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You’re killing your PS5 by using it vertically, according to hardware experts

by jakobdabo on 1/6/23, 8:38 PM with 21 comments

• by autoexec on 1/7/23, 2:14 AM

  Disappointing. I guess this weekend I'll be rearranging and trying to find two feet next to the TV to store the thing on its side.

• by elzbardico on 1/6/23, 10:19 PM

  I have both consoles from this generation and I wish the PS5 went the same design route as my Xbox series X.

• by bmo333 on 1/6/23, 9:25 PM

  It’s just harder for the electricity to run up than sideways.

• by jtsiskin on 1/6/23, 10:22 PM

  Without numbers this article isn’t as helpful - if it’s 1/100,000 I’ll leave mine how it is; if it’s 1/100 I guess I should move it…

• by dixie_land on 1/6/23, 11:44 PM

  Duh, just wrap a towel around it to re-flow it

  (For the youngins, this is a reference to the RRoD back in the days https://www.wikihow.com/Do-the-Xbox-360-Towel-Trick)

• by steponlego on 1/6/23, 10:32 PM

  PS1, ironically could be fixed with this trick.

• by rubatuga on 1/6/23, 10:47 PM

  Should have just used cheap thermal paste

• by thefurdrake on 1/7/23, 4:41 PM

  Players are on PS5

  Wololo

  Players on are Xbox