L.A. Noire Causing PS3s and Xbox 360s to Overheat?

Sometimes problems are actually problems, and sometimes they're hobgoblins of giant cyber-hive-minds. Calif. dreamin' crime-spree sleuth-a-thon L.A. Noire may be causing PS3s and Xbox 360s some technical consternation, only at this luff IT's anyone's guess how prevalent the write out is. What we take in are reports damaged from public forums, which suggest a handful of users are experiencing game lockups Beaver State organization freezing, linked anecdotally to overheating issues.

U.K. news locate MCV noticed a substance board post by a Rockstar customer service rep connected Wednesday that seemed to indicate the trouble was authentic likewise as PS3-specific, sparking a Sony pile-connected.

"We have received some reports of PS3s overheating while playing L.A. Noire or beeping three times before shutting down/turning themselves soured, mostly on older 60GB and 80GB fat models," wrote the Rockstar rep, WHO went on to paint a picture it was firmware-related (the PS3 was recently updated in accord with the PSN rhenium-launch after the recent 26-day hack-related outage).

"There have been various reports of this on a few different games now, all reporting their PS3s turn disconnected or 'Bloody Lighting' afterward having installed 3.61," continued the rep. "This can range from games randomly freeze to PS3s turning off anyplace between 30 mins use to 2 hours. We have confirmed locally that septuple games (Rockstar and not-Rockstar) overheat or immobilise only when 3.61 is installed."

Worrisome news, until Rockstar separate the post, told news sites it wasn't an "official statement," and quickly paired with Sony to effect the following on the PlayStation blog yesterday afternoon:

"We have received a very small number of customer support questions approximately PS3s overheating or shutting down while playing L.A. Noire. At this time, Rockstar Games and Sony can confirm that neither L.A. Noire OR firmware update 3.61 are causation the PS3 hardware to overheat. We are both committed to working hard to recover solutions to this and any issues that May arise."

Reports that Xbox 360 users were having the same troubling system lockups piece playing the secret plan also trickled in, prompting Rockstar to post a "What to do if you are Crashing or Freezing in L.A. Noire" FAQ note on its underpin site:

Question: I am crashing / freezing in L.A. Noire! Individual please assistance!

Answer: We are sorry to pick up the game is freeze! We have standard a a few tickets about some stranded crashes / freezes and we are investigation them individually to find out the causes and the resolution.

The name of what-to-do's includes some PS3s and Xbox 360s. Meaning? Rockstar's hedging its bets, i.e. it's shut up unsure what's happening surgery who's to blame.

That said, scanning direct the FAQ comments, I noticed the following response to a user from an official Rockstar put up rep:

We can assure you that L.A. Noire does not get soothe problems. If your disc works in another comfort operating room multiple discs are not working on your 360 aft clearing the cache and playing connected new save files, we recommend contacting Microsoft so that they dismiss diagnose the hardware problem. We suffer tested on all models of retail 360s and have not experienced blooming OR freezing.

Just musing here, only if L.A. Noire's pushing the applied science a technicality harder than usual, I admiration if some of the lockup-afflicted are running their consoles in semi-enclosed or unco lovesome ambient environments. If I set up my slimline PS3 in either of my solid Ellen Price Wood entertainment center's six-inch high rack slots, it gets uncomfortably warm just loafing. Same with my Xbox 360. When I'm victimisation either to play games, I set them vertically on the floor remote the cabinet. Close temps in my condo never exceed 75F (about 24C). The only lockup I've had in old age (recently) was replaying Rockstar's Grand larceny Motorcar IV along my Xbox 360, and I crank that upward to whatever the opposite of serendipity is.

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