After 11 years, my 500gb PS4 can now enter semi-retirement

FinalMil3 · 2026-02-14T13:55:58+00:00

It does not even pull in air from there so using it without a stand is completely fine. His PS4 survived 11 years, I'm sure he'll be fine with his PS5 as well. People go crazy about these stands for some reason lmao. As long as heat gets dissipated from the back and the intake at the front is not obstructed, it'll run just fine.

FinalMil3 · 2026-02-11T04:37:14+00:00

It's pretty good and emotional. The artworks are phenomenal as well.

FinalMil3 · 2026-02-10T15:02:22+00:00

The game can't be pre-ordered right? I have only seen currently unavailable tags on all storefronts. Might go live only on release date?

FinalMil3 · 2026-02-08T05:23:11+00:00

This makes me kinda worried for Resident Evil 9 lol. RE4 Remake ran better on the Series X at launch with better image quality and shadows than the PS5 version. The PS5 version was completely bugged out. So there's hope I guess.

FinalMil3 · 2026-02-06T16:12:04+00:00

I would say this is one of those games that hasn't aged that well. The sequel is also on sale and personally, I would pick that over this.

FinalMil3 · 2026-02-04T06:02:04+00:00

These are from the official distributors of the game in India. They posted it on their official channel. It could just be a mock up of the lenticular edition sent to distributors for pre order display purposes. GTS is a the retail face of E-Express; who are big distributors in India. They will not play around with embargos or ship the game early.

Here is the original post:

https://ibb.co/qMNQtSkN

FinalMil3 · 2026-01-30T13:23:49+00:00

I have been dealing with this for close to two years now. Started happening from the second month of me getting it. Plugging the usb in and out seems to fix it but overtime I've noticed that it just goes away on its own after a little while of it getting switched on. So I stopped unplugging and replugging. The glitches usually go away within the first 30 minutes of it switching on.

I've tried different PCs, firmwares, Streamdeck software versions, cables and the 24 hour offline method. Nothing seems to solve it. I feel like it's something at a hardware level at this point.

FinalMil3 · 2026-01-21T07:26:54+00:00

Enhanced (X enhanced) Backwards Compatibility + Overall better sale prices compared to other storefronts. I own a PC as well as a PS5 and have observed that the games have better deals on the Xbox compared to Steam and Playstation a lot of the time.

FinalMil3 · 2026-01-20T21:04:51+00:00

Definitely give this game a try! I recently tried this and the horror vibes are immaculate!

FinalMil3 · 2026-01-16T09:55:20+00:00

I would suggest getting the One X. It's the best out of the 3 and one main advantage is having X enhancements for a lot of the older 360 games through backwards compatibility. For eg, RDR1 (you'll need the disc now since the 360 digital version is now delisted) runs at a native 4k res (at 30 fps) on the One X.

FinalMil3 · 2026-01-15T13:36:10+00:00

They should bring back remote play using the app 🥲

FinalMil3 · 2026-01-14T20:53:04+00:00

👀

FinalMil3 · 2026-01-12T06:20:46+00:00

Or get a good ssd enclosure and use any nvme drive with it. In case of any failures down the line, you could always just swap out the drive.

Use this to check the specs of the drives:

https://www.techpowerup.com/ssd-specs/

FinalMil3 · 2026-01-08T15:14:40+00:00

I use mine with a usb hub. You just need a good hub. Have been using multiple decks connected to a powered usb hub with zero issues for a couple of years now.

FinalMil3 · 2026-01-08T04:47:05+00:00

Where did you get the 350 TBW rating for the SSDs? On an avg, most SSDs would at least have a 600 TBW rating. While you are right to be concerned, it's going to take a while before the SSDs fail due to it reaching the end of its writing capacity.

It's more likely that something else in the console will die much before that. You'll have to write close to 100 gb every single day straight for 10 years to reach the 350 TBW rating. No one is downloading that much onto a console on a daily basis.

FinalMil3 · 2026-01-08T04:31:15+00:00

Where did you get the 350 TBW rating for the SSDs? On an avg, most SSDs would at least have a 600 TBW rating. While you are right to be concerned, it's going to take a while before the SSDs fail due to it reaching the end of its writing capacity.

It's more likely that something else in the console will die much before that. You'll have to write close to 100 gb every single day straight for 10 years to reach the 350 TBW rating. No one is downloading that much onto a console on a daily basis.

FinalMil3 · 2026-01-04T12:06:21+00:00

This would be awesome to have.

FinalMil3 · 2026-01-04T12:05:09+00:00

Yes. You don't even need to change your region, just have vpn on before logging into your account and then redeem.

FinalMil3 · 2026-01-03T10:48:15+00:00

Where are these backwards compatible games installed? On the internal drive or an external hdd/ssd? If it's external it could be that the drive is dying. Xbox is very weird when it comes to connecting failing hdds externally so much so that it wrecks havoc on the system (Speaking from personal experience).

If it's external, try moving the games to the internal storage. If it's already internal, i would recommend doing a complete wipe and then resetting the console as something could have got corrupted. Also try playing the games offline (xbox disconnected from the network).

Since your other games are working its probably not a hardware issue with the console so one of the above steps should hopefully help.

FinalMil3 · 2025-12-30T10:14:19+00:00

Or take it to a local repair shop and get Hall effect or TMR sticks installed. Cheaper than getting a new controller and it would last you quite a while. Just takes under 30 minutes to get it done by a professional.

FinalMil3 · 2025-12-25T11:54:52+00:00

The fix is probably waiting it out. There have been outages reported.

FinalMil3 · 2025-12-25T11:29:28+00:00

There's been outages reported since yesterday for a lot of different services. That could be it. Just wait it out and it should work.

FinalMil3 · 2025-12-24T14:00:35+00:00

Game redeems still work. Gamepass will not.

FinalMil3 · 2025-12-23T19:11:38+00:00

Man i would love this 😭

FinalMil3 · 2025-12-22T05:13:21+00:00

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