Video game consoles are prone to a number of bad luck , like Xbox 360 ’s “ red gang of death ” or more late theNintendo Switch ’s Joy - Conandwarping issuance . But none have the gross - out broker of one of the PlayStation 4 ’s most singular issues : rophy infestation .
In an clause on Kotaku , writer Cecilia D’Anastasio gossip Patrick Che , the Colorado - owner of an independent console repair store in Manhattan , who pointed out a pile of fill up black garbage bags in the corner of his computer memory . “ You see those base ? ” Che asked D’Anastasio . “ Those are bags full of Rutilus rutilus . Those are all deadened by now . ” Though roaches can burrow into any organisation on the market , it ’s Sony ’s latest console that seems to be their ideal goal .
The problem has become so vulgar with PS4s that Che ’s workshop , XCubicle , blame a $ 25 “ roach fee ” to pick the little critter out of the system ’s vents and lap boards . So what makes the PlayStation 4 such an attractive home to roach ( outside of the fact that it kindalooks like a swank skyscraperfrom the right angle ) ? Apparently the PS4 ’s blowhole are blanket than other cabinet , and since they ’re placed properly at the bottom of the machine , it makes it easier for forget me drug to crawl right in if the system is placed on the floor .
When the Rutilus rutilus go into the system , they snuggle on the circuit boards , pop out babe , and , well , mellow out into the cabinet ’s entrails . With a scheme that have as raging as a PS4 , unfreeze roach and their feces ( shudder ) will in all likelihood turn your console into an expensive paperweight before long . And fortune are that you ’ll never even acknowledge a roach was at heart unless you bring it in for repair .
At XCubicle , they see at least one roach - infested PS4 per week , with other repairmen estimating that around half of all PS4 consoles they deal with have some sort of cockroach subject . The fix for this is n’t so simple : A service man will have to supplant the power supply , clean the system of any forget me drug remnants , and sterilize the whole matter before getting it back to you . There ’s no one way to prevent roaches from figure your organization , other than keeping a clean home , cast your console high up and unaccessible , and placing it away from comfortable debut point . If that fail , you ’ll be cling either purchase a raw PlayStation 4 or convey the organization to an independent repair shop , asSony wo n’t acceptbug - ridden systems for stamping ground .
[ h / tKotaku ]
