks for all your help. :D

Edit: Also I can see how just one of those little pins melting from overheating would cause an issue. This whole thing is my old roomate's fault for sure. Now if only I could get money from his jobless butt. Oh well. That would be like getting water from  a stone. Dude hasn't had a real job for longer than three months in several years. Glad I no longer live with him. 

Yeah look the wired pads from Amazon would turn it back into a functional console at the very least for watching stuff on , just gotta watch out for people running passed in front of you.

And yeah heat on solder points weakens them, you could try opening it up yourself and seeing if you could physically put something into the case to press the bluetooth chip down into the PCB but it could be tough, to open a Ps4 you need to slide open the side panel on the left side and use I think it's a Torx 8 to remove the screws to take off the right side. but it's not an easy job because on a base PS4 you need to also remove the heatsink from the board which could lead to other issues if there is any extra damage been done by the original overheating issue which your mate caused.

Good luck sorting it though.

Underserved entitlement, it's out of warranty, pay up. Electronics break down, some last forever, my PS4 is still going from 2013 and have had GPU's break down in under two years, guess I better give up PC gaming.