Overheating

Hey there. Thanks for reaching out. Overheating normally is normally caused by a couple of things. The console is in a location where it doesn't get good airflow and the vents could be clogged with dust and debris. So, make sure the console is not tucked away in a semi-enclosed space. Also, check the vents to see if they're clean. If both of these are true, I recommend getting the console professionally cleaned. If you feel comfortable opening it up and doing this yourself, that's always an option. There are a lot of instructional videos online with instructions for opening and cleaning out consoles. You may want to check those out.

**bleep**. 

Overheating only happens in EA's FC26 and EA NHL26. The XBOX crashes only in these two games. The placement of the console has very little to do with these device crashes.

For some odd reason, EA just won't admit that these games cause this. Not a single other game makes this happen.

I mean this is just plain wrong. Pretty much the only reason ps5s overheat is because people box them in on media cabinet shelves. Second hand ps5s often have never been cleaned of dust which doesn't help. There aren't specific games that cause overheating, especially fc games since it doesn't go anywhere close to the upper limits of what a ps5 or xbox can handle

I don't buy this. If dozens of other games work perfectly with the exact same console placement—where the device is guaranteed to have plenty of room to breathe—the fault cannot be anywhere else but in the games mentioned. 

Even though the device is well cleaned

FC definitely isn't the most optimized game so yeah, on a poorly maintained console it can stress a problem that is already present.

The important thing to know is that no game can run in a way that by nature spikes a GPU or CPU to the point it overheats due to how console operating systems work. If a console is overheating it's due to poor maintainence meaning those limits are lowered. A game won't naturally do that but on a badly maintained console where the bar is lowered, then it can.

It's like asking a guy with a broken leg to run a marathon and then blaming the marathon for him ending up in hospital. So FC can reveal the problem but isn't causing it unto itself.

• keep it well ventilated
• dont buy second hand
• clean dust out
• dont have it next to a window in direct sunlight
• once it overheats once you've likely permanently damaged it already

• keep it well ventilated - Check
• dont buy second hand - Check
• clean dust out - Check
• dont have it next to a window in direct sunlight - Check
• once it overheats once you've likely permanently damaged it already - Hmm Check

Furthermore, why doesn't any other game cause this? Not a single one.

It sounds like you have a bad console, unfortunately. Other games will cause it but there's so many variables it isn't worth trying to find what games cause it. The bottom line you need to accept is that console operating systems are designed in a way that doesn't allow a game to push it past limits it can handle. It's like a fail safe mechanism. So if a specific game is causing it to overheat, it isn't because the game is bad but the console is bad and that game just happens to be a reliable trigger.

Millerd17 said they replaced the entire console, and the problem still persists?

https://forums.ea.com/discussions/fc-26-technical-issues-en/fc-26-overheating-and-shutting-down-issue-on-ps5/13006063