Claims suggesting that a vertically positioned PS5 eventually leads to damage have surfaced, but are difficult to verify.
You may have seen reports warning you off placing your PS5 vertically, saying that you could damage your console, even bricking it permanently. But there’s a good reason to doubt these claims, and I, for one, won’t be changing how I use my console.
We’ve seen reports that the PS5 can run into trouble after standing up for extended periods. For example, @68Logic (opens in new tab), who runs a repair shop in France, says they’ve seen a few cases while repairing consoles where a potential seal breakage between the cooler and APU resulted in liquid metal leaking through the casing and setting onto other components, ruining the console.
They’re not the only one to claim to have seen this fault.
