PS3 Overheating Problems – Sony Shares Drop
Analyst David Gibson from Macquarie Equities reports that the PlayStation 3 experienced some overheating during the Tokyo Game Show event.
“While the reason for this is unknown, we suspect it may be due to overheating as a result of enclosing the units and the high temperatures at the venue. We are concerned that such a problem has occurred so close to full production and is clearly negative news for the company.”
It’s perfectly understandable that consoles (and general hardware) will overheat if there is poor ventilation, which is common during trade shows. Sony responded by saying “for a normal player at home, there shouldn’t be any problem.”, but apparently the analysts didn’t quite get it; the Sony share dropped 2.75% today.
Read (BusinessWeek)
October 4th, 2006 at 2:55 am
Is no console safe from OH? Oh yeah … the Wii definitely won’t overheat since it isn’t using any extreme technology.
October 4th, 2006 at 5:02 am
Well that’s to be expected. Add the air conditioning that will have to be blowing directly on the PS3 to the cost of the console.
October 4th, 2006 at 11:04 am
I dig the picture. That one definately ain’t gonna last 10 years
October 4th, 2006 at 4:43 pm
Lets hope the warranty and problems will be handled better than what Microsoft did with the 360. It cant be worse than all the faulty 360 but hey these are the same guys who made “Disk Read Error” so fucking annoying. That made me turn in 2 PS2s and on my third right now.
October 4th, 2006 at 6:18 pm
yeah i know what you mean about the faulty 360’s… my first one overheated all the time and i actually found out that one of the fan’s wasn’t working. my new one is working fine tho.
October 4th, 2006 at 11:21 pm
My 360 didn’t overheat, but my friend’s did get the GSoD.
Microsoft replaced it, though. ^_^
October 5th, 2006 at 12:28 am
Meanwhile Jobs admits to knowing about Backdated Options and prices of Apple’s shares rise even more. Go figure.
October 5th, 2006 at 2:17 am
There is KNOW RESAON AT ALL to be worried about the ps3 hardware. It would cost 299.99 and 399.99 if the hardware were “cheap.” We will be paying a premium price for a premium product. And we ALL know that sony’s tech support is the sh** if something does go wrong.
October 5th, 2006 at 2:28 am
Sonys console overheating? .. where have i heard that before .. oh yeah ps2 .. but at least this time they finding the problems before its released .. there is a good side to it
October 7th, 2006 at 4:49 am
My 360 overheated and died as well, but I have to admit – Microsoft handled it all very well, and replaced it quickly. The whole ordeal was pretty easy actually.
October 10th, 2006 at 10:51 am
Sony rulz
October 15th, 2006 at 1:04 am
Yeah what doom said
Sony Rules:
1.overexaggerated
2.overcharge
3.overheat
February 16th, 2009 at 1:02 pm
Sony is not doing a thing but charging additional money for a problem that they new existed. I am very dissatisfied with Sony.