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StreetsofBeige
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Lone Wolf
Member
I think the OG Xbox Ones did that. Cant remember.
Krappadizzle
Member
Not surprised. They fucking starve those systems for air in their tamper proof cases. I'd expect overheating won't be an issue for 95% of people.
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sixamp
Member
I've been to 2 best buys here in nyc and they didn't have any on display which is why I was asking. I figured for this to happen the case would have to be small
JORMBO
Darkness no more
I added the pic to my last post.
Bladed Thesis
Member
This is exactly the situation.
The PS5 displays are small, clear plastic boxes with small exit points at the back, towards the bottom to allow the cords to come out.
There is zero airflow and as such the systems overheating was a foregone conclusion. XSX in that same situation will overheat. PS4 in the same situation will overheat. Nintendo Switch in the same situation would still be for children.
sixamp
Member
Wtf why is it so small lol. That shit is gonna explodeThe pic I saw earlier had it fully enclosed in a tiny plastic case. Should have cut some air holes in it at the very least.
ANIMAL1975
Member
I remember this koisks overheating pictures all over the internets in the beginning of last Gen (replace with a ps4). Rense and repeat....
Xaero Gravity
NEXT LEVEL lame™
Shots fired
ReBurn
Gold Member
That's not the PS5 that's running. The real PS5 is behind the TV.
Torrent of Pork
Banned
This means nothing. Neither of these consoles would survive in an enclosed space like that without fresh air circulation. There's also the fact that neither of these companies want to risk another RRoD situation, so overheating shutdowns are a reliable thing by now.
888
Member
Which makes it overheating even worse if it isn’t in a closed off space.
ReBurn
Gold Member
MasterCornholio
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Darklor01
Might need to stop sniffing glue
I still think that's a Walmart Kiosk for this image.
The other image looks like a different kiosk though. Similar in design, but perhaps a bit different. Either way, would seem that it could suffer from the same issue of being in a small enclosure with little ventilation running for hours on end.
ReBurn
Gold Member
It's the one they overlaid the alignment grids on.
MasterCornholio
Member
Yeah looking at the pictures you can see the same reflections in all of them. I'm guessing it's probably fake.
S0ULZB0URNE
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How many threads talking about this do we need?
sixamp
Member
I didn't even know there was one which is why I asked about it. I searched ps5 over heating and nothing came up. I saw it from an article on Facebook
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StreetsofBeige
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When it comes to display kiosks, unless Sony has their own team of demo station builders, these kinds of things are outsourced to marketing companies to handle.
Companies work with them and provide them with artwork and gear and they come up with a design that works for stores. If the displays are custom designed Sony kiosks, then Sony helped design a demo station where you jam in the real console behind the TV, or you put it in the glass case.
A different view is the demo kiosk is not a PS5 specific design but a generic existing demo station, but they slapped on PS5 artwork on it and hope for the best the design of it works for PS5.
The more time consuming and expensive method is customized. The quick and dirty way is retrofit what you got.
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mistakable
Neo Member
I mean you do the same grid line thing on the image with the enclosure and you can see the same thing surely so
Bad design is the likely issue imo
sublimit
Banned
They should try put it in an oven next time.The pic I saw earlier had it fully enclosed in a tiny plastic case. Should have cut some air holes in it at the very least.
gundalf
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itsjustJEFF
Member
They don't make clear plastic boxes big enough for that monstrosity. Clear box manufacturers did not anticipate such a large console in their future road map. They assumed, like everything else tech, that consoles would get smaller
On the real tho, that is such a dumb thing to do with a piece of electronic that produces heat! Drill speed holes into that thing.
LectureMaster
Gold Member
Surprised me that the plastic case didn't get charred. lol.The pic I saw earlier had it fully enclosed in a tiny plastic case. Should have cut some air holes in it at the very least.
oldergamer
Member
Its actually behind the TV in a metal case. What's to debunk, it did overheat. Dunno why sony would design the display like this.
TLZ
Banned
Why are they torturing these consoles?
Iorv3th
Member
They are. The console is usually underneath and in the back. The units you see upfront are not the real thing. The only console I have seen that wasn't was the wii.
nyr88nyg
Banned
That’s some solid ray tracing
Yet every review we have had today puts in equal to the xsx. Grow up. This ain't the hill to die on.
Night.Ninja
Banned
I hate when the S is not a capital in PS5
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