I Bought a "Refurbished" PS4 Pro from GameStop...

GameStop never fails to do weird stuff to their refurbished consoles, and this time is no different! Let me know what you think about GameStop's refurbished PS4 Pro here!
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[@jrob0021]

Better or worse than dk?

[@Flegz1]

Better 100%

[@benjamink.crowley4889]

@@Flegz1 better

[@lmuacky3793]

thousand times better

[@Drayton226]

Don't know probably going to stay better

[@guadalupev30]

I know how Gamestop can pivot there business, retro consoles.

[@imaika281]

You're in dire straits when Gamestop does a better job at cleaning out a console than your company

[@ThatOneSniper]

Its almost like they get their money for nothing

[@obliviousmode575]

@@ThatOneSniper and 🐥🐥🐥 for free!

[@photondebuger45]

Refrigerators

[@rodneyevans3848]

Yeah not just that, but the fact that they selling at reasonable price make dkoldies look worse then before.

[@Jihadbearzwithgunz]

Looks at dkoldies (aka scum lords)

[@Mchenrygames]

no one can do it worse then DK oldies.

[@SlevinKalevera]

There's no screw that goes in that tab. It's just the one in the center. There's three locking tabs that pop when you pull on it.

[@ariesthagemini6526]

Also cigarette smell is nearly impossible to get rid of, the smell can seep into the softer parts of the console. Same thing happens to walls in houses.

[@MrSkillzor7]

What about a juul though XD

[@MenAreNotOk]

@@MrSkillzor7 yes. Nicotine is sticky. Its not the smoke that sticks. Its the nicotine. Hence why marijuana smoke doesnt stick to clothes and linger for days the same way cigarette smoke does.

[@strawlessberryg253]

Was about to ask about the pots lol thanks for answering 💨

[@keithbroh5730]

@@MenAreNotOk I’m going to have to disagree with you, strongly. Coming from someone who smokes marijuana, and vapes, and even used to smoke cigarettes. Cigarettes, cigars and any burnt tobacco is gonna coat things with tar, not necessarily nicotine itself it is the horrible stuff that they add into the tobacco. Marijuana will actually stick to things if you let the smoke get thick enough but the smell will go away with time, unlike cigarette stains. I used to work on a/c units and I have cleaned some rooftop units from old office buildings that I don’t think we’re ever even opened since the 80’s. Literally half inch thick coating of tar and dust buildup from when people smoked indoors. Getting around to my main point vaping is very clean, despite what we can be found about it’s “dangers” you could put 1 vapers console among any smokeless console and not ever be able to tell.

[@EdgyVidyaGeneral]

Facts. I've done a lot to remove the smell of smoke from an old condo. Washing the walls and surfaces with a special solution, tons of air circulation, etc. It just doesn't go away

[@ariesthagemini6526]

It’s also likely gamestop refurbished the console as soon as they got it and that’s why there’s thin layers of dust in a lot of spots. The thermal paste doesn’t look factory to me simply because of how much excess paste was used. Every time I’ve opened a factory console it’s been a perfect symmetrical slab of paste.

[@salvomarchi2761]

Yeah, definitely. You can tell when thermal paste is applied by a machine at the factory and when it’s done by someone manually.

[@wright96d]

It was likely cleaned and repasted by the previous owner. If GS cleaned it at all, there wouldn’t be any dust. You’d have to actually play the console to get any detectable amount of dust on the inside. It wouldn’t land in there just sitting in a box.

[@royalwave15]

@@wright96d testing it and letting it sit around is the reason for light dust. If it wasn’t cleaned, the heatsink and fan would be very dusty. No one goes through effort of cleaning to trade it in.

[@jrob0021]

Tbh I’m on the complete opposite side of this opinion lol. GameStop rarely has these limited edition consoles in stock, so I doubt it was refurbished too long ago (meaning it wasn’t listed on the website long). And I think this was factory thermal paste - looks just like the factory thermal paste on other ps4 pros if you look at photos online. I’ve opened a ton of 360s and pretty much none of them ever had a symmetrical slab of thermal paste

[@wright96d]

@@royalwave15 The heat sink and fan wouldn’t get “very dusty” from just sitting in a box. Consoles get as dusty as they do because the fan pulls dusty air into the console. If it’s sitting in a box in a warehouse, and the fan doesn’t run, dust won’t collect inside the console. At least, not enough that you’d be able to visibly wipe it off with your finger. That amount of dust is pretty in line with someone that opened up their console, cleaned it out, used it for a few months, maybe just occasionally for about a year, and sold it. It’s not in line with one that’s been cleaned recently in the slightest.

[@bodl3]

I bought a PS4 slim refurbished from gamestop for $200 on sale a few years ago and it was in a condition like this. Much better than a certain retro games store we all know about.

[@Florin20D]

“Since ur order got picked to be filmed im throwing away my ownership of the company”

[@Bigbird93]

COUGH COUGH DKOLDYS COUGH COUGH EHEM yeah sorry bout that I choked on my spit

[@schizokonoko]

you say there was no bubble wrap but when you lifted the console out of the box there was clearly bubble wrap lining the bottom. looks to me like they shipped the console upside down specifically to protect the glossy top with the bubble wrap lining while minimizing plastic waste. good enough packaging job, in my personal opinion.

[@dougashby5679]

He thinks he's always right lol

[@lpjetski8047]

Its certainly better than no bubble wrap at all but when you’re shipping something like this the whole console needs to be wrapped in bubble wrap to properly protect it

[@Riptide2k]

This is very minimum packaging should have added some bubble wrap on the tap and a bit on left side in my opinion

[@hristiqndimitrov5249]

The digital out port has most likely not been replaced it just usually has left over flux around that area

[@AnthonyDurand1]

They gave you a magma red standard, not a Spiderman one.. The controller included is supposed to have white buttons.. But for $299.. That's honestly a bargain because in the UK you wouldn't get much change out of £600..

[@Soultaker_For_Hire]

At least it's not a third-party controller. If it was DKscammies it would have been.

[@h8GW]

@Soul Taker And the colors probably wouldn't even match!

[@Soultaker_For_Hire]

@h8GWBî yeah no doubt of that.

[@ffsn99b]

For the amounts of screws on the back where the ports are it depends on the model of PS4 Pro I believe. I think the 71xx and 72xx have 1 screw but 70xx have 2. And I can tell yours is 70xx because it has the bulky plug, the 71xx and 72xx have the figure eight plug

[@preamstrikbiz0]

I think all the Spider-Man ones are 70xx and all the Star Wars ones are 71xx

[@mikeg5039]

Having worked at gs for a few years they actually do send the systems out to get repaired. They only ever refurb if its dirty as hell or straight broken though. If its in working condition and clean enough we would just box it up and stick it in back.

[@Assassin-ys5vw]

Also they dont sell refurbished and then not refurbish clearly if they actually say it most of the time they follow through on it oldies clearly doesnt and sell them more in a used as is condition over refurbished at least gamestop actually does there job basically 🤷

[@Froezone]

Been binging your videos lately and I love the work man keep it up

[@sideshowbob2421]

i used to use the digital out ports to play rocksmith, since running the output of a tv to an amp creates a delay in music, using the digital out port directly to an amp creates no delay whatsoever

[@ariesthagemini6526]

I know you only got the console for a review but if you were to get a bad controller and wanted one that worked without having to wait customer support can usually have your local gamestop swap one out for you but it’s not guaranteed to be the same color is all.

[@gfiction7]

Your videos always drop during my lunch breaks! 😂 you never know what to expect after that DK Oldies PS3. Lol.

[@cookiechi2555]

honestly, i think the fact that we cant tell what they fixed or not making it noticeable is actually pretty good.

[@Probot94]

If you know how to refurbish, I’d love to see a video of you buying something from DKO or whomever and opening up and actually doing what they were supposed to

[@dylanpolkvids18]

Love your videos bro! But I’ve gotta ask, what do you do with all these systems?

[@harutothefriendlyodst7639]

He sells them on whatnot!

[@jrob0021]

www.jrobgaming.com

[@Bushdid-eh9lb]

I am not a fan of GameStop by any means but i am assuming that they would refurbish it right when they get it, close it up and throw it in the warehouse. Based on the update firmware, it seems that this console was refurbished around a year ago. The question is, is a year of storage really going to gather that much dust in a cleaned console?

[@jamesgaines6468]

Back of the controller gets like that when that clear plastic film peels off just due to age and use. Then the sticker itself starts to fade from your hands rubbing directly onto it while you play. Not much you can do to fix it outside of replacing the stickers, which defeats the purpose cause the serial number won’t be correct on it anyway.

[@loatherd]

Optical out is something I’ve used recently but only for soundbar setup. Doesn’t make much of a difference tbh and when in mixer it messes with volume level like too much trim.

[@krunschnew]

I do use the opt out since I got bad delays in sound when the sound hoes to the TV and than to my HiFi. My HiFi setup is from about 2000 so I don't have HDMI passthrough

[@loatherd]

@@krunschnew I feel that had to use adaptor on my setup for optical out as mixer is technics sh dx1200, stuck with soundbar.

[@diegootero6095]

You should update us on how loud it gets after long hours of play and what model number they sent you

[@antoniopugh2176]

I really enjoy ur videos. Keep up the good work

[@dynamitecandyman]

i bought my wife a refurbished ps4 from gamestop just over 5 years ago now (december 2018) and its still going strong! used daily until she got her ps5 last year and we passed along the ps4 to her little sister and she still uses it.

[@mrtree1368]

Game stop employee packing a red ps4 controller instead of the spider man controller: they're not gonna know . How would they know ? Other game stop employee: they're gonna know

[@krunschnew]

I do use the opt out since I got bad delays in sound when the sound hoes to the TV and than to my HiFi. My HiFi setup is from about 2000 so I don't have HDMI passthrough

[@RobbieCupples]

I was literally watching one of your recent uploads and saw that I got a notification that you uploaded again 😅

[@caphowdy666]

I have a pro, and on the back where you said you think there should be a screw, I would guess yes as as far as I can see on mine, there is a plain black either sticker or plastic cover. There is also a sticker over the screw between the optical and usb, so yeah, I am guessing this has been opened at some poin.

[@ShadowFox10587O]

If they aren't going to use bubble wrap they could atleast warp the console in plastic wrap so it doesn't rub directly against the cardboard

[@jrob0021]

That would be nice right? Lol

[@NotMeta1738]

I use the optical port to my soundbar. E-Arc always lags behind

[@evildeadedd]

I had a super cheap sound bar that would only hook up with the optical port, so yeah I've use 'em.

[@K9arcade]

Honestly not a bad job. Looks like a refurb job that was done and then shelved awaiting an order. The controller is a bummer for a collector but they made an effort to still have a matching one. We have EB where I live and thus far I've never had or heard any issues with how they've refurbed systems.

[@jamesherman3750]

EB Games are great. And if you do have issues, they generally can provide a fix

[@K9arcade]

@@jamesherman3750 Yeah they've always been on the ball with that

[@DaCaptainDerpy]

So, just curious, from DKOldies, Lukie, Gamestop, and such, which has been the worst in your experiences so far?

[@fantomi007]

In what I saw, I definitely think it's DKOldies

[@ultraviolet2497]

I don't think anything can get worse than the fat PS3 from DKOldies

[@changkwangoh]

F DKOldies

[@Assassin-ys5vw]

If you seen his video for his ps3 from oldies I think the choice is clear on whos worse the fact gamestop is actually looking better then oldies is absolutely sad on there part -_-

[@ps3beatswii]

I remember getting a refurbished wii u from them. The magic eraser made it look like they took sand paper to the thing. On the bright side it was only $80.

[@JolliAllGenGamer]

I am on the fence if I should still buy a PS4 pro or not because I don’t have one in my collection. Half of me says buy it for the collection, but other half says no because I have a PS4 slim and a PS5 already.

[@johngroenewald1025]

The original Spider-Man controller was red with white buttons

[@NewLifeFromTheWayofTruth]

Vaporized nicotine does not stick to walls or inside of objects. You could blow a fat hit of the biggest vape over and over through a fan and you wouldn't be able to tell after either by smell or by residue CIGARETTE SMOKE AND VAPOR IS VERY DIFFERENT.

[@chavito808]

Is there a custom made spiderman face plate for the ps5 right now?

[@VOLTRONDEFENDER4440]

the plug might have been bent from the orginal user as their outlet might be loose

[@joshuacrow5642]

Hey I’m new to ur channel and have been watching ur vids during the wake of DK oldies scam videos, I see you have a website where you sell consoles that are actually refurbished, do you also offer refurbishing services?

[@0joshdude]

What was the red thing in one of the holes of the fan

[@partimeninja5388]

I also recently brought a refurbished Spider-Man PS4 pro from GameStop. The glossy top is scratched up I’m thinking of polishing. it sounded like a jet engine when I played god of war so I took it apart to see if there was dust and there was wasn’t any to my surprise but they did a bad job on the thermal paste so I reapplied it myself and now the fan noise is better.

[@cybcarr]

SPDIF is fair enough for DD 5.1 signal. When u use a proper home theatre system with a nice amplifier. :)

[@MrRyanS1983]

When I bought a PS4 Pro refurbished from GameStop it sounded like a “Jet Engine when playing God of War or certain games”. I put cleaned and put new thermal paste on the CPU and dead silent after ran cooler. The only other note was the thermal pads used on the refurbished were pretty good. I even did the thermal paste my Xbox One S at the time.

[@Keshia07]

I got mine from GameStop to and mine sounds the same.

[@BogdansImbiss]

"Glossy get scratches fast" - I always ask myself what people do with their consoles on a daily basis. Do they carry them around jn bags with keys all day or silimar?

[@ThisMfCooked]

5:30 i don’t think this is the case cuz i ordered a refurbished controller from gamestop and it also smelled like it was previously in the possession of a smoker

[@weeishere27]

just so you know the controller cable is usb c instead of microusb im pretty sure it happened to me also

[@GamerLive247]

Refurbish means i might have been missing cables when traded or a bad controller. Doesnt always mean the console itself had issues

[@SmokedGaming_Official]

I use that port mostly on my pc. When I use my racing sim I use my home theater system.

[@AKYLE315]

Not sure if it was a manufacturing issue or just use but I have the exact same controller and it did the same thing with the sticker on the back its all scratched up

[@DP-lt6rl]

The springs aren't in the controller most likely I took mine apart to clean it and I lost on of the springs for my controllers

[@Optimus24Turtle]

Are you sure that's a refurbished one? In the condition section of the web page you put up it says pre-owned, not refurbished.

[@BruhHowDidIGetHere]

I had an 80GB ps3 that I got from Gamestop pre owned or refurbished, I don't remember, back in 2010 and it ran fine, at times it ran for days straight because I was forgetting to turn it off. It would still work to this day but I accidentally broke it trying to remove the heat spreaders to give it better thermal help. 😭

[@dericjames2018]

At least they didn't mess it up with magic eraser and also it doesn't look bad except for the thermal paste.

[@justin_wayne_elrod_jrod]

Really great review and i definitely really like these newer design boxes for the refurbished consoles

[@cheesepizzarat]

you are wrong about that being the controller for the spider man special edition, the shade of red is darker - similar to maroon or crimson - and the joysticks/dpad is white, to match spider-man's white spider logo from the PS4 game.

[@juanpenaloza3665]

It’s not the Spider-Man controller, the Spider-Man is red with white buttons

[@DylanPorto45]

he said “smells like a juul” atleast hes still got some innocence left in him

[@jrob0021]

I wish it smelled like a pizza

[@Soultaker_For_Hire]

They must have some people working on the consoles that smoke like a chimney.

[@eastonvonschist2283]

I will never understand how people manage to abuse their consoles like they do. I have had mine for years and it still looks like the day I got it.

[@Houdm]

Not a real gamer

[@eastonvonschist2283]

@@Houdm Who is not a real gamer? Anyone that plays games is a gamer. Gamer or not taking care of your system/console is common sense.

[@crayzcubing]

Haha I just started using the digital out port on my PS3 yesterday. what a coincidence!

[@robert1975031]

nicco-dust, that's what I call it. this doesn't look nearly as bad as I have seen. I have had ones show up where that white bracket on the heatsink clip has turned brown...

[@jakeamato6761]

Props on your ballet skills. Never seen anyone dance around the word "weed" like that!

[@DannyTheEditor]

Nah it didn't smell like weed at all. More like black & milds or menthol cigarettes.

[@harlequin0823]

Lol. No the bubble layer didn't mutilate the cover nor did the cardboard. People mishandle their systems terribly. 90% of what comes in for trade is scratched all to hell. Sometimes it even looks like people eat their dinner on their console's.

[@TheAVJ2]

the rocketfish cable is a good one i have one and displays 4k really well

[@真诚]

what update version was it on?

[@AGC-UL]

Jacobs camera definitely works for DKOldies. Barely showing dusts

[@Evixyn]

I had a terrible experience with a Wii U from game stop. The console was good enough but the tablet was just terrible. The buttons where sticky and the triggers had not been fixed as it was stuck in the pressed position. Plus at the time you had to purchase both and not just the tablet as some where selling the tablet separately.

[@grahamherbert3612]

Thermal paste is definitely not factory. I'd suggest that they did a fair job cleaning this up.

[@Michi-bz6ib]

Have you tried out eBay's refurbished systems at all? Would love to see if they are proper in their refurbishing.

[@jrob0021]

I plan to at some point soon

[@Michi-bz6ib]

Thanks! Love your content by the way. I was naive enough before watching your videos to not even question if something was refurbished or not.

[@Pokemonashgreen2]

I have that day one, my only issue is mine needs a new power supply. Likely I had my ps5 at launch when my Spider-man ps4 pro bite the dust

[@Iamtreff]

I really enjoy your videos and subbed :D

[@rt-yb7xm]

Astro A50s use the digital output port, now I use an adapter since the PS5 doesn’t have one anymore

[@SuperHns]

Imagine losing to GameStop out of all places.

[@cfitz9823]

you got a controller with a hair trigger, some fps players would consider that a feature.

[@muhammadthefabulous]

Yes. That's the orginal thermal paste. Tho that system came out not too long ago. When gamestop fixes it they only repair what's broken. That's it. Only time I seen them replace it is when it's got a history of over heating. Tho they use to sell refurbished cheaper then used and I stopped buying in 2014/15 so I'm not sure if it's still like that or not.

[@SnipesXxX]

I seriously doubt GameStop is replacing HDMI ports. If the port ever looks replaced it was likely before they got it. I've taken several Pro's apart and the thermal paste looks factory.

[@jrob0021]

I've had consoles come from gamestop that had hdmi ports replaced. Gamestop does repairs.

[@GuanacoSIVAR]

I have done soooo many ps4s. Thermal paste is factory. Sony always puts a lot of thermal paste. And the flux in the motherboard is from factory too, you see that in almost all ps4s if you pay close attention

[@BotKrisBBO]

How long it take for it to arrive

[@spoppy3060]

I used digital output, it's work great for home cinema 5.1 and 7.1 sound system

[@assassinbrcp6206]

I got a ps4 pro from game stop once and it had a bad hard drive and stop working 3 weeks later

[@cowboybob2745]

I want to buy a good ps4 for cheap, where should I get one? All my friends have a PS but im here with a pc

[@NR20244]

Get one from your local game store

[@Sizzlinpapaya1014]

Dude is super worried about the smell lol

[@SocialgamerpadVideo]

Great video. I owned this console but traded it in late last year

[@PaisaSteve]

My PS4 controller looked like that after alot of use. Appears normal. I'd be interested to see a DKOldies Spiderman PS4 Pro

[@h8GW]

While GameStop may or may not have removed and sold Spiderman controller separately, DKoldies would _definitely_ have sold it separately and given you a non-matching third-party one.

[@RayRaeTV]

The Spiderman controller has white buttons. That's the standard Red.

[@lingeringshadow]

I know you focus more on the consoles themselves, but I work at GameStop and their "refurbished" controllers never seem to work. Probably around 70% still have something wrong with them. Sorta like the one that came with that system. In all honesty that PS4 Pro was probably marked as defective by an employee during a trade because of the trigger issue and not because of the console itself.

[@dopestar1975]

I used the digital audio output on my PS3 for Bluetooth audio transmitter

[@icecold89341]

Trade in policy at the stores dictates that we HAVE to have a playstation branded, wireless controller we cannot take it in with an off-brand or wired controller, and if there is one thing we are for sure not great at fixing its controllers.

[@farminator2]

I could have sworn i saw bubble wrap on the glossy side

[@RisenHentaiDemon]

looks to me like it was cleaned the first layer or 2

[@Jihadbearzwithgunz]

Use digital port on the ps4 for my astro a40tr mixamp.. Unfortunately have to run it a different way with my ps5

[@cheesepizzarat]

to be 100% honest and not throwing any malicious shade at gamestop, I was a former employee, circa 2018 around the time of RDR2, Fallout 76 and Black ops 4's release. Dude, when it comes to refurbished consoles, we see if it turns on, put it in a box, and tape it up, ready to be sold. It only gets sent out to be refurbished if the console is defective (doesnt turn on, button is messed up , etc.). If we see that the console turns on and works, we factory reset and put it in the box, tape it up to be sold, along with whatever cable or controller they bring with the console, third party or not. If they bring the console without the controller or power cable or whatever, it is marked as defective. Thats how stuff truly operates at gamestop.

[@bsad1200]

Maybe I missed him saying it in the video... But isnt that just a normal red controller while the spiderman should have white buttons and white sticks?

[@dennismeador5585]

Your lucky mine came in with just the box controller and wires sliding around on the console

[@xmg5688]

Yeah my refurb Xbox one x form GameStop I had the change the thermal paste. It was stock and dry. I did a video on it.

[@wmv8996]

You say there was no bubble wrap. Wasn't the glossy side of the ps4 sitting on bubble wrap?

[@IBrianrish]

I can’t believe my guy didn’t have Spider-Man for the PS4 on hand lol.

[@josephcontreras8930]

It's not red and blue like his costume??? Too bad they didn't come out with a all glossy black venom one. That would have been cool.😅

[@GrimsGamingAdventures]

I got a PS4 Pro for my birthday a few days ago. It didn't have the Playstation logo on top or the Sony logo. Looks like It was scrapped off. Within 5 minutes of setting up the PS4 Pro and waiting for a game that was only 3.5GB, the fan was already turning on. I've usually gotten good consoles at gamestop, but this is the first time it went bad.

[@kenywtf7]

How long did it take to deliver?

[@pzpatrick]

I use the digital audio output. toslink/optical cable straight into audio receiver.