Unboxing video for the PlayStation 4 BLUE LIGHT OF DEATH

[Pigeon]

So a video of someone at the company taking a product out of the box is a big deal. PS4 video has 1M+ hits. People are easily amused.

[Royal]

Was playing Sim City, weeks later I find myself doing real estate. Me and my GF started to wonder about that Simulation Theory.

[Pigeon]

There is that saying "You are what you eat" and "Feed your head".

And the reality of simulation...

[Pigeon]

PlayStation 4 BLUE LIGHT OF DEATH

"A classic game console freezing problem seems to affect the newest generation too. It has been found out that a bunch of Sony PlayStation 4s suffer of a problem which has been christened 'Blue Light of Death'. When a PS4 is turned on with a press of the power button, the light that runs along the side of the console should first pulse blue and then switch to white. At this point the console turns on the picture signal to the display device. Those who have a unit with the glitch are instead finding that their PS4 pulses blue, never goes to white and never outputs an image. We do not have accurate statistics of how widespread the issue is, but reports are popping up in Amazon reviews, Twitter, YouTube and other websites"

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PlayStation 4 BLUE LIGHT OF DEATH blamed on power cords, TV sets, butterflies in China.

Sony has, er, narrowed down the mysterious Blue Light of Death issues plaguing some of its new PlayStation 4 consoles to possible issues with the hardware, software or firmware.

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Yep, that should locate the problem area.

[Pigeon]

Foxconn intern claims PS4 was sabotaged during manufacturing

The intern noted that because Foxconn didn’t treat them well, they didn’t treat the PS4 well. Stating: “The ps4 console we assemble can be turned on at best.” which may explain the pulsing blue light issues that many people have experienced, mainly on Amazon shipments where about 33% of the total verified reviewers have reported the issue.

Although these claims cannot be verified, it's no secret that Foxconn has been in the news frequently for their alleged mistreatment of workers, and possibly comes as no surprise that this sort of retaliation is an easy thing for workers to carry out on the Day One release of the console.

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[Pigeon]

This forum has 42 pages of 'Maybe this will fix it'.

[Pigeon]

Turns out if you unboxed it on an odd number minute that wasn't a multiple of 5 it breaks. The guys running the simulation are real jokers.

[Royal]

The name "Foxconn" for integrity?

When does the next xbox come out, or has it? I have not been up to date.

[Pigeon]

Looks like xbox on 11-22. This should be good.

[Royal]

This is credence to my NFL theory. Takes only one person to change the entire game. In this case - system.