Crippling PS4 Glitch

[Demon_Skeith]

Sony tells Kotaku they've "made progress" toward solving a PS4 glitch that has prevented some users from buying or playing games on their new PlayStation consoles.

The "CE-33945-4" glitch, which was reported by PS4 owners on NeoGAF and the PlayStation forums, prevents users from playing games or accessing any other services on the PlayStation Network, including Netflix. Though the exact causes of the glitch are murky, some users determined that it may be triggered by pre-ordering a digital game on the PlayStation Network and then canceling it through Sony customer support, which leads to some sort of database error.

This one's brutal: people getting CE-33945-4 say they can't play anything.

I reached out to Sony earlier this week to ask about the error. Here's a Sony rep:

"We are aware of this account issue that has affected a very small number of users. We are currently investigating the cause of the issue and have made progress toward a possible solution."

In the meantime, if you do run into this glitch, try rebuilding the database on your PS4, which some users say fixes the problem.

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anyone have this yet?

 

[froggyboy604]

It's always good to wait a while before buying a new console, so these types of problems are more likely to get fixed after a few months or years.

This sounds like a very annoying problem to have since it prevents gamers from playing games.

 

[Demon_Skeith]

At this point, anyone who wants to wait does so while those who buy first do and report problems. Sometimes finding and fixing a bug can get them rewards.

 

[froggyboy604]

There's also a chance of not getting much help for the early bug, or the console maker saying it is your fault that something broke. I think rewards are pretty rare for most gamers with buggy consoles, and some rewards may not be worth the hassle of owning a broken console because a bug made it not work properly.

 

[Sardonic Pickle]

*hugs his N64*  You've still go it baby.

 

[Demon_Skeith]

There's also a chance of not getting much help for the early bug, or the console maker saying it is your fault that something broke. I think rewards are pretty rare for most gamers with buggy consoles, and some rewards may not be worth the hassle of owning a broken console because a bug made it not work properly.

code and technology is becoming so large and delicate these days it would take a thousand people to properly find out all the bugs.

 

[froggyboy604]

code and technology is becoming so large and delicate these days it would take a thousand people to properly find out all the bugs.

I feel these types of bugs should of been fixed before a game console is released since Sony most likely hired many beta testers, and coders to test for bugs and fix them while using the console for many 8 or more hours a day for many months to years before the consoles release date.

 

[IntoxNitram]

 
I feel these types of bugs should of been fixed before a game console is released since Sony most likely hired many beta testers, and coders to test for bugs and fix them while using the console for many 8 or more hours a day for many months to years before the consoles release date.

From the seems of things it has only been a problem since preloading from the store came into place? So it wouldn't have existed upon launch.

 

[froggyboy604]

From the seems of things it has only been a problem since preloading from the store came into place? So it wouldn't have existed upon launch.

I see, I guest Sony should of tested this preloading feature more until releasing it to users. I be very upset if suddenly I was one of the unlucky gamers to have a PS4 error which cause the PS4 to not play games, and access any other services on the PlayStation Network, including Netflix because of a bug in preloading turned my console into a brick which can't do anything.

I think one of the advantages of consoles like the N64, PS2, PS1, and Sega Dreamcast is that there are no internet updates which add features which can break a console.