GribbleGrunger
Dreams in Digital
Don't forget to visit Dualshockers! They're doing a mighty fine job at the moment:
http://www.dualshockers.com/2013/11...ting-problems-developers-say-they-dont-exist/
Famousmortimer:
Don't forget to visit his site guys/gals!
http://doddscientifics.com/2013/11/02/the-ps4-is-hot-literally/
Weve been using a bunch of dev kits. Theyve been on almost all the time, sometimes even over night. Theyve always stayed cool, never even gotten warm so It has never suggested the threat of a problem. We have had n0 problems with any of the dev kits throughout development.
As far as I know, the specs and cooling of the current dev kits are the same as the final retail consoles, and I never saw one getting any hotter than a PS3 or a Xbox 360. Our consoles never had problems of that sort, and if youre talking about that picture with the red line, I never saw something like that.
None of our devkits, either PS4 or Xbox One, had any overheating problems. We have so many and we use them so much that if there was any big issue wed have probably noticed something, but no, they all worked and still work like a charm.
Theres no such thing as a new console launch without a number of faulty units, but none of the development kits we have suffered from any problem related to heat.
We dont really like getting in the middle of console war stuff /rumors so wed rather not be credited for a quote, but this makes me giggle. Weve been using test and dev kits for a while. No over heating issues. We run them for full business hours and beyond. Granted, they arent identical to what will be released, so really anyone claiming to have an issue is either fabricating it, or it would be something Id expect resolved in the final model. No issues on our end that Ive seen.
In addition to developers, I also contacted a few people that worked at the Sony booths at recent trade shows, Milans Games Week and the event in Paris that goes by the same name (both booths had a very high number of working consoles). I also managed to get in contact with someone that worked at the Battlefield 4 booth at the Paris Games Week, where 32 PS4 and 32 Xbox One units worked over time for almost a week.
They all were very clear in explaining that no console had any kind of overheating issue during the events, and trade show conditions are just as brutal than the development environment.
http://www.dualshockers.com/2013/11...ting-problems-developers-say-they-dont-exist/
Famousmortimer:
Don't forget to visit his site guys/gals!
For several days now theres been a fairly pervasive rumor that I cant even figure out where it started but has been perpetuated by the likes of Marcus Beer and others that the PS4 is having issues and this is why they are not being given to the press. It had me worried so I started asking around to just about everyone I know in the industry. Like most rumors there does seem to be a tinge of truth to it; the PS4 does create a lot of heat. There wasnt a single developer who had a story about a system overheating, however.
According to one dev who is not working on a PS4 game Trust me, I know guys who are working QA on PS4 kits its not overheating. Take a guess where the rumor is coming from
Ok, ok. But he isnt actually working with the system. I talked to several people at Sony. They all said there was zero issues that they knew of. The reason, they say, the review consoles are going out late is because the firmware is being worked on until the last-minute, not because of the console overheating. Also PSN testing is happening this week and is going very smoothly. Braggarts.
Alright but they work at Sony. Still not good enough. Is there anyone who will be bold enough to stand up with the fearless Marcus Beer and bring us some hot, hot truth(!)? The PS4 produces more heat than you would think AH HA! IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS SONY, I LOVE YOUR GAMES BUT YOU ALWAYS MESS UP SOMEHOW AND THINGS HAVE BEEN GOING FAR TOO POSITIVELY. He continued but we havent had a single unit overheat. OH COME ON! Another dev told me Not sure I even need to confirm this, but the PS4 does not have any glaring overheating issues. It gets kinda hot, but even being 9 hours on every day doesnt phase it. It stays cool if its idle in the UI. Its quiet at all times as well, Marcus Beer is making stuff up for clicks, as usual. It gets kinda hot when in-game, especially in the back on the side it sits on horizontally. It actually appears to remain cooler when its standing vertically, but it doesnt overheat either way.
So, thats as hot as this story is getting. A powerful videogame console creates a lot of heat. I wouldnt go shoving it in some snug little hole in your entertainment center, it likely needs room to breathe like, well, all videogame systems. But there doesnt seem to be a lick of truth to the idea that there are hardware failures. The firmware on the other hand well see. Much like Xbox OS its being worked on till the very last-minute (and then immediately will begin work on the first update post-launch). Where there isnt smoke there isnt fire. I think thats how the saying goes ?
http://doddscientifics.com/2013/11/02/the-ps4-is-hot-literally/