According to Jesse Anderson on Twitter, Anthem is not causing any PS4 console to brick or overheat. He didn’t add much in the way of details, unfortunately, but I did see several other reports that after cleaning their PS4, the issue stopped.
According to Jesse Anderson on Twitter, Anthem is not causing any PS4 console to brick or overheat. He didn’t add much in the way of details, unfortunately, but I did see several other reports that after cleaning their PS4, the issue stopped. Apparently, the issues are caused by poor console treatment. Here’s Jesse Anderson’s tweet:
UPDATE: We’ve identified several causes for the temp power-down crash some PS4 users experienced. Fixes for the top issues are in patch next week. If you encounter a game crash where your PS4 console won’t respond, you can manually power down and restart it – no risk of damage.
Also, another developer, Chad Robertson, also tweeted out an update to one of his earlier, related tweets:
UPDATE: We’ve identified several causes for the temp power-down crash some PS4 users experienced. Fixes for the top issues are in patch next week. If you encounter a game crash where your PS4 console won’t respond, you can manually power down and restart it – no risk of damage.
After thorough review, we have not encountered an instance where Anthem has “bricked” a PS4 console. If you are experiencing anything different, please reach out to @EAHelp so we can track the incident and investigate. Thanks for your patience.
This gives me hope, but the recent realization by Reddit that the default gun is more powerful than a Masterwork weapon gives Bioware and Anthem yet another mountain to overcome in this launch period. Let’s hope the devs get this under control, before the game dies just as quickly as Mass Effect: Andromeda.