# Why does my PS3 always freeze when playing Battlefield? **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [January 10, 2014, 9:21pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/why-does-my-ps3-always-freeze-when-playing-battlefield/110842 "2014-01-10T21:21:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lord\_FIFA](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/3be4f8/32.png) [@Lord\_FIFA](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/Lord_FIFA)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2014, 9:21pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/why-does-my-ps3-always-freeze-when-playing-battlefield/110842/1 "2014-01-10T21:21:01Z")
My Playstation likes to freeze 80%of the time when I am playing Battle field does anyone know why this is, or how I can fix or prevent it from freezing. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_FIFA](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/3be4f8/32.png) [@Lord\_FIFA](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/Lord_FIFA)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2014, 9:40pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/why-does-my-ps3-always-freeze-when-playing-battlefield/110842/3 "2014-01-10T21:40:47Z")
I agree. It just makes me not want to play it at the moment. ---
**Author:** ![Coultish](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Coultish](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/Coultish)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2014, 9:53pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/why-does-my-ps3-always-freeze-when-playing-battlefield/110842/4 "2014-01-10T21:53:40Z")
I freeze every time I play dawnbreaker on my xbox bang on the 5 minute mark… ---
**Author:** ![ShAd0wMaN](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/aca169/32.png) [@ShAd0wMaN](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/ShAd0wMaN)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2014, 1:51am UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/why-does-my-ps3-always-freeze-when-playing-battlefield/110842/5 "2014-01-11T01:51:02Z")
Because its 6 year old hardware that sucks dick and can’t even handle the games it was released with. PC gg ---
**Author:** ![elloguvner](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/8dc957/32.png) [@elloguvner](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/elloguvner)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2014, 5:22am UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/why-does-my-ps3-always-freeze-when-playing-battlefield/110842/6 "2014-01-11T05:22:07Z")
Have the same problem. Have to force shut-down and do the system check every time I turn it back on. Fuckin sucks. ---
**Author:** ![ClutchHunter](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/c77e96/32.png) [@ClutchHunter](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/ClutchHunter)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2014, 11:02am UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/why-does-my-ps3-always-freeze-when-playing-battlefield/110842/7 "2014-01-11T11:02:08Z")
It’s the hardware. The same happened with BF3 when it got _really_ action-packed (e.g. long Metro rush game). It just can’t handle how hard Battlefield pushes it and it freezes, my guess as a protection mechanism against overheating. PC won’t have this problem (unless you look after it horribly), and the two new consoles shan’t have this problem for a couple of years. ---
**Author:** ![sinsemillajesus](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@sinsemillajesus](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/sinsemillajesus)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2014, 4:43pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/why-does-my-ps3-always-freeze-when-playing-battlefield/110842/8 "2014-01-11T16:43:08Z")
Yeah they cane out with the game too early (to be released practically alongside the newest generation consoles), therefor the game is quite glitchy. It freezes just the same on xbox 360. I think they have been focusing on the xbox one and ps4 versions of the game because my friend has the 1 and it doesnt glitch as much if any; i didnt see it glitch when we played ---
**Author:** ![booger\_sculptor](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/94ad74/32.png) [@booger\_sculptor](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/booger_sculptor)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2014, 1:45am UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/why-does-my-ps3-always-freeze-when-playing-battlefield/110842/9 "2014-01-12T01:45:35Z")
i have flawless gameplay about 85% of the time. that other 15% can be frustrating, but holy shit is it badass when it’s firing on all cylinders. i’m blown away by the game. ---
**Author:** ![i\_build\_corvettes](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/a587f6/32.png) [@i\_build\_corvettes](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/i_build_corvettes)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2014, 9:55am UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/why-does-my-ps3-always-freeze-when-playing-battlefield/110842/10 "2014-01-13T09:55:12Z")
I had my first freeze yesterday after about 30 hours of game play. Fwiw my other 4 clan buddies on the same server all froze at the same time.