literally skim through any of the "PSN is slow" threads and you'll see tons of people with no issues
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Xbox One downloads are now 40-80% faster
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literally skim through any of the "PSN is slow" threads and you'll see tons of people with no issues
FinaruDensetsu
Member
Yeah might be regional. PSN is way faster than Xbox for me in SoCal.
Explain that to me please.
As long as I'm in rest mode, PS4 is super fast with DL's. Not sure if it's just me but they are pretty slow if you watch the bar constantly
Gai Murakumo
Member
I have not downloaded something recently but I will pay a bit more attention next time.
FinaruDensetsu
Member
I have no idea how fast it's downloading in rest mode but in active mode it downloads way faster than my Xbox One. Both on wireless.
If you're closer to a server, or are being routed to a server that's closest to you which doesn't have high traffic in general, you're going to get a faster download speed.
I consistently get 250mbps with a ps4 wired connection. Whereas my original Xbox One (wired) was maxing out around 80mbps, and the Xbox One S (wired) doesn't seem any different.
Yes, XBL in general will more often than not be faster for people (probably due to Microsoft likely having way more servers in way more places, hence less traffic per server, and a server that is likely closer to you than a Sony one). But it's not impossible for people to have a consistently faster connection to PSN than XBL.
Anyways, on topic. Update didn't change much for me (even tried messing around with a few DNS settings). It's actually slower than usual right now but perhaps this will show improvements with big downloads.
Chiggs
Member
I have such atrocious speeds with PSN (SoCal) that I'm starting to think my PS4 Pro has an issue. It can't all be Sony's network.
justsomeguy
Member
It might be that it's downloaded and is uncompressing/installing/whatever the heck happens after all the data is down?
Equanimity
Member
Do you lack reading comprehension? I was sharing my experience of the two services.
I don't have a defunct Xbox unit.
What a load of nonesense.
Fox Mulder
Member
Neat, I recently got the bump in speed from time warner. It was a magical time.
PsihoPerihelion
Member
Are you watching this, Sony? This is how you fix your pathetic download speeds.
That shit doesn't matter. I always get full speed when I do the test but oh boy, I try to download something immediately and I download at 400 kbs. I pause and resume, 800kbps. After trying six times finally I get full speed (40 mb) but only for about 20 minutos.
Mines just fine. Took me an hour for Uc4. Nothing wrong with psn. Never had been for me in UK. Pro does seem quicker though.
Given how much of their business is cloud services now, I'd hope so.
That said, PSN is laughable. sometimes I get 60mbit/s, sometimes 40, sometimes 12. Steam and MS? 180-210mb/s easy.
Unless you have a good sample size as proof then it's entirely open to interpretation. Don't get all salty because someone has a different experience to you,that's pathetic.
Head.spawn
Junior Member
Currently downloading Blue Dragon @157Mbps... so yeah, that worked pretty fucking well.
Hispanic! At the Disco
Member
Did this not happen yesterday? My games usually download around 11-12 Mb/s but yesterday stuff was downloading at 34Mb/s.
actually that's almost 3 times more, thats probably my ISP.
actually that's almost 3 times more, thats probably my ISP.
Shpeshal Nick
aka Collingwood
Wouldn't this be dependent on your internet connection?
I mean I have a 100mb connection and Live has downloaded at like 5mb while a speed test on my PC or phone was yielding 75mb.
But then I've seen it go as high as 200mb for like 5 seconds while dling FIFA which shouldn't even be possible.
I mean I have a 100mb connection and Live has downloaded at like 5mb while a speed test on my PC or phone was yielding 75mb.
But then I've seen it go as high as 200mb for like 5 seconds while dling FIFA which shouldn't even be possible.
Jessie.Bristol
Member
I have a 353Mbps down connection, but haven't tried this update yet. Previously was getting between 60Mbps - 100+Mbps. Hopefully now I can get closer to maxing out my connection when downloading digital titles on Xbox One.
Different DNS servers can reduce your ping to the servers. But only if your ISP's DNS are slower then something like Google DNS or OpenDNS.
Different DNS servers can reduce your ping to the servers. But only if your ISP's DNS are slower then something like Google DNS or OpenDNS.
Same exact thing happens to me when I update the Xbox One. Earlier I had to do an update and the file size was around 460 MB. It moved quickly till around 75% where it stopped and slowly gained 1% every few seconds.
I'm not using WiFi either and there wasn't any devices downloading anything at the time. It's consistently happened on every update I've done with the Xbox since I purchased it.
Nope, it's more complicated than that. We don't all download from a single server but from a network of servers called a Content Delivery Network (CDN). Your DNS server will connect you to its nearest CDN server, this might not be the one that gives you the fastest download speeds.
This could be a particular problem if for example you use non-local DNS servers to get around Netflix region locking. In this case you might end up connecting to a content server in another country.
Just Google for information about DNS and CDNs.
mattwhite924
Member
Time to go home and see how it does on Google Fiber. 
I see. When I take the test on Xbox console it gives me 189 ping.
Otherwise the download speed have been great here.
Just to be pedantic, download speed is only effected by latency, or more accurately, the amount of hops to a server if you're downloading via TCP. Downloading over UDP has zero effect on your speeds if you have a larger latency.
Also, your DNS has zero effect on your download speed folks. DNS is only good for your responsiveness of a badly designed UI (Looking at you Xbox), as the extra latency of a slow DNS resolution will effect how long it takes for all the request domains to resolve.
Checking the MTU as mentioned in the PS4 threads is a very good suggestion as a too large MTU can lead to dropped packets or more fragmented packets which impacts your speeds significantly. The smaller the MTU the more whole packets it has to send for the same size data which increases overhead considerably and congests transfer mediums more.
Never had problems with the speed i must say. Was always arround 80% if what i could do.
Still pretty nice to hear.
It always slows down arround 75%
Its then not only downloading anymore. Probably also installing stuff then already.
Still pretty nice to hear.
It always slows down arround 75%
Its then not only downloading anymore. Probably also installing stuff then already.
blame space
Banned
man, having an Xbox is dope! 🤓
Toadthemushroom
Member
Ah, that would explain a lot. When I started my Lost Odyssey download earlier, the download speed went up to levels I'd never seen before - 110Mb/s. Then it got throttled down by my ISP as I'm not meant to be getting that kind of speed. But for the first few seconds my install was piling up.
I quite like how the Xbox One reports download speeds in Mb/s - easy way to see whether the servers are maxing out your internet speed.
I quite like how the Xbox One reports download speeds in Mb/s - easy way to see whether the servers are maxing out your internet speed.
The Dear Leader
Banned
This is legit, I used to average around 32Mb/s now I'm averaging around 47-52Mb/s on a 110Mb/s connection.
7DollarHagane
Banned
To me the Xbox always took way longer to install anything on disc or download than ps4. Maybe it'll be differenthe? I don't use the xb1 much though.
Alex
Member
Don't buy it no matter what is said on here, when a group of friends from three different cities all complain about the same shit. Either people have very poor expectations of download speeds on consoles or they're running damage control.
PSN is glacial, something needs to be done.
The Dear Leader
Banned
My Xbox on a it's worst day is about twice as fast as PSN downloads on it's best, I would love for Sony to do something like this.
But...I get maximum download speeds from my 70mb connection on PSN.
yep. i get anywhere from 50 to 70 down (with my new pro, the og ps4 was more like 20 to 30) while my chromebook gets 190 to 210 on the same wifi in my house. and for some reason, my new xbox one s seems awfully slow as well. i'm looking forward to this patch (hasn't hit me yet).
edit: woohoo. downloading update now. got a ton of stuff to dl since i just upgraded to the s. i will report back folkies.
edit: figures, the update took forever to dl and then the first two tests ran i got about 30 down each time with 1% packet loss and 15 up. stated they are having some issues on their end. get your shit together microsoft. restarted the console and got 5 (yep, 5) down. 2nd post update test gave me a dl speed of 7 with an up of 16. they are still reporting issues on their end to me so hopefully it gets better once they get their shit lined out. probably due to everybody and their sister testing their speeds post update. lol.
Fleshfeast
Member
I'm downloading a 3.89GB patch for Battlefield 4. I'm still seeing it fluctuate between 400kbps and 20Mbps on my 24Mb connection. Mostly it's sitting around 6-9Mbps. so no, it doesn't seem more consitent for me.
It doesn't appear to be crippling my entire network though, which has been happening since launch. I was able to load up 2 youtube videos on my PC, and instead of having trouble playing them, the Xbox download slowed down.
It doesn't appear to be crippling my entire network though, which has been happening since launch. I was able to load up 2 youtube videos on my PC, and instead of having trouble playing them, the Xbox download slowed down.
Stop posting misinformation as fact. DNS is critical in connecting you to an optimal download server. Here's just one example article on the subject, there are lots more
https://robert.accettura.com/blog/2010/12/30/dns-and-cdn-performance-implications/
Let's say that, hypothetically, a network engineer were to read this post. I imagine this hypothetical network engineer might say something to the effect of, "Yes, this all appears to be in order. In no way would I characterize the information presented in this post as wildly inaccurate."
toastyToast
Member
With a 120Mbps connection I was downloading at around 40 and that's gone up to 50. Was expecting closer to that 100 mark. This is still pretty weak
If you visit a random Xbox community away from this forum, such as /r/xboxone, you will discover lots of people complaining every day about poor Xbox Live download speeds and the shoddy build of the Xbox One controllers. The disparity between what people cliam on this forum and what people say on other communities is truly bizarre.