While many on this Reddit thread claim this trick works for them, they are divided as to which position the PS4 should be in while tapping. In order for it to work, insert your disc into the PS4, then tap on the console above the disc drive while the disc is initially being read. Tapping your PS4 is a legitimate workaround for this problem, anecdotally speaking.

You can also hold down the power button on the PS4 for three seconds to fully shut it off. Just in case you haven’t shut down your PS4 since 2013, you can do so by holding down the power button on your controller, then by going to Power > Turn Off PS4. All tech needs a power cycle every now and then, and your PlayStation is no exception. Plus, the PS4’s “rest” mode makes it easy to never fully power off the system. But it’s important to try the easiest step before going through with more involved options.

While the comments are full of jokes about this being FromSoftware’s design - that OP’s PS4 is an Elden Ring machine now - it did spark a discussion about the different steps you can take to get your PS4 reading discs again. Instead, the problem came to my attention from this Reddit thread, in which the poster complained their PS4 would only read their Elden Ring disc, and no other: not Dark Souls 3, not Sekiro, nor any of their older PS4 discs. If you’re experiencing this issue, these tricks can help.įirst, though: I buy almost all my games digitally, so I’ve never encountered this issue on my PS4. It’s a little more than frustrating when the PS4 refuses to play the $US60 ($83) game you just popped in the disc drive. That is, unless the system can’t read our discs. The PS5 might be Sony’s shiny new console, but plenty of us are still happily playing our PS4s.

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