Correction of error CE-34878-0 on PS4

Almost immediately after the appearance of the new Sony Playstation 4 console, users began to complain about the appearance of an error under the code CE-34878-0. The problem arose back in 2014, while no clear solution was proposed by the company. And now, in 2017, gamers again began to encounter the fact that when approaching a certain point in the plot, the game just crashes without being able to survive.

How to fix the problem CE-34878-0 in the operation of applications on PS4.

Before you try to fix the error CE-34878-0 on PS4, let's see what it means. Each error is assigned a code from a set of letters and numbers. Information, decoding the designation, can be viewed in the section "Error history" in the menu "Settings", "System".

The code "CE" is assigned to other and general problems. Namely, CE-34878-0 indicates an application error. Recommendation to eliminate - restart the program. The only problem is that the reboot does not solve anything and at a certain point the game still crashes.

After some time of discussion in the technical support forums, the problem was fixed and the standard recommendations led to the restoration of applications. However, saves were lost in many cases. Now the problem has returned, and official recommendations are not always effective. According to the company itself, they were unable to identify the consistency of user requests to understand the exact reason. Problems arose spontaneously without any pattern.

Games in which CE-34878-0 appears

The occurrence of the problem is most often found in games:

  • Witcher,
  • Uncharted 4,
  • Fifa
  • Battlefield,
  • Tom Clancy's The Division,
  • 2K,
  • Watch Dogs 2,
  • Dragon Age.

In fact, these applications are much more, these are only the most popular. What can be said about the specific solutions for each game:

  1. In The Witcher, a problem arises when saving to Novigrad. Create saves manually outside of it, this solution helped a lot. Sometimes to fix an error you need to complete a specific task.
  2. In Battlefield 4, the screen crashed when switching to another map. This appeared after one of the updates and it was decided to follow.
  3. GTA 5 was buggy for those who had more than 100 friends in PSN. The problem was solved by reinstalling the game.
  4. In FIFA, one of the working solutions was to disconnect from the Internet, delete all saves, including local ones, restart and hold a match, and then connect to the network. However, all past saves will be lost.
  5. Uncharted 4 took off from many almost immediately after the launch of the company. After the release of several patches, the problem was fixed. In some cases, the unlinking and linking of the account with PS helped.

Thus, it is possible to determine the general algorithm, how to fix the error CE-34878-0 in any application:

  1. Follow one of the Sony PS official instructions below.
  2. If the general recommendations did not help, contact Sony support and the game developer.
  3. If the problem is in the game itself, wait for the release of the update from the developer and follow the recommendations for installing it.

General solution recommendations

Sony offers the following general solution to the error CE-34878-0:

  1. Exit the game, install the latest firmware and update the application. After that, restart the console.
  2. If the problem occurs after replacing the internal hard drive, return it again.
  3. If the two previous tips did not help, initialize the system.

To check and install the latest versions of the game and firmware PS4:

  1. Go to the PS home screen
  2. Select the game in which the problem occurred.
  3. Click on the gamepad Options button.
  4. Select “Check for Updates” and wait until they are downloaded and installed.
  5. Go to the "Settings" from the home screen.
  6. Select "System Update", wait until the installation is completed.

  7. Reboot the console.

Initialization is as follows:

  1. In the console interface, go to settings.
  2. Select the "Initialization" section.
  3. Click "Initialize PS4".
  4. Select "Complete."

  5. The system will warn you that all users and data will be deleted.
  6. Confirm initialization.
  7. Wait until the end of the process.
  8. After loading the console, enter the initial settings.

This procedure completely deletes all data from the console, including save files. But since glitches often occur in the middle or even at the end of the plot, no one wants to go through the game again. Therefore, before initialization, make a backup on a USB flash drive or external drive:

  1. Connect the USB media to which the backup will be transferred.
  2. Go to “Settings”, then “System”, “Backup and Restore” section.
  3. You can recover data only to this console if you have never used PlayStationNetwork.
  4. If you want to save the prizes received in PSN, go to the function screen, select “Prizes”, click on the “Options” gamepad, and then synchronize with the network.
  5. You can copy data only to media with the FAT and exFAT file system.

After you have successfully created a backup, initialized and restored data, the error CE-34878-0 will most likely be corrected.

For some games, the following solution is appropriate:

  • go to "Settings";
  • select "User";
  • Click “Login Settings”;
  • disable face recognition (uncheck “Enable Face Recognition”).

There are a number of possible solutions:

Transfer all saves to cloud storage by deleting from the console:

  • go to “Settings” and go to the “Manage Saved Application Data” section;

  • go to the network storage, mark the game that is not working and click "Download to the network";
  • enter system memory and delete all data from there;
  • then try to download the application again.

Try restarting your account:

  • Log out from PSN;
  • run the game;
  • exit the game;
  • Log in again.
IMPORTANT. Remove the game with which the problem occurred. After that, download it again.

Another variation with the removal of the game:

  • completely remove the problem application;
  • start to install the game again, but without additions;
  • pause the update;
  • wait until the game is installed;
  • run the game;
  • only after that start the update.

As you can see, the solution to the common console error PS4 CE 34878 0 is reduced to a sequential enumeration of the recommendations of users who have encountered it. The official reason for its occurrence has not been named. In most cases, developers are engaged in the solution, trying to release updates to games in which there will be no such error. Probably, this is some kind of internal glitch or a defect in the console, which periodically pops up in a particular game.

Of course, this spoils the reputation of Sony, because there were many cases when people ordered a new release of a game on pre-order, and when they received, they could not start. Or, having gone through a part of the game, they again encountered a familiar blue screen. If you have a new console, then you have the right to return it or replace it with another one if such a problem arises. Since the error CE 34878 0 occurs not all polls for all users.

Regardless of whether the recommendations described in the article helped you, always contact the support service of the developer and the set-top box itself. Your information is likely to improve the performance of the PS4 in the future. If you encounter a CE 34878 0 error, tell us in the comments how you succeeded or failed to correct it and in what particular situation it occurred.