Update: Sony Responds to broken Playstation 4 Systems

Be assured we are investigating reported PS4 issues. The number is very small compared to shipped, we believe they are isolated incidents. — AShuTRO BOT Rescue Mission (@yosp) November 14, 2013

The Playstation 4 releases November 15th, but a few lucky gamers and news organizations were able to get their hands on the system a few days early. Surprisingly enough people were reporting crippling problems with their Playstation 4 system, and a user by the name of “Hi11Zones” live streamed himself troubleshooting his faulty console for hours with very little progress.

The problem with the Playstation 4 system seems to be that the HDMI output simply stops working after a certain amount of time. IGN and Kotaku also reported that their retail versions of the PS4 also had faulty HDMI jacks, with IGN claiming that their consoles HDMI port stopped working while they were downloading Netflix. Hopefully this is not a massive ongoing issue that plagues the Playstation 4 system similar to how the “Red Ring of Death” haunted early Xbox 360 consoles.

If you are an unlucky user who is experiencing these issues with your Playstation check the PS4 support page here or contact Sony customer support at 1-800-345-SONY.