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cmdrdredd said:
You are describing vibrations, not wobble. My PC viobrates too when I put in a DVD but I don't say it wobbles.

When you push down on the console that is unreasonable force. You aren't supposed to push on it at all, you are not supposed to stack stuff on it etc either. What you see on those videos is tilting the console by purposely pushing on one side. You have to physically apply force to one side and it's not just a little bit, you have to press pretty forcefully to make it move. I have tried it.

Wobble is this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okmYTgOaGw4
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At this point you are being obtuse. Why do you think the vibrations make so much noise? Because the unit is rocking small increments.

Why do you think placing feet under the side with no feet or putting extra weight on the side with feet stops the noise?

Because the console is no longer moving so slightly. Again, I'm not even saying this is an issue, I'm just trying to explain - it exists. You remind me of a guy who argued that RROD wasn't a big issue because MSFT never gave numbers on units affected.

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I have a small TV tray that isn't 100% solid, I set the PS4 on it. I wiggled the tray and the PS4 didn't have any noises from smacking the surface.

That video, to me, is the BD-Rom drive vibrating while spinning and reading the disk. I do not see the system wobble nor does that sound remotely like a plastic on wood sound at all.
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Bump into it, again, don't just "wiggle" the table. I'm talking about real situations not just "I'm gently tapping a table to prove my point." The console doesn't requite "unreasonable force" as you've already claimed, and now you went to a "wiggle".

Either way, it doesn't matter. You keep saying it doesn't wobble, people will continue to experience it and find that there is a simple solution. Perhaps Sony shipped so many "defective" units by your own wording since it is a common complaint by many users.
 
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railven said:
At this point you are being obtuse. Why do you think the vibrations make so much noise? Because the unit is rocking small increments.

Why do you think placing feet under the side with no feet or putting extra weight on the side with feet stops the noise?

Because the console is no longer moving so slightly. Again, I'm not even saying this is an issue, I'm just trying to explain - it exists. You remind me of a guy who argued that RROD wasn't a big issue because MSFT never gave numbers on units affected.

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Bump into it, again, don't just "wiggle" the table. I'm talking about real situations not just "I'm gently tapping a table to prove my point." The console doesn't requite "unreasonable force" as you've already claimed, and now you went to a "wiggle".

Either way, it doesn't matter. You keep saying it doesn't wobble, people will continue to experience it and find that there is a simple solution. Perhaps Sony shipped so many "defective" units by your own wording since it is a common complaint by many users.
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It makes noise in the BD-Rom drive because the drive is probably faulty in that case and probably vibrating uncontrollably. Mine isn't that loud like in the video.

And dude I shook the damn table like an earthquake. It made no noise until it actually skidded a bit. It doesn't just move on its own, no matter what someone tries to say. No video has shown this and can only produce BD-Rom vibration or fan noise.
 
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cmdrdredd said:
Precisely, but if you push down with force on the glossy side it will tilt down on that end. You have to apply physical force that is way beyond normal conditions.
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It's more an aesthetic thing to me. It doesn't look like it's sitting level on the shelf. Which is pretty noticeable in my setup. It's definitely an odd design choice which doesn't seem to serve any purpose.

Anyway, I finally got Infamous: Second Son. The Best Buy near me is starting to get a slow trickle of used PS4 games in. $50, or $20 off a new copy. Haven't had a chance to fire it up yet.
 
mmntech said:
Anyway, I finally got Infamous: Second Son. The Best Buy near me is starting to get a slow trickle of used PS4 games in. $50, or $20 off a new copy. Haven't had a chance to fire it up yet.
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I wanna play Infamous First Light. I'd like more story involving the DUP.

I haven't really checked my Best Buy used games. They have some but I haven't been looking for anything specific so I didn't browse the isle.
 
cmdrdredd said:
I wanna play Infamous First Light. I'd like more story involving the DUP.

I haven't really checked my Best Buy used games. They have some but I haven't been looking for anything specific so I didn't browse the isle.
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Looks good, I'll probably grab it. Glad it's a stand-alone game and not DLC
 
Just a heads up the Google wallet app deal on iPhone got me a 12 month PS + subscription for $35.99.
Spend $50 or more and get $15 off your purchase, I didn't need it but I always buy them when they are under $40 and stack them up
You have to use the newegg app and pay with Google wallet but hey its worth it
 
god damn you guys on this forum love to f'ing argue about every f'thing possible. thread has like 15 new replies and i thought there was some cool new info in here, but nope, just you all arguing about the stupidest stuff possible.
 
purbeast0 said:
god damn you guys on this forum love to f'ing argue about every f'thing possible. thread has like 15 new replies and i thought there was some cool new info in here, but nope, just you all arguing about the stupidest stuff possible.
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That is normal now. If its not about console vs console or pc it's about something else lol.
 
purbeast0 said:
god damn you guys on this forum love to f'ing argue about every f'thing possible. thread has like 15 new replies and i thought there was some cool new info in here, but nope, just you all arguing about the stupidest stuff possible.
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Ignore it and don't respond then?
 
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cmdrdredd said:
Ignore it and don't respond then?
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i did ignore most of it and didn't respond to you guys arguing about whether something is wobbly and the definition of what wobbly means. i just called out the stupidity that the past dozen or so replies has turned into.
 
Well last of us will be out later this month and destiny beta. I really want to play last of us again and the dlc it comes with.
 
My problem with the last of us is I beat the game 3 times on ps3. I'll probably rent it and beat it on ps4 but I don't think I could buy it again
 
purbeast0 said:
as much as i loved the last of us, i don't see myself playing it again.
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Couldn't agree more.

What made TLOU so impactful was the pacing and the storytelling. Pretty much unmatched in video games.
Many of the story twists and events were stunning, and so well executed. I kept playing because I had to see what was going to happen next to these characters.

With that gone, there's still an excellent third person action/survival horror-ish game, but it would be more for just nostalgia than anything else.

I'll probably pick it up in a few years for PS4 when its a few bucks, even if I don't play all the way through.
 
That's true, but the same can be said for gta v or any other game you have played before. It didn't take me long to finish the last of us but I'd like to see the improvements they made in graphics and it comes with the second episode which I haven't played yet.

I don't have anywhere I would rent it but if I could get it cheaper I will. I wish the trade in value of the ps3 version was more than $10 at best buy.
 
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I never picked up last of us for PS3, so now that it's coming to PS4, and comes out just a few days before my birthday, I don't think I can ignore it. I will most likely be buying it.
 
Never played it so I will be picking up also on the PS4. Glad they are not charging full price, though I was prepared to pay it.
 
Cool I just looked at best buy's site and saw that it is $50. I had my ps3 when the dlc was out but didn't feel like buying it. I'm going to try and sell off my ps3 copy first.
 
my PS4 is on the fritz. Wont turn on when I press power...eventually it does but it goes into the safe-mode-check every single time now. I got on a chat with support and they had me do some stuff and then re-initialize it. Still didn't fix it and its even worse now. So hoping to get an RMA over with quickly.

First non-xbox console failure I have had to deal with. My old PS3 is rock solid too for like 10 years. knock on wood. And I've played the hell outta that thing. Was still playing it 90% of the time over the ps4.
 
Bman123 said:
Just a heads up the Google wallet app deal on iPhone got me a 12 month PS + subscription for $35.99.
Spend $50 or more and get $15 off your purchase, I didn't need it but I always buy them when they are under $40 and stack them up
You have to use the newegg app and pay with Google wallet but hey its worth it
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This is confusing... it's a google wallet app deal, but you have to use the newegg app to buy it? And you say it's a "google wallet app deal on iPhone", so does that mean it's iPhone only?
 
gorcorps said:
This is confusing... it's a google wallet app deal, but you have to use the newegg app to buy it? And you say it's a "google wallet app deal on iPhone", so does that mean it's iPhone only?
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Newegg has multiple payment methods available on their website such as the normal way, PayPal, MasterCard's MasterPass, Visa's V.me, and Google's Google Checkout. To take advantage of the $15 off $50 deal, you must use Google Checkout to pay for your order through the Newegg iPhone app.

Although, I will warn you about one annoyance. I did it, and Google left off the line 2 of my address, which is where I put my apartment number. So, I had to have my package shipped to the UPS store instead of trying to deal with Newegg and having them talk to UPS. Google Checkout will automatically fill in your address (probably using Maps data)... so just make sure to put everything on the first line regardless. You don't want to do the UPS store method, because that costs $5 unless you're a MyChoice Premium member (I got it for a year for free).

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Oh, and I got a chance to play Towerfall this past weekend along with some Resogun local co-op. Resogun is definitely weird to play with someone. You're effectively tethered together, which means you can't dash without dragging the other person along, but I believe your meters are separate. Apart from possibly different ships, your only other indicator is a glow around your ship, which is also the same color as the controller's LED. I'd probably recommend to use custom ships to help differentiate as I died a few times just because I thought that I was my friend.

Towerfall was fun too. For anyone that hasn't played it, imagine the Super Mario Bros. 3 battle mode, but on steroids... and with bows and arrows! :awe: It's a ton of fun, but of course, it can get expensive adding on $60 controllers per player. :$ The only negative is that none of the versions of the game (even the PC version) contain online multi-player.
 
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I picked up Last of Us for PS3 when it came out but never got around to playing it.. 😳 So I'm picking up the PS4 version and offloading the PS3 version for a pittance.
 
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