The lights are on
You know the drill: You get home, you tear open the box, and you (carefully) yank your newly purchased console out. Then you plug everything on, press the power button, and step back in amazement. Success! That's what we were hoping for, too. As it turned out, the PS4's power button might be a little too sleek for its own good. Read on for some expert power-button advice, as well as a slew of excuses.
Look at the PS4. Don't touch it, though. It is a fingerprint magnet. How do you power this thing on? Plugging the controller in and pressing the PlayStation button doesn't do anything. There's no rocker switch in the back. Think, man, think!
OK, let's get a little closer. Before we proceed, I should tell you that I spoke with several other people who had the same problem powering on the console for the first time. Also, I should tell you that I was on the couch offering absolutely no help to Mike Futter as he became increasingly more agitated. (It was kind of entertaining.)
You might be asking, "Why didn't you look in the manual, you doofuses?!" I don't have a good answer for you, other than the fact that the couch was about 15 feet away from the PS4 box and my arms aren't that long. At this point, Mike was blindly pointing at every square inch of the PlayStation 4's exterior. If you have questions about how to best get your fingerprints on the PS4, he is the undisputed authority on the matter.
Here they are! These tiny little recessed nonbutton things are totally buttons! Sure, they have tiny power and eject icons on them if you look close enough, but who's going to do that? After you go through the setup, you can power on the console with your controller, and you'll never have to touch the console again.
If we saved one person 15 seconds, then this was all worth it. I know that I felt like a hero sitting on the couch, and I feel equally heroic throwing Mike under the bus. Let's pretend I never named him. We'll all agree to say that I referred to him as Unnamed Work Colleague. Sounds like a plan.
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"You might be asking, 'Why didn't you look in the manual, you doofuses?!' I don't have a good answer for you... "
>>> Your answer should've been, "What am I, a nerd? I can figure this out!" That's what I would do. It's not the 1800's anymore - who needs instructions? :D
Also, while I loved the article, Jeff, it totally took longer than 15 seconds to read it. So.... I don't think the net value of time saved will have saved anyone the 15 seconds you set out to. Still, you and unnamed work colleague sure did some fine work here today. *salutes*
Lol! TY TY, I would have been so totally peeved trying to get mine on! Manuals smanuals.....
This article was hilarious when I read it I just stated laughing. But also thanks a lot for the info which will be very helpful. You know a lot of times people just don't read the manual because they just want to skip past that part. But in this case or any for that matter reading is very essential great article lol. PS4 day 1 shipping I'm out!!!!!!!!!!!
This was a really helpful article! Thanks for the tip.
I always check every little detail so I'm sure I would have found it in a few minutes.
I lol'd. I suppose that's why it looks so sleek; barely-there buttons. ;-)
NICE!!!!!!
Wow I would have never figured it out. I would have just kept poking every inch of it until I finally gave up and looked in the manual.
That is embarrasing, you only need to look closer.
Or you could read the manual.
This article is full of so much fun win.
it was on the front?!?! by the DISC TRAY?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?! sony, you failed. who the hell puts power buttons there?
Reminds me of sci-fi stuff where you have to know where to press to do something because the buttons are hidden.
This reminds me of the way I toss my friends under the bus: with great prejudice.
"My friend Steve, who shall remain nameless, opened a file that he though was pron today but it turned out to be a virus..."
that is very easy to overlook thanks for the tip
wow ... talk about hiden
Look I am actually glad you guys did this, because I know I would've done the exact same thing, fuming and cursing while my wife thumbed through the instruction booklet. So thanks a million!
That's hilarious. I'm glad that this is there because it's always frustrating when something supposedly obvious isn't.