PS4 Units Weren't Intentionally Damaged, Claims Former Foxconn Intern

The international discussion of what's happening on the assembly lines that have led to PlayStation 4 units landing on the doorsteps of customers dead on arrival, has caused quite the stir. One student recently posted an apology to the public, letting it be known that the students didn't intend to damage the PS4 units on the assembly line, but the working conditions were hard enough on them to force a loss of quality on the product.

[Hellsvacancy]

Whip em harder next time Sony

-> Real bad joke I know

[Derekvinyard13]

Dude, this company installed NETS on the buildings because so many people were jumping off the roofs.

[JoGam]

Its not like the intern will tell the truth.

[abzdine]

0,4% lowest electronic failure every registered.
now stop complaining and go enjoy your next gen console.

[MasterCornholio]

OMG i thought you were making a sick joke but your not.

http://www.megachan.net/dis...

[Shadowstar]

@MasterCornholio : There are nets under many famous bridges as well. A medical study showed that they didn't really affect the suicide rate, though, as people just found different bridges to jump from.

[ShinMaster]

Is this a different intern?

[3-4-5]

FORMER Intern....

[seanpitt23]

People don't realise that if they paid the workers what they should and give them breaks and a good working environment then the price of the ps4 would not be $399 more like $799.

[cleft5]

I like deals as much as the next guy, but respect for human life always comes before getting a deal. What Foxconn is doing is just inhumane.

[Grap]

Wrong fact.

[RavageX]

The hell is wrong with you?

Really?

No device is worth the poor treatment of people.

[seanpitt23]

I don't support it I think its shocking but its the facts.

[cleft5]

In all seriousness, major companies like Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo, etc absolutely need to come up with a better way to manufacture their products. The reality is that Foxconn is doing things in China that they could never get away with in places like the US, England, or Japan. I understand the need for a company to make products at a low price, but at a certain point there are just things you shouldn't be allowed to do. Foxconn is clearly crossing the line and needs to be stopped.

I am having issues with my ps4 related to hdmi problems. It sucks, but that pales in comparison to the horrific treatment of these workers. Particularly students that have been forced into being factory workers. At a certain point enough is enough, and that point came years ago for Foxconn.

[Ripsta7th]

They need to to stop being greedy! Well i wouldnt say is either one of the big 3s fault , more like foxxcons problem

[bennissimo]

I would honestly prefer for consumer electronics to cost more because the companies involved are paying manufacturing workers a livable wage with livable conditions.

[seanpitt23]

I totally agree.

[Mikelarry]

lol this next gen is more mysterious than big foot and the loch ness monster combined :). if this turns out to be true we can breath a little bit easy

[ZBlacktt]

Damage control to save contracts. Was anyone really expecting them to say yeah, you busted us. We failed at Q&A. Yet, the consoles came from there and these 376 cases or so say broken when plugged in. Dunno....

[GentlemenRUs]

Those Idiots!

Foxconn has a lot of crap coming its way!

[dennett316]

There's no big conspiracy behind faulty consoles....they're just an inevitability when electronics are mass produced. Sucks to wait for so long and get a faulty unit, and I'm sure you get angry and want to blame somebody, but it's just that s**t happens.
No sabotage, no conspiracy, no pervasive threat to every console out there....it's just faulty units that will be replaced with as little fuss as possible. I would say let's not blow things out of proportion when the inevitable faulty Xbox One's are reported, but that won't stop it happening anyway, so I won't bother. Just enjoy whichever system you get (or both) and don't let the negative hype that will appear worry you too much.

[Fairchild Channel F]

+1 Bubble for being a rational human being.

[kingPoS]

You sir make sense.
B+

Gateway MT6706 2008

[plmkoh]

Of course the story was bogus, if you think about how a production line works it just didn't make any sense.

If the students all banded together to produce faulty PS4's that "would only turn on" how would they even pass QA? QA workers are almost always the more senior/technical workers of the production line, and therefore are the permanent workers, if the rumours was true what motivation would they have to corroborate with pissed off interns who just want their diplomas.

Then you'd have to ask, how can 10's of thousands of faulty PS4's that "would only turn on" even pass through the QA process to begin with, since that involves more than just 'turn on' a console such as get the PS4 to send a video signal. On top of that you have secondary test audits that grab sample sizes of each batch, surely they would've found something.

And above else this is Foxconn, human rights violations aside, Foxconn are well known for their QA.

[extermin8or]

you realise with a 0.4% failure rate it isn't 10s of thousands? Merely thousands...

[plmkoh]

What and that's suppose disprove my point how? C'mon I'm waiting, numbers was never the contention I was highlighting to begin with....

[ImG2theB]

0.4% is a number Sony gave before release and before knowing the scale of the issue.

[cyguration]

Technically it's not all the same issues.

We don't know how many BLoDs are out there. What if it's only a few hundred?

We don't know how many RLoDs are out there. What if its not even a hundred?

If what the kid says is true and the inspectors/management also got tired and slacked off, then it could help explain why so many faulty units got through. But he also says when Foxconn noticed this they ship out the old workers and bring in new ones, or something to that effect.

Online it LOOKS like a big problem, but there's only a handful of YouTube videos for specific PS4 issues, so it's not 10s of thousands. So even if a few students did sabotage the units, it would only be a few, and based on the Amazon reviews it's not even in the thousands.

[HappyWithOneBubble]

I believe there's no sabotage going on. Just some bad ones went through. PS4 is a huge demand right now and these people are making them buy hand. It's impossible to test every PS4. I admire them for their hard work and most of us gamers don't know what real work is because we to busy arguing of which console is the best.

[JessiePinkmanYo]

True or not, what people don't realize outside of countries like China, these kids are in deep shit. There's such thing as a fair trial there either. As unfortunate as it may be to get a DOA PS4 or (possible) X1, a month of inconvenience is NOTHING compared to what these kids, and possibly anyone working in that factory at the time face.
Labor camps are VERY real, and whether or not true, these workers face that or worse for this incident, even if it's a rumor or here say. Foxconn and the Chinese government aren't going to hold themselves liable-these workers will be, and worse, made an example out of.

[kingPoS]

You might be right about that. It's scary to think of it as true. With China being overpopulated, who knows what really goes on over there.

Gateway MT6706 2008

[ramiuk1]

they be ok,to be honest i would rather have my products cheaper.
they should be used to it by now,if they dont like it there are other jobs surely???

im joking,its wrong full stop,but its the gree of companies and china for offering it the way it is.
if businesses pulled out of china for human rights reasons it would change,until then its gonna carry on.

we do have to remember though cost of living in different areas is so varied.