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I have no more patience for my PS4's download speed and I must scream
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I had years of slow PS4 download speeds but a quick Google search revealed my regional ISP wasn't playing nice with the PS4 - obviously, since most people have perfectly fine internet speeds on their PS4 devices.
All my PC game services were able to utilize the full speed of my connection. To make it short: Now, said ISP was bought by another big company, which also offered a new contract to me. Same speed lower price. A few days later: perfectly fine download/ upload speeds on my PS4. Case closed.
There can be plenty of reasons for slow download speeds but the device itself is almost never the issue. Unless you think the WiFi module is defective which doesn't seem plausible to me.
All my PC game services were able to utilize the full speed of my connection. To make it short: Now, said ISP was bought by another big company, which also offered a new contract to me. Same speed lower price. A few days later: perfectly fine download/ upload speeds on my PS4. Case closed.
There can be plenty of reasons for slow download speeds but the device itself is almost never the issue. Unless you think the WiFi module is defective which doesn't seem plausible to me.
I never had problems with PSN speeds, but holy crap copying after downloads takes ages. 1 minute to download a patch, 45 mins to copy.
Gigabit Fios and an Ethernet cable and my PS4 Pro is turbo speed.
I download entire games in minutes now.
I download entire games in minutes now.
Even hardwired it's awful. I download at 30 MB/s on my desktop. It must be like 4-5 on my PS4.
I can download a 80GB game on steam in probably around an hour. On PS4 it takes 7-8
I can download a 80GB game on steam in probably around an hour. On PS4 it takes 7-8
I had a launch ps4 and the Wi-Fi could easily get interference by other wireless devices, for example my wireless headset. I have a Pro now and it's much better now. I'm still on wireless and can download a full 50GB game is around 90 minutes, maybe even less, my og PS4 would take twice as long.
Mines 1.1.1.1 and I'm on Ethernet. Wasn't any faster on Google's. It's awful compared to PC.
Honestly quite tame in this thread. It is abput Sony afterall.
People have to realise that ypur location and its PSN servers also play a huge factor. I have fantastic Internet, I load big GB numbers in few minutes. And my PS4 is not faulty or all PS4s that I experienced are faulty. The downloadspeed of a PS4 is dogshit, maybe the OP is overexaggerating but it is indeed too slow and next gen needs to fix it.
I have to do that pause, restart thing sometimes to get the speed going well again. Otherwise it seems to get congested.
The thing getting on my nerves lately is that copying it does after a patch downloads. That's taking longer than the actual downloading did.
The thing getting on my nerves lately is that copying it does after a patch downloads. That's taking longer than the actual downloading did.
PSN and XBL download speed are a joke, both consoles connected via Ethernet and I'm never getting full download speed, regardless of my internet connection.
On Steam and Battle.net I'm getting my full 45 - 50 MB/s, while PSN, XBL and the Windows Store are often around 10 - 20 MB/s.
Stopping and restarting the download helps sometimes.
On Steam and Battle.net I'm getting my full 45 - 50 MB/s, while PSN, XBL and the Windows Store are often around 10 - 20 MB/s.
Stopping and restarting the download helps sometimes.
Mine's been fine on PS4 lately, able to get about 50MB/s (400Mb) pretty much any time. I think the speed is mostly related to location and if you've got access to a nearby CDN.
A PC with an SSD and 1gb internet made download speeds on the PS4 dreadful. I truly don't know the last time it took more than an hour to download a game on my PC.
It's definitely location and how many people are online accessing. I'm in Seoul and get 2Gb a minute daytime, 1Gb a minute on evening, and awful when Fortnite just releases a patch.
You think the solution to connectivity issues is a service completely reliant on connectivity?
I feel ya. My speeds were like 2MB/s at worst couple years back. Had to pause/unpause to get decent speeds at least. Now I get full 70MB/s speeds and whole games download in minutes.
Xbox on the other hand hovers between 5-10MB/s and takes ages to download all the gamepass games.
Xbox on the other hand hovers between 5-10MB/s and takes ages to download all the gamepass games.
It has been improved greatly for me since like... I dunno, 2015? But it was bad before that. Did you change to google's DNS?
I'm not getting my full BW on my PS4 Pro but it's manageable. I got a 500Mbit/s connection and I'm getting 20-30MB/s from PSN using Wireless. But I do remember how it was when I first got my OG PS4, the speeds were horrendous. I think they improved a lot with SW4.0 or something.
Sony was kind enough to hook me up with a code for Days Gone and on wifi it took around 40ish mins to download. So with the day one patch it was around 60 gb I want to say. But my PS4 Pro definitely has better speeds hard wired but it's always been slower than my One X and my pc be it hard wired or wifi.
On my 300mb (BT FTTH in UK) connection, my Pro downloads at around 15-25 MB/s. So it's not great but certainly faster than what you're experiencing. Whereas my X and Steam max out my connection at ~37MB/s.
I remember a few years ago being with Virgin and they throttled PS3 (possibly PS4 too?) download speeds, and I (and many others) had to connect via proxy server on PC to get fast speeds. So it was the ISP and not Sony. No idea if they still do that because I haven't touched them again with a barge-pole.
EDIT: I feel very lucky to have 300mbps looking at many of the responses. That said it was only a couple of years ago when I was stuck on 4mbps at my old place.
I remember a few years ago being with Virgin and they throttled PS3 (possibly PS4 too?) download speeds, and I (and many others) had to connect via proxy server on PC to get fast speeds. So it was the ISP and not Sony. No idea if they still do that because I haven't touched them again with a barge-pole.
EDIT: I feel very lucky to have 300mbps looking at many of the responses. That said it was only a couple of years ago when I was stuck on 4mbps at my old place.
Ya I downloaded days gone 60 Gigs in 20 min.
i usually have to pause then resume right away to make it download fast.
I have a gigabit line and PSN gives me 90mbit on a good day. Honestly all 3 consoles download and upload speeds are fucking embarassing
you understand people mean your location to a Sony server right? ie. the problem being Sony's end, not your internet or the PS4 console itself.
Its a PSN infrastructure issue
But the way the PS4 prepares downloads.... downloads... then finally installs is awful
You are better off setting it to do all this shit when you sleep
But the way the PS4 prepares downloads.... downloads... then finally installs is awful
You are better off setting it to do all this shit when you sleep
My speeds used to be horrible, far slower than every other service. It once took me 3 hours to download a 2GB update for Ark while my friends had it downloaded in about a half hour. Thankfully speeds have improved for me and while still slower than everything else, it's no longer taking 8 hours to download a whole game.
OP
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Okay so all of my updates are working normally. I was able to download a demo just fine. It's pretty slow without Rest Mode, but in Rest Mode I was able to download 7 GB in less than 1.5 hours.
The problem is Final Fantasy XV. I uninstalled it because it's 499203920390239 GB. I decided to re-install it. Upon installation it tells me that it's downloading Patch 1.29. It gets stuck in "preparing to download" for a LONG time, and then it downloads super slowly. I put it on Rest Mode and it doesn't download at all in Rest Mode, and in fact it begins "preparing to download" all over again!
wtf? Pls help
Okay so all of my updates are working normally. I was able to download a demo just fine. It's pretty slow without Rest Mode, but in Rest Mode I was able to download 7 GB in less than 1.5 hours.
The problem is Final Fantasy XV. I uninstalled it because it's 499203920390239 GB. I decided to re-install it. Upon installation it tells me that it's downloading Patch 1.29. It gets stuck in "preparing to download" for a LONG time, and then it downloads super slowly. I put it on Rest Mode and it doesn't download at all in Rest Mode, and in fact it begins "preparing to download" all over again!
wtf? Pls help