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TIL you can shut down a PS4 by just holding down the power button
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Single press for Sleep/Standby and long press for total Shutdown is as ancient as the hills. C'mon, folks.
It's not even just in the manual, it also shows in the various tip notifications when you first power on/sign into a new console.
It's not even just in the manual, it also shows in the various tip notifications when you first power on/sign into a new console.
Does the Switch ever progress past bringing up the power menu if you hold the button longer?
you can also turn off the console when/if the system hangs / doesn't respond to any input by keep pressed the power button for 15 seconds like the PS3. It's meant to avoid the unplug of the power cord.
Ah, okay. I haven't bothered since if I'm by the power button, I can use the screen. I'm not sure if there's ever been a console you can't turn off that way then.
If you were asking for the last console that wasn't press for sleep/standby, hold for shutdown, the answer would be Wii U. Its standby was a little atypical in that it was a periodic state (default was one hour) instead of a constant one, and would kick in even after a force shutdown IIRC. The only way to prevent standby was to disable it entirely.
I'm the same. I need to cover the buttons with black tape because the lights are ridiculous, makes it even worse.
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I hold down the power button for a bit because that makes sense on mobile devices
I love how you clarify, but it doesn't make it even less weird lmao
If you have an OG PS4, this was easy to remember once I learned this memory aid - Eject is the bottom one, it is a silly design that causes the disc to hit your fingers when ejected since you are having to reach across the slot! Therefore power is the top.
A Pro or Slim, you're on your own sorry :D
I think you can shut it off from rest mode fine as long as you don't have the suspend app box checked. At least that's how it's been for me, it used to work before the suspend app update and since then I get the same message as you. But it's too convenient to uncheck.
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I'm assuming you could just press the button and then hold it down
Don't feel bad OP. For about a year and a half I didn't know where the power button was on my PS4 Pro. A friend pointed it out to me when I was trying to find it on the console one day.
I think I've maybe used the buttons twice for when I couldn't find my controller.
I think I've maybe used the buttons twice for when I couldn't find my controller.
what in god's name am i reading
EDIT: there's even a power switch on the back of the console, jesus christ man use THAT instead
Not knowing goes back several generations.
It has become pretty standard on most recent consoles. Not sure about Xbox consoles. Wii, Wii U, PS4 all have standby modes, that you can turn off by holding the button longer.
Not on the slim PS2.
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This doesn't sound like anything surprising in the slightest. Why wouldn't it have that feature?
This.
Omg, this x100
I swear eject and power swap place each time while I'm not looking, because it's always the second button I try.
And the thought never crossed your mind to hold it down? It's even in the instructions manual. I mean, I'm just amazed, sorry.
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Honestly I think most people under 30 probably don't know how to use a rotary phone lol. I certainly don't.