PS5 ticking time-bombs?

[Released: 2020] The console has a few significant improvements over PS4: ray tracing support, an improved CPU, custom 3D audio chip, and an SSD instead of HDD. The console is compatible with PlayStation VR headsets and backward-compatible with games for the PS4.

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PS5 ticking time-bombs?

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If you were lucky enough to a PS5 at launch (Nov 2020) you may have noticed that your 2 year warranty period is now over (quite a while ago)

If you were doubly lucky to buy a 2nd unit and you've been keeping it in the box all this time, powered off, on v1.00 FW in the hopes of a CFW sometime in the future you might want to think about getting it out soon.

TLC (and QLC) NAND Flash devices like the NVMe drive in the PS5 have a relatively short powered off retention span of ~5 years...

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