Sony Denies PS3 Overheating Problems

Speaking to GamesIndustry.biz, Sony Europe have denied that the PS3 suffers or suffered any problems due to overheating.

The denial follows a report by David Gibson, a Macquire Securities analyst , who wrote that PS3s at the Tokyo Game Show were overheating, causing 'unreliable' behaviour of the systems and concern over the stability of the PS3, which in turn caused Sony shares to drop by 2.75% yesterday.

"SCE can categorically deny that there's any problems with PS3 units overheating," Sony said, in a statement issued to GI.biz.

"As could be seen on the TGS floor by the tens of thousands of media and public attendees, both the hardware and software worked flawlessly," the statement concludes.

The overheating rumours have also been fuelled by a recent recall of lithium ion batteries manufactured by Sony, which affected technology partners Dell, Toshiba and Apple.

This is just another in a string of bad press for Sony and their PS3. Stay tuned for the latest.