As reported by Kotaku, Evo 2023 fighting game tournament participants reported problems with their PlayStation 5 USB ports over the weekend. Participants took to social channels to show and explain that the PS5 USB ports, where many game controllers were plugged and unplugged during the tournament, were overheating and thus their device’s USB plugs were “melting”.
Current Google (and former Meta and Microsoft) AR engineer Eduardo Cuervo, who says he’s attending the event for the first time this year, posted on X (former Twitter) a photo of a control lever USB plug containing molten parts of the blue port. “Mine wasn’t the only control arm that [melt down],” he said, and continued: “This is a terrible situation. Especially if you’re going to be using PS5s in tournaments, you have to do something about this lack of heat dissipation.”
The incident seems common enough to cause multiple users to repeat their complaints. “After my [Street Fighter 6] set, my opponent politely unplugged my cable and came with a PS5 USB port,” Reddit user u/SyrupyCereal said. I saw.”
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The reason for this problem, which is thought to be caused by overheating, is not yet clear. PS5 systems have been used in other esports tournaments before, and there have been no similar common complaints about melting ports. Of course, competitions like the Evo involve extremely unusual conditions that most console owners will never encounter, including countless systems lined up nearby with USB accessories plugging in and out during the crazy weekend. In addition, some respondents claimed that people were also allowed to use incompatible control levers by plugging in unsupported USB converters, which could damage console ports.
“Not all devices’ USB ports are equal in quality,” said Reddit user u/xeleion, who attended the event. “And for the PS5, some people were using converters like Wingman as the [ports] weren’t natively PS5 compatible.” In addition, the event area is said to be in the range of 21-22 degrees Celsius all weekend.
PlayStation and Evo 2023 have not yet commented on the subject.
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