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PlayStation is lowering download speeds in Europe to reduce bandwidth usage
- Thread starter Kenzodielocke
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you laugh but I used "Download Accelerator Plus" for more than it was necessary...
You got that from this thread? So, someone posts a topic and what? Don't respond? Is it possible this is one of many things to be concerned about? Low on the totem pole, sure -- but why assume that this is "all some of you care about"
I already have seen some people complaining that it is disrespectful for Sony to do this to its consumers.
"While GOG and Epic give games for free and Microsoft offers the Game Pass for $1 during the quarantine, Sony slows down downloads speeds"
"While GOG and Epic give games for free and Microsoft offers the Game Pass for $1 during the quarantine, Sony slows down downloads speeds"
Varies alot. I think some eastern european countries have super good internet, which is one of the reasons the cam porn industry is thriving there
It's better than the US, but it's not enough for a situation when most of the population downloads tons of data with streaming apps or gaming.
hahhahahahahahahah good one and very true!
I understand their concerns but come on really slowing down PSN even more will not make any impact in the overall stress on the network.....
If European speeds are anything like US PSN, they're going back to like dial-up level speeds or something.
I've noticed, Doom Eternal update was very slow and Dirt Rally 2.0 new location today was too.
Not sure who was limiting the speed, my ISP or PSN since my ISP is reducing the speed during the day.
Dirt Rally 2.0 is also 70+ Gb on PS4 so if it really is one of the games of April hope you enjoy the slow download speed.
Not sure who was limiting the speed, my ISP or PSN since my ISP is reducing the speed during the day.
Dirt Rally 2.0 is also 70+ Gb on PS4 so if it really is one of the games of April hope you enjoy the slow download speed.
Can only speak from my own experience (The Netherlands), but the network is pretty good over here. But just to illustrate: a big part of our country is now working from home and using videoconferencing; kids are at home following lessons with videoconferencing; etc. I think its mostly the extra traffic from individual sources (instead of mostly 'downloads') that is putting a load on the network. But so far I havent had much issues except the occasional slowdown.
It's not like there's a physical limit on how much data you can squeeze through a cable. That shit get's developed and grows together with the internet exponentially as well. Besides the infrastructure is not Netflix's, Amazon's or Sony's problem but the ISP's.
Not to derail the thread but how's DICE doing? Are you guys all on home office as well?
Internet connections are great but not meant to sustain the heavy workload posed by domestic access for remote working I think.
Wait, even lower? So 56kbit/s era again?
Of course I'm exaggerating, but download speeds have always been horrible.
Of course I'm exaggerating, but download speeds have always been horrible.
There is a limit on what can go through a cable without doing really big investments in cable technology, which is a decade long process each time. And it is indeed not their problem, but they are being asked to help... That is what happening if you paid attention. It was either them helping or the EU suspending net neutrality and allowing the ISPs to determine which services get priority.
This is odd. I was downloading NMS after a long time and while the first 9 gigs were done in 6-7 minutes, the last 2 have been crawling for 30 minutes now. Connected via ethernet, speed is 200/100.
I don't think I've ever had that happen before.
I don't think I've ever had that happen before.
So I'm currently not in the UK right now, which I'm glad about honestly with how the virus is being handled by people there, but I am honestly surprised by how many people here have slow psn speeds for downloads even before this change was put in place......I use a wired connection for my ps4 and xbox and I find my xbox is the one that freaks out on speeds and has more issues than my ps4, sometimes my xbox one just outright refuses to use anything near my full speeds while my ps4 would always use my full internet speed, again I'm in the UK so I'm not getting gigabit speeds to download with but when I got my new internet service a month before I came to the USA I would download a 80gb game in 30-45 mins on my ps4 while my xbox took way longer, only shitty thing on ps4 these days is the stupid copying phase after a download is done which can take forver.
Already noticed how much slower my downloads for the Disaster Report 4 demo, Trials of Mana demo and RE Resistance Beta all have been...
PSN accounts for 3% of the worldwide traffic. It is huge, especially in Europe.
And almost the whole continent in on lockdown and working from home right now.
I have been for 1 week already, with loads of videoconferences and Netflix running on the TV (don't tell my boss).
I have a 500mb Fiber connection, didn't experience any problem for the moment though (even on PS4 with COD Warzone).
I think some companies are trying to save some €...
Probably not. Most likely they will just lower the maximum bandwidth available to each user. Basically "taxing the rich.
So you should be fine, filthy pleb! :-D
Considering at best I'm maybe 10mbps now I doubt this will impact me. During normal congestion times (6pm-12am) my internet can be as slow as 500kbps. It has devolved to this level over the last few years being 4G only down here. I pay $200 a month for 500GB... $10 charged each additional gig over... I doubt this will impact me... I'm tired...