Hey,
as per title, while playing Witcher 3 on my Xbox Series X on graphics mode with Raytracing enabled, the console froze and crashed. Just half an hour ago, the console turned itself completely off. When turned on again, I received the message that the Xbox Series X overheated and turned itself off to prevent damage.
I took apart the Series X to look at the interiors for dust accumulation but there's none. This is also the first time ever the console overheated (never before did I receive the overheating message).
Is this issue tied to Witcher 3's Raytracing Mode or could it be my console? After a quick research, I noticed some reports from PS5 and Xbox users having similar issues but it could be anecdotal.
Thanks in advance!
Edit#1: Contacted Xbox support and yes, it is with a high probability due to the game or correctly the Raytracing graphical mode in Witcher 3. The combination of enabled Raytracing + longer play session + cutscenes makes it much more likely to hard shutdown the console because of incredible workload on console, as per Xbox support.