I was watching a movie on my PS4 tonight which played fine, but suddenly started stuttering and freezing during the post-credits. (Yeah yeah it was a Marvel movie. Surprise!) Thinking there might be a hair or something on the disc, I ejected it, and was horrified to find a ring of dozens of scratches all around the middle of the disc. This is a blu-ray which I bought new and have taken very good care of, and I know it didn't have this damage before tonight. I checked the last disc I had in my PS4 before this, and noticed the same pattern beginning to form on it, though to a lesser degree. My PS4 has somehow become a disc shredder.
That this had to have started happening around the time of the apparent lightning strike that messed up all my Comcast shit a few days ago (and which has caused numerous small electrical oddities across the rest of the house which I am still discovering) has not escaped my notice, but so far defies rational explanation.Conclusion: lightning ghosts, also known as boltergeists
Has this or anything similar happened to anyone else? I got it in early 2018 so there's no way it's still under warranty. Is there a fix, or should I start looking for a replacement? It seems deeply silly to buy a new PS4 when its successor has been out for a year and a half already, but I don't see myself being able to acquire a PS5 anytime soon, and the PS4 is my only blu-ray player. But I may as well look at all options, so if anyone has acquired a PS5 and is therefore looking to get rid of their (gently used, NON-HAUNTED) PS4, let me know how much you'd want for it. Thanks.
That this had to have started happening around the time of the apparent lightning strike that messed up all my Comcast shit a few days ago (and which has caused numerous small electrical oddities across the rest of the house which I am still discovering) has not escaped my notice, but so far defies rational explanation.
Has this or anything similar happened to anyone else? I got it in early 2018 so there's no way it's still under warranty. Is there a fix, or should I start looking for a replacement? It seems deeply silly to buy a new PS4 when its successor has been out for a year and a half already, but I don't see myself being able to acquire a PS5 anytime soon, and the PS4 is my only blu-ray player. But I may as well look at all options, so if anyone has acquired a PS5 and is therefore looking to get rid of their (gently used, NON-HAUNTED) PS4, let me know how much you'd want for it. Thanks.
