A PS5 has overheated after being put on display in a Best Buy. Pictures circulated on Twitter show the console’s error message, as well as the cosy conditions under which it was kept.
Twitter user Xzyliac shared an image from their local Best Buy in Houston, Texas depicting an error message which reads: “Your PS5 is too hot. Turn off your PS5, and wait until the temperature goes down.” In response, other users shared images of what appeared to be Best Buy’s PS5 display kiosk, both of which go some way to explaining why the machine might have overheated.
Also lol pic.twitter.com/fKzw7T9JCF
— Xzyliac Electroclash Ariel 2024 (@Xzyliac) November 5, 2020
In both of the pictures circulating, the console is sealed in a plastic case, ensuring that none of the hot air leaving its fans can go anywhere. Adding to the effect are lights intended to illuminate the display, but in this case, will also be pumping extra heat into the PS5. While Xzyliac didn’t take those pictures, they did confirm that a number of machines were enclosed, and the one in their picture was the only one displaying an error message.