Consoles
Fraudulent PS4 Console Sale Ends With A Fatality
In today’s day and age, video games have acquired a huge break in popularity. This popularity has reached a global scale as well, making a very lucrative market business as well. However, this also means people will try to take advantage of others through illegal means.
This is made very clear by the number of criminal incidents we have seen a lot in the gaming community. Sadly, a bigger demographic means that we’ll be seeing higher chances of things going awry. As such, a 20-year-old man who was looking for a birthday present was a victim of this.
According to a report from The Washington Post, Danny Diaz Delgado from Trenton, New Jersey left his house to buy his little brother a PS4 console. What was meant to be a simple transaction that would’ve taken an hour turned into a tragedy when a passerby found his body next afternoon.
Once police got involved, they found out that Diaz’s hands were tied behind his back with pink duct tape and a black electrical cord. While the cause of death was being shot around nine times. All according to the affidavit by Detective Michael Castaldo of the Mercer County Homicide Task Force.
The low-life scumbag responsible for the crime is none other than Rufus Thompson, 29. He set up to meet with Diaz Delgado to then kidnap him and take his money alongside some more he had on his card. Totaling around $700 dollars stolen from Delgado’s account.
Detectives said there was never a PlayStation 4, to begin with. A search of Thompson’s residence revealed an empty PS4 box, pink duct tape and a TV with its power cord cut off, according to the affidavit.
Thompson was arrested March 31 and charged with murder, robbery, and kidnapping, among other things, according to a statement from the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office. He made his first court appearance Monday, pleading not guilty. He’s being held pending a detention hearing.
It’s important to mention that whenever you are going to do transactions in person, you have to make sure it’s in a public place that’s crowded. As such, there will be little to no problem when making this sort of transactions. Also, it’s important to leave accompanied by your friends or family. To the family of Mr. Diaz Delgado, we offer our condolences and hope that justice will be served.
PS4 sales in the UK climbed by a shocking 633 percent year-over-year in 2023, so apparently the old system isn’t dead yet. The previous year’s very limited supply of the system is likely a major factor in this figure, since the console’s lifespan was drastically reduced because of chip shortages caused by the pandemic. Still, it’s proof that PlayStation’s original platform has unmet demand.
With the very low prices of PS4 software (both in-store and online at the PS Store), this strategy makes a lot of sense. Plus, it’s future-proof, so there’s no harm in stocking up on PS4s while new-gen pricing is still high, since if you decide to switch to a PS5 in the future, you can transfer all of your purchases across. Not to mention that the majority of new releases still come out on the PS4, with several offering free PS5 upgrades.
While the percentage rise may seem huge, real PS4 sales will probably be much lower. It’s a sign that the gadget, which is now a decade old, isn’t completely dead yet, and we expect it to keep receiving maintenance for a while longer. Of course, this is great news for Sony, because the company would rather have PS4 players playing on its last-gen gadget than none at all, even if it would love to have them upgrade to PS5.
A PS5 firmware update on a cold winter morning is unmatched. The latest PS5 system software update is 23.02–08.40.00 from Sony. Does this one add useful features or just boost system performance?
Though closer to the latter, it’s more than Sony’s favorite patch note. It fixes security issues, improves messages and usability, and boosts system software performance. Official patch notes for this 1.185GB update:
- We updated system software security
- We improved system software stability and performance
- Some screens now have better messages and usability
That’s it. PS5 gets another win to recover from its midweek slump. Do you share our enthusiasm for this firmware update? Comment below. To spice things up, make your comment rhyme.
Belgian developer Larian Studios’ work on Baldur’s Gate 3’s Xbox Series S version will improve performance on all platforms, including PS5. The game’s fifth major patch, expected to launch this week, will include upgrades and new features. More details will be revealed later today.
Director of Publishing Michael Douse says PS5 performance improvements may be the “least exciting thing” in the title’s next update, so it sounds like a big one. Larian Studios employees are proud of “finally” implementing tweaks, fixes, and changes, Douse says. Later today, we’ll bring you all the Baldur’s Gate 3 update details.
Those who reached the RPG’s third act have reported technical issues during the narrative’s conclusion, especially in co-op, so today’s update should fix them. New features like a permadeath mode are expected, along with Xbox Series S optimization fixes. What else should be added to the game?
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