The PlayStation 4 is upon us! With that being said, early reports from customers who managed to obtain Sony's latest console early have already been rolling in reporting hardware failure.

The first report came in from NEOGaf users "Dylx," who claimed simply updating the console caused the light bar to turn white while subsequently "bricking" the console:

After playing a brief game of NBA 2k14 I quit and inserted my battlefield 4 disk. The system prompted for an update, so while watching the progress bar (Around 20%) my controller light turned from blue to white. Hasn't worked since...

Get those extended warranties ready! and SCEA on speed dial!

users from other areas of the internet have also popped up having similar problems. Reddit user "Arogon" has expressed the same type of issues with his Taco Bell supplied unit

If that wasn't bad enough, another Reddit user by the name of "YearsofLove" also reported a similar issue from his Taco Bell supplied PlayStation

Now clearly these are pre-launch consoles that could potentially suffer from a lack of proper software updates. It could also just simply be bad luck as all hardware does yield some form of failure rate. That being said, it's still a grim look into the negative's surrounding new hardware launch, negatives that more users will undoubtably experience in the coming weeks.

Posted: Nov 14, 2013 11:42 am
Related Forum: PlayStation Forum

Source: http://www.examiner.com/article/early-ps4-adopters-are-reporting-hardware-failure-console-locks