How the PS4 SAVED PlayStation

[@DoGuov]

The entire lifespan of the PS4 before the PS5 came out, I never even thought about upgrading to the PS4 Pro. I kept using my launch PS4 with its loud ass jet engine fans haha. But it was still working good enough.

[@vintendio]

You got lucky dude mine HDD had to be changed 3 years after I got it and it was a Slim not even a launch model

[@staples6]

The PS4 pro had issues with noise as well. I have one and it’s unbelievable how loud the fans get.

[@johnflapper]

I waited until the Slim with 1TB for $200, no problems with it at all. Now in a home with a base PS4, twice it's randomly lost its OS and I had to download to a USB to boot

[@appelslice]

Bought an old launch PS4 for next to nothing recently. Loud as a hairdryer. Took it apart, cleaned out the dust (there was a thick layer of dust on the heatsink). Applied new thermal paste. Now it is very quiet. Only took me about an hour to do and wasn't that difficult. Ifixit has an excellent disassembly guide .

[@danielgomez7236]

You can fix your loud PS4 with just some new thermal paste

[@MrDiffrance]

Still playing all my games on the PS4 today

[@v1c9r]

Same lol

[@sompalsingh3351]

Same 😂

[@zachthegamer6894]

I was up until last week when I got my ps5, it's q major adjustment but if you getbthe chance to upgrade don't sleep on it man

[@bryantwilson4731]

Same using ps4 slim

[@PCgamerChannel]

I play those games too but at 144 fps in 4k resolution maxed settings on my PC XD, it's awesome.

[@DANCERMACHINE]

If the Vita had Micro SD instead of proprietary storage, it would have been way more successful

[@SIPEROTH]

Yeah Sony went to greedy there trying to push their propriety MicroStick tech and they ended up killing their handheld with it although they were other reasons that probably would have made Sony cut back from it even if it sold better.

[@yeahright9014]

That was part of it, but it never had any system sellers, just like the PSP. Sony didn't want to cannibalize the PS3 and PS4 userbase, and devs just followed. PSP and Vita basically only have weaboo dating sims in their libraries.

[@Kitbats]

They didn't have a choice. If they went with normal micro SDs vita would start getting pirated again and developers would be dissuaded to make games for it

[@Merlaut715]

@@yeahright9014 The PSP had more diversity though. Was it not more successful than the Vita?

[@bsatb]

@@Merlaut715 also the PSP was easily hackable almost immediately, which is part of the reason it sold so well.

[@harman950]

PS4 is still solid in 2024.

[@fajarkurniawan9434]

The games graphic also still relevant by today’s standard

[@XGARBAGExBO2]

Consider yourself very lucky to think that.

[@timabney9190]

​@fajarkurniawan9434 I still have the original p s four man still works awesome

[@Tacos_youtube]

oh hell yeah,i have the pro and my system is still kickin hard

[@timabney9190]

​@Tacos_youtube I do want to get a ps5 tho soon the college football game on there looks incredible

[@Chaotic_H3LL]

Is this video even titled correctly "i bought every PS4" and then you discuss the history of the PS4 for the entire video?

[@alfredanto05]

its not any longer

[@basically_chris]

How Sony SAVED PlayStation! - lol

[@GundamGokuTV]

​@basically_chris Which isn't even correct either.

[@GlizzyGladiatorOfficial]

.....thats how he got the ps4's in the video....... he bought them...?

[@john976431]

Actually the PS3s free internet to play games and built in Blu-ray player saved Sony.

[@lutherheggs451]

Actually Playstation was never in trouble to begin with. Sony's biggest problems were their laptops which are FACTUALLY fantastic but over priced and their cell phones. They looked at what was costing too much money, restructured and carried on. Playstation, Sony TVs, Sony Pictures, Sony TV distribution and, Sony Music were always making Sony money

[@s4fy44n6]

I've been playing on my PS4 slim for 8 years now. I don't want to buy a PS5 until it breaks

[@talion7268]

Whyyy the load times alone made jump to the PS4 it feels stupidly slow compared to the PS5

[@s4fy44n6]

@talion7268 I only play Overwatch atm so that's not a big deal for me

[@talion7268]

@@s4fy44n6 i see! If that's the case then i definitely wouldn't upgrade either

[@hottakes216]

How will u play gta 6

[@s4fy44n6]

@@hottakes216 If I really want to play it I'll buy a PS5. If not I'll wait until the PS6 comes out to play it

[@JohnDoe-zo6tu]

I’m SCARED of that ONE Vein on Austin’s Arms!! 😧

[@ajjimmison5014]

His veins are huge in all his videos for the past couple months I wanna know why I dont think they were like that years ago, at least I didnt notice. They make me uncomfy

[@aaronmoore4905]

I have never been more excited than when I got a ps4 on my birthday in 2014

[@LestradeGames]

I bought my ps4 with my college book money. Found the books on pdf online for free so why not buy a ps4. I got it from a Walmart that randomly got some in and no one knew it yet. I drove 15 min on my break from my movie theater job through the snow to go buy it and made it back before my break ended and before the movies got out my coworker covered for me and encouraged me to do it. It was fun times. Then ps4 pro I just traded my ps4 for it at Best Buy and paid the difference.

[@hartwarg3051]

You mean college book money, not college books money

[@jackdknutson]

You mean I bought my PS4 using my college book money. I found the books as free PDFs online, so I figured, why not buy a PS4? I got it from a Walmart that had just gotten some in stock, but no one knew about it yet. On my break from my job at a movie theater, I drove 15 minutes through the snow to go buy it and made it back before my break ended-just in time before the movies got out. My coworker covered for me and even encouraged me to do it. It was such a fun time. As for the PS4 Pro, I just traded in my PS4 at Best Buy and paid the difference.

[@hartwarg3051]

@@jackdknutson You had enough for one book

[@SANG0I]

40% Sony making improvements 60% Microsoft fucking up in every way imaginable

[@RabbitsInBlack]

Microsoft Owns half of Sony. How can they lose?

[@yafithegoat]

@@RabbitsInBlack no?

[@BurningMoreXP]

And the funny thing is that it’s still going strong since 2013

[@BurningMoreXP]

@@RabbitsInBlack Bro is defending a billion dollar company on KZbin comments 😂😂

[@jam06]

@@BurningMoreXPI don’t think he’s defending anything. He says something objectively wrong as a question that nobody answered

[@paulchambers2379]

U forgot to mention that psvr1 was the highest selling vr headset at the time. Rest sold around 2m each in that same period.

[@SIPEROTH]

Still have it because not all games got a VR2 version.

[@sport0182]

I sold my PS4, but kept a controller. I use the controller to play driving games when I don't feel like pulling out the wheel.. Which is about 90% of the time..

[@ET_Videos]

PS4 Slim was my favorite.

[@hasansefikogullar5150]

I love my PlayStation 4 Slim.

[@OwiggumX]

Xbox One X and PS4 Pro are still great consoles, especially if you replace the HDD with an SSD.

[@lutherheggs451]

An SSD literally does next to NOTHING for the Xbone and PS4. You cannot just slap an SSD into something and it works, it actually has to be made to take advantage of an SSD

[@talion7268]

​​@@lutherheggs451well I tried it and games do load noticeably faster although no where near at the PS5 level and it also reduced poping in most games so yea it definitely does something

[@sourangshusarkar5943]

In games like Cyberpunk 2077 and Warzone, you'll definitely see the difference.. Well only in loading speeds of games and textures only.. ​@@lutherheggs451

[@Drunken_Sens]

​@@lutherheggs451That's not technically true, you can benefit from SSD speeds on anything you plug one into but depending on the host device specs it may not be as fast as it could be. I've used an SSD on my old Xbox one and even phone and it worked.

[@SGT_Archangel]

I personally LOVED the PS3. I made more friend on there and LOVE PS Home and pretty much STOPPED using PlayStation after they said they was going to bring it to PS4, then pretty much dropped it and never commented on it again.

[@Jadxn503]

Ps home was amazing. Idk why they took it down

[@Crashed131963]

Really? You thought playing The last Of Us at 720p on the Ps3 was better than the Ps4 version that played the game at 1080p?

[@Necronomous]

@@Crashed131963 I didn't buy PS4 because I got pissed it wasn't as good as PS3 when it came to the software. PS3 was more or less a computer in a little box which PS4 took away. PS3 was so overpowered in it''s time with the processor, as Austin said, even the military bought PS3 to build military supercomputers. I don't give a shit about graphics. It is how good the game plays that gives the joy of playing. Not the graphical spectrum, otherwise the new 8-bit games wouldn't flourish the market for retrogaming. Well, I bought an XBOX Series X instead. I mean I was furious when I saw that Sony did go full XBOX anyway with their PlayStation Plus so you can game online. That was something Sony promised NOT to DO when they stood there and praised gold over the new PS4. But just weeks before launching the console they said: "Oh, hey, now we have implemented PlayStation Plus which is needed to play online, and you have to pay for it in advance." So it doesn't matter if you got an XBOX Series X or a PS4 or PS5 nowdays when you knows that it came to milking money Sony went XBOX style. Both me and my best buddy said we should get a PS4 because it looked to be a nice console. But when we heard before release that we had to pay for PlayStation Plus we said: "Hell, no f*ck that. They promised not to do a thing like that." We was utterly furious about this.

[@mirzacle7611]

great video Austin! This type of content is awesome.

[@D1smantle]

This video is a giant dose of nostalgia. I'd love to see a 'PS5 life so far' or something like that, even though games and reveals aren't as exciting as they were anymore

[@blackmesacake5361]

I really feel like this is a weird way to twist the PS3 to PS4 scenario. The PS3 was a phenomenal system with a price that easily would have come down if people bought it. The problem for the PS3 was the games other companies were making were just so much easier to develop on the Xbox 360. Games that ran flawlessly on the PS3 or made only for the PS3 showed the console was much better than it appeared. So, in a hypothetical where the PS3 sold very well, the Xbox 360 wasn't able to reach par with the PS3 so developers had to put in the work to make the games, and the Move and Vita sold the way they should have, imagine what the PS4 would have been, riding off of such incredible success.

[@moxlolol]

I agree, the PS3 gets hate because people with 360s didn't understand it. It was the cheapest blue ray player on the market at the time on top of being a fantastic game console. My biggest theory is that the 360 has the reputation it has because people's parents didn't want to shell out the money for it, so they bought their kids a cheap 360 arcade instead

[@TKIvanov]

Ask anyone thats a developer or close to them and the vast majority do not miss the incredibly complicated CELL, split memory or wimpy GPU. Don't get me wrong, I love the PS3, but it is what it is.

[@blackmesacake5361]

@TKIvanov but if you read my scenario it's based on not having a 360 capable of balancing it out. If it was all they had for higher quality games, it would still suck to develop for but it would have birthed a much better gen

[@ak_hoops]

Been WAITING for this episode. Honestly, you should pitch it to WarnerBros or so for Max (specifically the show Game Changers)

[@danielgomez7236]

I am currently playing Persona 3 Reload, the graphics are great and I love my PS4

[@Germaneworld]

Watching Austin from very long time, and man, gotta admit the quality of his videos have not changed.Meanwhile did you notice Austin's Playstation-themed shirt?

[@MrEdouardYT]

My fav console of all time the PS4 was a banger at it's time but even today :)

[@C_C-]

Titanfall was so good... nothing like grappling onto a giant mech climbing up and dumping an lmg mag into its head

[@starman5313]

I got an xbox one because all my friends only liked xbox and I personally liked the controller and UI better. But when I saw spiderman become a PS4 exclusive and COD come early to PS4 and also Playstation VR come out with no xbox counterpart, I knew it was over for the xbox one and sold it. All my friends ended up moving to PC as well.

[@ps3vinny186]

Ayy man the ps3 was no failure most of the early games were just remastered ps3 games and to this day I still sell ps3s for more money than I can get for a ps4 many thanks for your video from vini

[@MondoFoo666]

Man no the hell you didn't

[@Mohammad-ef2xx]

Cannot believe you are still alive! I haven't watched you for 2 years. KZbin did not recommend any of your videos to me throughout the 2 years. I thought you were gone. ❤

[@Rav_H_S_T]

Wonder what would have happened if SONY went first at E3

[@jbmusic2000]

I still have my PS4 Slim and it’s an awesome console. I love it so much!

[@asuna07neros]

I still have a base PS4 (Uncharted 4 edition). The controller already failed on me but the console itself is going strong (even though it's been sounding like a jet engine lately). I still play on it on a regular basis, in fact I used it a lot more than my PS5 in the past few weeks (been replaying Bloodborne and Dark Souls with it). Really a great console despite its age and is probably my 2nd favorite Playstation console just behind the PS1

[@Skeletal_Sandwich]

PS4 controller will be my personal favorite

[@docwhogr]

the guy at the 18:03 PS VR demo booth was like fed up and ready to quit..

[@Diehlornodiehl]

Where did he get that sick button up?

[@me0262]

You didn't really mention that sony's 25th anniversary was during this time, and that they released a PS4 that looked like the PS1.

[@kanzai12]

25th? You mean 30th?

[@jam06]

@@kanzai12nah man. The 20th anniversary. If you’re gonna correct someone, at least try a simple google search

[@S-1_24-25]

@@kanzai12no way both of yous get the 20th anniversary mixed up 💀the 30th anniversary was for the ps5 this year

[@kanzai12]

@S-1_24-25 “was during this time” 🤦🏻

[@S-1_24-25]

@@kanzai12 they clearly meant that and it was the 20th anniversary then not the 25th or 30th

[@jacobhunter2804]

Great video again. I really like these breakdown/history videos

[@NUMEROVER]

i think that people forget that the ps3 does output video in 1080p

[@watercannonscollaboration2281]

Kinda cool that not only is this the history of the PS4, but also told from someone who was there through the entire way

[@Lil_dudes_2K]

I have a ps4 then upgraded to a PS5 4 years later, but I had a blast playing the PS4 from 2019-2023

[@cuhd4970]

Marc Cerny is just a legend

[@jimmy4506]

It’s not about hardware it’s about the games gamers wants just good games to play I personally will trade any 120fps console for 30-60fps with good games and I think most of the gamers will. That’s what sell the more what to do with the most powerful console when there is no good games

[@turismofoegaming8806]

Yup!! Still got my PS4pro and I Playbit almost every Week!!

[@dart2780]

Don't forget to mention that not once not twice but three times our credit debit card info was leaked from Playstation servers and Sony didn't tell us for weeks.

[@Madboiwastaken]

My slim's hard drive corrupts everytime it shuts off without proper procedure but I still main it because it's great for playing online games like Fortnite and rocket league without having to worry about losing all my progress, i just wish i had money to buy a new hard drive to play single player games again without having to worry about losing all my progress because of a power outage or something dumb like that

[@Froanite]

Love your team and your videos. Good job

[@jordan.7]

This era was fascinating. Microsoft has yet to recover from this

[@TheFiftyQuid]

These were good times. That E3 will go down as the best E3 to have ever existed.

[@jomesleveque6834]

I honestly hope that you will make a 'I bought every Nintendo 3DS...' video. Can you please do that?

[@IceCubed565]

THIS IS!

[@sigillinux]

I miss consoles... good consoles. once upon a time ya could get a console cheaper then a pc and have it play games and work outta the box. today its a mess...overpriced , slowly moving away from physical games. games in general getting worse blah blah blah... I feel/am old.

[@tergish1]

Drink some damn water Austin, if your right arm brushes against a piece of paper you’re gonna end up bleeding out

[@cadenchurchill4296]

Back in the day I only played on Nintendo, so I had a Wii U for much of that generation. Didn't pick up a PS4 until 2018.

[@davidhines7592]

remember the banana controller playstation had as a concept once?

[@miguel_p1000]

Big shoutout to Microsoft for letting Sony be the king again after the Xbox one reveal. Remember, the Xbox one didn’t allow used games, but PS4 did :)

[@Joedad000]

nice plug for "Bigtime" lol

[@Enigma-P]

Hearing that Halo plasma pistol sound effect at 1:29 was funny. Since Halo is a Microsoft product (for now) lol

[@KyleGarretson]

Finally a video that’s not mystery tech lol 😆 even though I love mystery tech

[@MarioG02]

Your arms are insane 👍👍

[@quietusplus1221]

So, I grew up with PC gaming during the 90s/early 2000s. Owned 2 consoles during that time: PS1 and GameBoy Colour, and those perhaps had even more playtime than PC. Since then, no consoles except a brief period with the PS3 and PSP, due to hackability (which was interesting) but quickly sold after 3 months due to non-use. For myself I cannot justify owning a console anymore.

[@Crashed131963]

I like Ps5 because they are on sale for $375 and play 90% of newest games that are out and coming out in 2025 if you look it up . That is cheap modern gaming .

[@Dajodio]

Was the eventual death of sega's console division starting from the sony ps1 299 roast not a press conference?

[@ConfusedSailor1900]

Who are you, and what have you done to Austin? This was professional made.

[@patricklindsay72]

I wasn't a huge fan of the parallelogram design of the PS4. I was always super-conscious about dinging one of the sharp corners. Small annoyance though. I loved the system and its games.

[@DrewRedfield97]

Back in 2010 I bought myself a PS3 which I had a lot of fun with, but then, in 2016, I made the terrible decision to shift to Xbox One S. And THEN in 2022 I continued in my ignorance and stupidity to buy a Series S, which was quite alright.. but not so quite because I still felt unsatisfied in terms of graphics textures, aliasing and resolution. In late 2024 I got a PS5 Slim with an extra 2 TB SSD and now I couldn't be happier. I wish I just went for the PS4 back then. I would've saved a lot of money now, and had better performance. Now I understand why everyone and their momma got the PlayStation. It's just better.

[@remmykun8315]

Now we know why the ps4 sales’ number keeps getting higher after all these years 😂

[@turismofoegaming8806]

I still play my Vita every week also!!! All 3 of em..

[@MrKutKuGaruga96]

PS4 era was my best console generation I ever lived by the simple fact I was already a young adult. I bought my console and all my games with my own money and just because of that I was able to play more games than I could back on the PS3 era or even PS2. My old PS4 Slim is still there, broken because and update killed it. 😂

[@DJCalzar]

I decided to try Matt's favourite tipple Fireball, wish me luck

[@Balc0ra]

They did not just sell off their Manhattan HQ and fire a bunch of people to save Sony after deciding to go all in on the PS. They closed and sold off a fair chunk of their Music movie-making sectors. All of their PC studios Inc, SOE were closed and sold off in bits. A few of their PS studios even had to be sacrificed. The hardware and mobile sector did see cuts too after Mobile sales had gone down 90% since 2007. Betting everything on PS4. Tho... To be fair, the Xbox One E3 show helped a fair bit too, and should be credited

[@dzxtricks]

20:37 I thought Xbox was the one who started with a familiar hardware concept. I mean... That's the promise since OG Xbox

[@JustinPinedaMedia]

10:52 - Best part

[@justnick22]

Still having ps4, right now i trying to sell it and buy xbox series s (i don't have a lot of money to buy 500€ consoles), as a not a big gamer and most of the time playing with friends at home, or alone some new game, xbox series s is a great choice. It's sad that playstation doesn't have any console for that job, or for those who still want to play new games, but they can't afford for a xbox sereis x or PS5.

[@GrumpyWolfTech]

PS4 pro was one of my favorite consoles and I've been playing consoles since the Atari 2600. They just had so many good exclusive games, and the games actually looked decent and ran at good frame rates (unlike the ps5). 4:39 lol, no it wasn't a good pc in a box, both the xbox and ps4 had garbage hardware, the pro models took them to where they should have been at launch, and no the cpu WASN'T better than the xbox, wtf you smoking? 17:43 - wtf man, the pro was a HUGE leap in performance, thumbs down on this video due to all this bs you're spouting.

[@greendro6410]

Nice video 👍

[@AbdhullaNaaim]

Still rocking my PS4 Slim, thinking about upgrading to PS5 Pro (if possible)

[@RW_Ashiq]

Did your Microsoft and Xbox sponsorship just end Austin?

[@crazythingswithsebastiange7269]

you did not buy all the PS4s you're missing the special editions

[@SGT_Archangel]

If we could give Sony a reminder of these prices for this new CRAZY price for the PS5 Pro.

[@bullymaguire243]

Not really. They started a paywall for online where as ps3 didn’t and no backwards compatibility. At least it had lots of good exclusives and cheap

[@lbsiuk]

Anyone here before the name was changed from ‘I BOUGHT EVERY PS4’

[@turismofoegaming8806]

I absolutely love the Xbox 360 controller as far as the shape and the triggers and sticks go.. but my favorite controller of all time is the Xbox one S/X controller with its pinpointed concave lipped sticks!! Rumble triggers!! And a D pad that might even rival the PS4 pad in terms of being able to pull off your motions in fighting games like Tekken and SoulCaliber? But I think the PS3 controller is a classic as I've been playing with it this past month playing fallout3 GOTY and I was blown away with how good it feels in your hands as it has been a while since I played my PS3!! The PS4 controller is great, but I disliked that they got rid of pressure sensitive buttons (even though those last generation PS3 controllers did not have the best sensitivity as it got cheaper throughout the lifespan..) but the PS four controller is awesome and feels perfect in your hands other than the sticks being kind cave and convex at the same time cancels either of each of those out?!? it makes me want to put some Xbox one S sticks, on my PS4 controller??? Because they literally "stick" to your thumbs as long as your thumb is covering the concave part!! if you have small, thumbs it might not feel this way? Anyways, great video

[@littlekitten235]

Never upgraded to the PS5 till now. Still happy with my PS4. Since can play all the latest games on PS4, I feel the PS5 is optional to have. All you need is a great gaming monitor/tv, and you can barely tell the difference

[@irwinhiker5917]

10:14 THAT WAS YOU?!

[@mrfilcritic]

Sonys solid track record and momentum in the second half of PS3 helped the PS4 become a huge success. Microsoft started being really lazy and complacent in the second half of 360, which led to a large momentum loss, and then TVTVTV just outright killed them.

[@Norg1]

For me personally a older retro gamer I will say xbone and series x was cool it was backwards comp And I was at a time in my life ps321 I was still playing psp and vita has well ....I have alot of catching up to do But im looking forward to ps6 esp if it plays ps654 games

[@-galm4-lonefox857]

Ah so you're the reason why I can't buy a PS4. You'll rude the day Austin Evans!!

[@lainsandstrom]

"Rue the day", but yeah!

[@Sladey1601]

Rude the day 😂😂😂

[@swir-ly-e5w]

You forgot about Playstation VR It Brang that onto the board

[@Ratr0-KD]

Is it only me or anyone feels that Austin's content is sus nowadays

[@aquabeast1059]

Hey Austin I really enjoyed this video is very informative. Good job on your research bro.

[@betterluckchuck324]

bring back free online play

[@ammarahmed7566]

when they launched crysis remastered on PS4 with software raytracing that cemented the fact that PS4 will stay another 10 years or so

[@TonyStark-yl9wv]

I’m a fan of PlayStation but I can agree that Sony tried a lot harder with the PS4 than the PS5 because the PS4 had customisable wallpapers and my PS4 came bundled with a camera and 2 controller chargers for less the price of a PS5 alongside Lego Star Wars and Star Wars the force awakens blue Ray 💙

[@juselara02]

After watching this video and considering how the 6th generation ended I think what the Microsoft achieved with the Xbox 360 was unbelievable. And/or the ps2 to ps3 fumble was biblical

[@mikekanner2156]

The PS4 didn’t save PlayStation it’s the third party games that saved PlayStation without games consoles are dead

[@tonyd9830]

and now we have ps5 pro and everyone doing apple things removing things that should come with things LOL

[@cbonardy]

Lmao 🤣🤣🤣 16:51 so TRUE 😂😂😂

[@williammahlangu5506]

I feel like I've seen this video before love it tho very informative

[@gtleshow]

Who knew 'playing it safe' could level up the gaming industry?

[@helly9015]

switch is on the way to becoming the number one selling console of all time

[@SuperSpeederCarl]

They love talking about losing money when it launched but I want to know how and when it became profitable no way they sold 100 million consoles and lost 200$ on every one they’d be out of business.