PS4 are prone to roach infestations.

First, there were snakes on a plane. Then, we had sharks in tornadoes. Now, there is a darker and more prevalent combination of pests and unlikely places they exist: cockroaches in your PS4.

XCubicle is a clean and well-kept business where locals drop off their broken consoles to get diagnosed and repaired. Its co-founder, Patrick Che, was listing the types of repair issues he encounters on a day-to-day basis: coins inside disc drives, 3DS mods gone wrong. That’s when he pointed to the “roach bags,” black garbage bags heaped up in the corner of the room.

“You see those bags?” he asked. “Those are bags full of roaches. Those are all dead by now.” Che added that roach-infested PS4s are so common that XCubicle now charges a $25 “roach fee.” They get at least one each week. Other console repairmen interviewed say that at least half of the PS4s they receive are loaded with roaches.

The PS4’s design accommodates roaches better than other consoles’ because its ventilation grates are wider. Those vents are located at the bottom of the console, so roaches can get in with ease. Also, according to repair professionals, the PS4’s insides gets hotter than the Xbox One’s because of its internal power supply. Warm, in an enclosed space and close to the floor, PS4s are great roach nesting grounds.

Roach-infested PS4s are a big problem. Especially because Sony won’t take them in for repairs (Sony did not provide comment). Instead, independent console repairmen have the pleasure of scrubbing the roach crap off your console’s power supply.

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Nuke all PS4's from orbit, IMO.

Let some amblypigids and house geckos loose in your room, they'll take care of it.

Weird. But the real question here is, why do they keep garbage bags full of roaches heaped up in a room?

Better be joint roaches.

Many insects can make themselves at home in your electronics. Hell, we had a whole colony of ants in our scanner twice! Damn things get in there and fry the components.

Might want to call the exterminator if it's roaches though. :S

Goes to show you how prevalent pests are among humans.

Most PS4 owners live in squalid, section 8 households confirmed.

So PS4 Pro owners are slobs .....

PSVR just got weird.

Man SW is so boring. I suspect it will be this way for a long time.

Mark Cerny has thought of everything, his mind knows no limits...

It's no wonder even the little guys choose the current gen 8 sales leader Playstation 4.

Sony has dominate.

Are you saying he designed the PS4 with a little games room inside so all creatures can enjoy it? :-P Mark Cery for the win.

Maybe that's what they mean by the organic experience. I wonder if they come preloaded with roaches as slave labour and when a PS4 dies, it's because the roaches are going on strike.

@Guy_Brohski: Lol.

I think we are just about to start unlocking all those secrets that reside inside the Playstation 4

My PS4 already came with roaches.

It was either that or getting it with Knack.

if you are a dirty slob sure

There are no roaches in my house or any other insects for that matter.

they can now make a sequel to Joe's Apartment, call it Joe's PS4 =P

Even roaches know PS4 is better than Xbone lol

Soo.....PS4's "secret sauce" is real? :P

That say more about the person than the PS4.

With the Bore you not only get the most dust but also the most roaches you can handle and all at no extra charge...

Thank you Phony, for the dust & roaches, jazz.

lol :P

Well roaches are attracted to shit so makes sense

X-Roaches can't beat the PS4 in sells, so they are trying other tactics.

Cows are filthy. We knew this already.

Well to be fair, the Xbone's GPU is very weak. It doesn't throw off enough heat for roaches.

@crashnburn281: now power matters again. lawl.

GOOD ONE PS4 IS STINKY THERE ARE PILES OF PS4 EVERYWHERE IT IS LIKE WE ARE LIVING IN A TOLIET AND NOONE WANTS ONE

THEY GET BOUGHT FOR EXPENSIVE ROACH TRAP LOL

Disgusting. Xbox One is truly the One system to rule them all. A powerful and elegant beast that keeps out the bugs too.

Love this thread lol.

XCubicle LMAO

PSProach xD

OG Xbox looks like a better housing for roaches though.

If u have roaches in ur console its u not the console.

Even cockroaches know the best place to be is Playstation 4™. Wherever, Whenever, Forever™

Xbox One is so boring that even roaches aren't interested. What a miserable failure, MS. You can't even please roaches...

Well there are no games to put in $ony's PS4, might has well put roaches in them.

Should've been obvious from how they behave in here.

I've seen a lot of cockroaches on jobs before, and there's a fairly common denominator... You're place is gross as shit.

I've never seen a cockroach in my house... In 12 years.

Reading through this thread...

Fanboys and trolls are so desperate that cockroaches have become a bragging point.

My ps4 has an infestation of exclusive games.

Maybe a dumb question, but does this only apply to the original PS4?

@lundy86_4: If you live in an apartment complex. Partiality an older building that has its share of wear and tear in the walls/ceilings. Your place can be spotless. But if a neighbor on the same or floor above/below has a roach problem. They'll come into your apartment too.

My family used to live in public housing. And we had an apartment across the hall that was simply filthy. We threw out the trash every night. Didn't eat in our rooms. Cleaned and occasionally had an exterminator bomb when it became too bad. And they kept coming back. This is however not a post against having an internal power brick in the PS4. As for many its a nice selling point.

Except they could have done what the Xbox One S did with the vent holes all around the device to alleviate the heating.

@godlygamer: Sony has some of the best engineers in the world. Particularly when it comes to console design. And have been making electronics far longer than MS. If that's the design Sony saw best, and does not present an overheating issue to note. Then its a job well done by a group of experienced professional workers.

Now unless you have more experience in manufacturing and design than Sony engineers. That has quite the track record of making a variety of quality electronics, and sliming down existing products. Then you can make a valid criticism backed by design based facts and not feelings. Otherwise, if your only complaint is that roaches can get inside. Then maybe you should get rid of your tv too. Which has even larger vents. And is probably more expensive. So it would be a greater financial loss, and have a larger environmental impact. In the event it has to be thrown out.

New term for Sony fanboys?

This might be the most bizarre topic I've seen on System Wars in a while. Thankfully I am not a victim of this infestation yet.

I see what you did there. What up? Haha. Mine has the same condition.

Really, this is the most bizarre one?

Hey now, when it come to usage of my video gaming consoles (Xbox one, PS4, Wii U), I use my Xbox One the most. ;)