PS5 Gamers Warned of Fatal Design Flaw That Destroys Consoles. Here’s How To Prevent It

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Repair centres and gamers have discovered a fatal flaw in the design of the PS5. Here’s what you need to know in order to prevent it.

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With the start of the new year has just passed us by, many of us would have been planning this year. Some of us carefully, some of us haphazardly, but many of us have again chosen some New Year resolutions to try and better ourselves for the future. Of course, we will struggle to stick to our resolutions if you are anything like me. Still, Console Service Centre has suggested a simple resolution for all PlayStation 5 users to give a whirl in this new year.

After spending the year, 2022 fixing many issues with consoles from around South Africa, the Console Service Centre has suggested something for PS5 users to try in the new year that will help them prevent overheating and other issues with their already difficult-to-get next-gen console.

“New year’s resolution for your PS5 in 2023, and what we learnt after doing more than 50 PS5 repairs in 2022. Don’t stand your PS5 upright on its stand. Let it lay flat. When it’s upright and gets hot, the liquid metal runs down to the bottom of the main processor. And the PS5 eventually starts overheating, a big design flaw for the PS5 consoles.” – Console Service Centre, January 2, 2023.

Although PS5s are notoriously challenging to come across all around the world, over 50 of the consoles that went in for repairs had the same overheating problem caused by the users’ decision to keep the console standing horizontally and not vertically. Although the console is built for either orientation, let’s leave this one to the experts.

Overheating is an issue for the PlayStation 5 in general. One of the leading causes