Storage Glitch Turns PS5 Into A Brick

B. Simmons November 11, 2020 in Video Games Tagged Bricked, PS5, Sony, SSD - 1 Minute

Well, that was fast.

You usually don’t expect quite this degree of turnaround on the cost of a design choice like the PS5’s storage. YouTuber ACG has already had his review PS5 turned into a brick thanks to a glitch involving the system’s soldered, non-replaceable storage drive.

P.1. At this time my PS5 is 100% dead. I was having the storage rebuild issues others reported but mine escalated to full errors and network issues/boot. Sony and I were working through troubleshooting when it died completely. So at this time I will be moving content around…
— ACG – Loves Games | Loves Reviewing (@JeremyPenter) November 10, 2020

p.2. I did promise viewers I would give out the PS5. So I have preordered another online. Since there is no reason for people to wait. When the first arrives I will be giving it to viewers in a giveaway versus using it myself. I can wait for the 2nd.
— ACG – Loves Games | Loves Reviewing (@JeremyPenter) November 10, 2020

p.3 If you feel you joined patreon to get specific PS5 patreon discussion/discord about the PS5 I can refund those in the last 15 days. Please contact me there. My sincere apologies. I rarely ever really build stuff up and this time I did and I got bit for it.
— ACG – Loves Games | Loves Reviewing (@JeremyPenter) November 10, 2020

And considering that the street date for the console is tomorrow, well, it ain’t exactly great to know that this can happen. Especially because it’s not just ACG reporting this issue. While most haven’t had a complete failure due to the storage glitch, they’ve still encountered it. Exempli gratia, Giant Bomb’s Jeff Gerstmann reported the issue happening while Running Spider-Man Remastered and putting the console into rest mode.

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Seems like putting a PS5 into rest mode while Spider-Man Remastered is running crashes the whole system, forcing that "repair your external drive" process when you start back up. At least that's how it's been for me the few times I've done that today.
— Jeff Gerstmann (@jeffgerstmann) November 11, 2020

Also every time I've had the PS5 go through that external drive repair sequence, it ends up on a black screen. I have to hit the power button on the console itself to force it into rest mode, then it comes back up and asks me to file an error report, then boots normally.
— Jeff Gerstmann (@jeffgerstmann) November 11, 2020

Remember, kids: never ~~try~~ buy the first run of a new console generation.

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Based out of Glendale California, Bryan is a GAMbIT’s resident gaming contributor. Specializing in PC and portable gaming, you can find Bryan on his 3DS playing Monster Hunter or at one of the various conventions throughout the state.

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