Tag: playstation 4

No, The PlayStation 5 Won’t Play Every PlayStation Game Ever.

This rumor has been circulation for quite a few months now, but it really got into gear this past weekend when an article was published on comicbook.com (yes, a comic book website… what they are doing covering games is beyond me) saying that, based on speculation from some guy called “HipHopGamer” (someone I’ve never heard […]

How To Fail At Giving Away The PlayStation Classic

I know, I’ know — I’m beyond late for writing about this. Get over it, I wanted to weigh in myself on this hilarious little attempt Best Buy made back in late April on getting rid of some of their certainly slow-moving stock of the PlayStation Classic console. Here’s what the deal was – on […]

“You Don’t Start On The Next One Until You Finish The Last One?” – A PlayStation 4 Repair Story.

We get in quite a few repairs at work. It’s not our focus by any means but alongside the normal business of the used game market we offer repair services. For reasons I won’t speculate on here, our most common repair requests are for PlayStation 4 consoles. Normally (as in, about 75% of our repairs […]

I Replaced My First PlayStation 4 HDMI Port The Other Day

In case you didn’t know, PlayStation 4 consoles, mainly the original series but this is still somewhat true with the Slimline models, have incredibly fragile HDMI ports. While no HDMI port will withstand deliberate attempts to break it, PlayStation 4 ports seem to break far more readily than most any other console in the past […]

There Are Now Game Console Setup Services. Wait, What?

This isn’t something that actually surprises me, given the nature of capitalism and the ability for marketing to make people pay for damn near anything, but seeing that it’s actually a thing now amazes me. There are now services you can pay for that will set up video game consoles. Yes, seriously. And yes, they […]

As Expected, Sony Was Pushing Virtual Reality Heavily At This Years E3

As the title suggests, Sony was pushing very heavily it’s PlayStation VR platform this year at E3, with several “new” games being demonstrated with the technology. I say new, but in many cases the games being presented are old titles with new VR updates – Superhot and (uhg) Skyrim are the most blatant examples, with […]