PS3 survives 108 straight hours in a sweatbox

by Kevin Kelly on Aug 13th 2007 9:00PM

PS3 Vault really decided to try and put their console to the test by subjecting it to some pretty brutal treatment, including sticking the thing, while working, into a sauna for 108 hours. They report "to our surprise the only incident we noticed was a slight burning smell that came in around 64 hours." Boy, they really missed a chance to actually try grilling with this thing?

We have a feeling that if you tried that with the Xbox 360, you'd end up with a red ring of death and then some. A towel couldn't possibly save it from these conditions. Hit the link to see all of the abuse they subjected it to, and marvel at how it kept working. Please, don't try this at home unless you'd really like to toss your warranty out the window.

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Tags: PlayStation 3, PS3, stress test

Reader Comments (67)

That's actually reassuring, just because it indicates they are certainly not badly affected by overheating.

This increased my desire to buy one quite a bit, just because it reassures me that it'll last a while. My 360 is going strong, but I just can't feel safe about it.

Hey until the console can play a good game in regular conditions-- it isn't worth $600 in my book.

There are plenty of things that can go wrong that does not involve overheating. With Sonys consoles in the past most of their issues have been mechanical.(With the DVD/CD drive for example)

A Sony system... that doesn't break?

GENIUS!

That's cool, but doesn't mean a whole lot without some control conditions to compare. Who's to say every other console wouldn't have done just as well?

"Who's to say every other console wouldn't have done just as well?"

I don't think you'll find many 360 owners willing to put their 360 to this test (although I doubt you'll find many PS3 owners willing to participate in this test too out-of paranoia). I have no idea how the Wii would perform in this test.

A ps3 and a 360 can't even share the same entertainment center without the xbox getting killed... I doubt it would fare much better in a sauna.

Yes, because this one PS3 out of the thousands they could have picked to test, just happened to had been built with super armor.

I think the 360 would do well in the sauna. After all, it does seem to work better with a towel, which is usually the only thing you'll be wearing in a sauna...

Just kidding. Just kidding. But it was just too easy...

Is this one of the signs of Armageddon?

Is this what you do when you have a gaming system that has no games?

You beat me to it.

Now now, the PS3 has some good games coming up in 2009.

Ah, come on. That's not fair.

The PS3 has Resistance, and Ninja Gaiden Sigma, and... Def Jam Icon.

ooooh. Even I felt that one.

I guess I'm one of the few patient enough to wait for Heavenly Sword, Lair, Everyday Shooter, Final Fantasy XIII, Final Fantasy Versus XIII, Last Remnant, Uncharted: Drake's Fortune, Socom games, etc... Just a few that I could pull off the top of my head that should be coming out in the next couple years that I will be buying.

I would like to see how the Wii fares in these tests. The Wii actually gets pretty hot with the WiiConnect left on. I turned mine off because i'm a paranoid nut.

The 360 well...I imagine the results would be pathetic.

On the other hand, you could probably use the 360 as a heat source for a sauna... until it RRoDs on ya.

The question is not how the PS3 handles the heat... but rather, can YOU handle the heat?

^ ^fade him that sucked

Why? Sometimes the computer I use for rendering 3D work gets hella hot. It doesn't die, but I might.

But I guess you would know how it sucked. Good for you.

i second that.

Haha. No, he's right. That definitely sucked. If you were doing stand up, they'd have totally grabbed you by the neck with the 10 foot cane and yanked you off the stage.

Ouch Samfish I liked your avatar too =(

Anyways I was joking. And yes it sucked but I didn't mean anything against the PS3 (though I noticed some anti-PS3 posts being downvoted).

Lets just say the PS3 has no way of telling when it's overheating. The Xbox 360 has a way of telling when it's overheated, the rings, but it REALLY needs it(about 33% failure rate). But does the PS3 NEED it(even with less than 1% overheating). Yes.

apparently the PS3 automatically shuts down if it overheats just like a modern PC/notebook.

108 hours? Thats nothing! The ps3 can survive ATLEAST 108 days on store shelves before they are bought! j/k ;P

Ok bring on the flames, i'm bored.

lmao! that was awesome

Mine got the blinking red light (overheat) after about 6 hours inside, in an air conditioned room, spacious entertainment center, but in the sun.

Could God create a PS3 so strong against overheating that he himself couldn't make-it overheat?

Could god create one for less than $600? Sony seems to be having a hard time with it.

Ignorant slob! Chuck Norris can overheat a PS3 with a roundhouse kick!

LOL Jesus people don't be SUCH 360 fanboys! I have a 360 and am an admitted fanboy (at least on this site). The PS3 is a better built machine no doubts about it. The 360 is an RROD turd. That said I wouldn't trade my 360 for a PS3 just because it probably won't break as easy. Right now and for the forseable future the 360 has better games. It also has the best online service compared to the Wii and PS3 but at the end of the day it is still a poorly designed system. Mine crapped out in a climate controlled room as did I'm sure all of them that RRODed. Feel free to put any 360 in a sauna with a PS3 and a Wii, the 360 will lose HANDS DOWN. However if your home feels like a sauna and you have a next gen console you ned to get your financial shit together and spend that money on AC.

If you put a 360, PS3, and Wii in a sauna... wouldn't you... um... die from electrocution?

Sauna's are commonly dry, so no.

Did the PS3 wear a towel in the suana or did all the other occupants have to see its wiener?

PS3 defiantly went commando

Well, as far as I know, only the 360 wear a towel most of the time : ) But even with a towel, you could see the 360's "brick"

This is the first good thing about the PS3 I think I've ever heard.

That impressive. That's probably replicating the most intense conditions you'd ever see a console come into.

I guess I don't have to worry about accidentally leaving it on for an entire weekend.

What I'm saying is that, while we know the 360 doesn't hold up very well in a real-world environment, there's no way to know how it would do in this situation without testing. Maybe if you had a non-defective 360, it would hold up just as well as the PS3. Meanwhile, a defective one might be just as likely to fail sitting next to your air conditioner in that period as in a sauna.

And the Wii -- who knows? We know that the GPU has been having some issues with heat damage in some cases... I'd like to see it tested, and until it is, we have no place saying where each console stands.

sad that it doesn't make the games any better.. which is the only thing that really matters.

I'm not going to buy a ps3 because it won't break, I'd buy it because it has a lot of great games. which it doesn't yet.

Coincidentally, the "sweatbox" referred to in the study was an XBox 360.

~HotShotX

I still want to see someone do this to a 360. (Even just to see how little it takes)

Seriously, All PS3 haters are just that: jealous haters. I actually own one, and can tell that its beyond smooth; it simply is the most sophisticated and elegant computer device I've ever come into contact with. Everyone who doesnt like it has either never played one, or only played the store demos. Deal with it 360 fanbois: Your console has positive points, but in reality its an Mercedes compared to a Ferrari. Both are great, but only one costs a couple hundred thousand (and is worth every penny!!)

So go have sex with it if you love it so much.

Seriously, All PS3 haters are just that: jealous haters. I actually own one, and can tell you that its beyond smooth; it simply is the most sophisticated and elegant computer device I've ever come into contact with. Everyone who doesnt like it has either never played one, or only played the store demos. Deal with it 360 fanbois: Your console has positive points, but in reality its a Mercedes compared to a Ferrari. Both are great, but only one costs a couple hundred thousand (and is worth every penny!!)

I know your name is undoubtedly a joke, but since you did cop it from a K-Fed tune, I'll shovel your opinions into the toilet along with all the other PS3 freaks.

Took 'em 10 years, but Sony finally built a console that doesn't break.

...yet.

samfish, I will once I get done giving herpes to your sister.

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