How To Fix Your Ps 4 When It Overheats. It's possible (especially if your console is getting older) that you need to replace the thermal paste and give the heat sink a good cleaning. We strongly advise of investing in one if overheating is a major issue to you.
Press the Options button on the controller.
The first is when misbehaving or damaged components generate more heat than they should, especially the hard drive or GPU.
The temperature in your room can also have an effect, as can faulty hardware or firmware. If there is not an update, it will notify you. To rule this out, you'll have to check for updates to the game and install them if available.