PlayStation All PlayStation 4 systems to be bricked in the coming future?

[Demon_Skeith]

As you maybe aware, Sony will soon shut down the PlayStation 3 store which already patches are being discontinued. It has come to light that the PlayStation 4 could become a paper weight when it too meets this fate, that is due to an internal CMOS battery.

Yes, this battery can easily be replaced however once booted back up, the PS4 system will need to connect to a Sony server to reconfigure itself, if there is no server, the system will not work, even for offline games possibly.

Does It Play, a Twitter account dedicated to video game preservation and accessibility, claimed last month to have identified the issue, and called on willing members of the PlayStation community to help it gather evidence.

Twitter user Forest subsequently purchased a PS4 Slim and removed the CMOS battery to test it out. He found that he was unable play any physical or digital games offline without connecting to Sony’s server, instead receiving the error code “CE-30391-6”.

If you want proof of the #cmos issue with ps4's then heres video. I took out the battery and put the ps4 back together. The result, no physical or digital games work offline without connecting to Sony's server. ALSO may cause game install data corruption @dark1x @Dachsjaeger pt1 pic.twitter.com/ltCmh6M6rH
— Forest (@Forest_Reviews) April 12, 2021

https://twitter.com/x/status/1374368608894128130

Unless Sony releases a firmware update that fixes this, the only way a PS4 can be played most likely is to homebrew the software.

 

[cm2]

Yeah well the other option is get a PS5 to play PS4 games. Or you can put the PS4 on a "permanent" rest state and not shutting it down when turning it "off" .

 

[froggyboy604]

This is sad news for people who want to continue playing their PS4 for many years after the battery has died, or after replacing a dead cmos battery.

 

[Demon_Skeith]

Yeah well the other option is get a PS5 to play PS4 games. Or you can put the PS4 on a "permanent" rest state and not shutting it down when turning it "off" .

if only the PS5 played all PS4 games

good point on the rest, but that would spike a person's electric bill.

 

[froggyboy604]

if only the PS5 played all PS4 games

good point on the rest, but that would spike a person's electric bill.

Maybe modifying the PS4 to use a larger long life battery like a cell phone battery which can hold more electricity may work at extending the life of the PS4 before it bricks because of a dead CMOS battery.

 

[Ash]

I think the list of PS4 games that can't be played on the PS5 is extremely small, to be fair so that's not a huge issue.

 

[Demon_Skeith]

Maybe modifying the PS4 to use a larger long life battery like a cell phone battery which can hold more electricity may work at extending the life of the PS4 before it bricks because of a dead CMOS battery.

I think it be easier to homebrew it and get around the server ping need.

I think the list of PS4 games that can't be played on the PS5 is extremely small, to be fair so that's not a huge issue.

even one game would be an issue, unless its sports, then not an issue.

 

[froggyboy604]

I think it be easier to homebrew it and get around the server ping need.



even one game would be an issue, unless its sports, then not an issue.

I feel Homebrewing it would be simplest as well.

There is a chance that Sony will still leave the PS4 server online for many more years until most PS4 are offline because they are broken from old age and are collector items where game console collectors put the PS4 on a shelf to decorate their room.

 

[Ash]

This is the full list of games that can't be played on the PS5. I don't think anyone will miss them lol - Afro Samurai 2 Revenge of Kuma Volume One, TT Isle of Man Ride on the Edge 2, Just Deal With It!, Robinson: The Journey, We Sing, Hitman Go: Definitive Edition, and Shadwen