playing too long could melt USB ports

Participants in the Evo 2023 fighting game tournament have reported problems with USB ports on PlayStation 5s, as they claim that the consoles have seen their connectors melt away from prolonged use.

This weekend thousands of fighting game fans descended on Las Vegas, NV for Evo 2023, the biggest fighting game event of the year. The latter was an opportunity to highlight a major defect on Sony consoles. Indeed, competitors in this year’s Evo Fighting Game Championship have claimed that the USB ports of the PS5 consoles used in the tournament became loose due to heavy use.

Worse still, some PS5s work with all games were melting their controller connectors from overheating. Many gamers plugged their combat gamepads into one of the available ports on the back, but they visibly suffered from the heat given off by the console.

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PS5s overheat during the event

Eduardo Cuervo, one of the competitors affected, shared an image of his damaged USB controller. He claims it was the result of a single game. What the fuck @PlayStation. My @horiusain octa USB plug melted during my match at @EVO,” Cuervo says. “Mine is not the only controller to have melted. It’s just terrible. You need to do something about this lack of heat dissipation, especially if you’re going to be using PS5s in tournament play. “, can we read in his publication on X.

This could be worrying for future tournaments using the PS5 console. Fighting game players often own expensive controllersand any damage would be detrimental to competitors.

The heat given off by the PS5 seems to be the culprit in this scenario. Luckily, more casual gamers aren’t likely to experience such issues unless their consoles are used all day without interruption. Anyway, if you play with a wired controller, we advise you to connect it to the USB port located at the front of your console, and not those at the back.