A PlayStation 4 has been pictured at a Sony event, allegedly overheating and displaying a red line down the console and a warning message on screen.
“It had a red light (where the typical blue LED light) and had a message on the screen saying that the console had a very high temperature,” explains an eyewitness “The security case was opened and in two seconds the error message was removed and the light had returned to its normal colour.”
Some have described this as “The Red Line Of Death”, which it clearly is not as the console recovered quite quickly once it had some air.
The red line and message seem like an excellent failsafe mechanism, warning that your console is getting too hot before any damage occurs.
There is absolutely no indication that this is a production problem with the PS4, most things will overheat and turn red when placed in a small glass box. In fact, we are testing this theory right now and have shoved Blair in the TSA microwave oven, he has just passed “Red Pepper” and is well on his way to “Postbox”.
Source: Videoegamescene
ron_mcphatty
I still can’t get over how tiny the PS4 is, I reckon I could fit at least ten in our telly cabinet.
boeboe
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!
MrJimmy
Is a RLineOD more likely than a RLightOD due to its size? I now want to see a yellow one too, yes I can’t wait.
TSBonyman
Shuhei has responded to this, albeit briefly and without further explanantion.
https://twitter.com/JoshEldridge016/status/390058330791501824
Airiaen
lol wow the tweets….
Tuffcub
As I said, its not a Red Line Of Death, it’s a Red Line Of Ooh Getting A Bit Warm In Here Innit.
DeathstrokeTheKid
PS4: “Ooh child, I need some air!”
Tarbun84
Great proactive feature
Awayze
Well putting it in a practically closed space isn’t helping in the first place. PS3 had a inbuilt over heating protection anyway so what’s the big fuss.
Kennykazey
Meh, idiot chokes computer, computer says no. The interesting thing here is how many colours it can do.
gazzagb
Hardly surprising considering it’s in a small box with little to no ventilation.
Mick939
The Playstation 3 did something similar, although i never saw it on my home console. When i was in retail our ps3 did it (unsurprisingly as it was in a bit steel shell with no space around it).