I get faster download speeds on my PC but it has a wired conenction. My PS3 and 360 Slims are both connecting by wifi.
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PSN on PS4- Will they finally fix it?
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I get faster download speeds on my PC but it has a wired conenction. My PS3 and 360 Slims are both connecting by wifi.
Stone Ocean
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The only thing to fix is how downloading works. Cut that "you can't do this on the background" shit out.
EmptySpace
Banned
speeds for EmptySpace are as fast as the psn electrons allow. no cosmic radiation or solar flares ever disrupted the psn electrons.
I hope that improving/getting more download servers is where some of that PSN+ money is going to go to. I don't have a PS3, but with my Vita I usually get the same download limit (2-2.5 MB/s) that I get on my PC but sometimes it seems to connect to a slower server and I get far less. Pausing and resuming usually does the trick, though. Sometimes (and this happens on Steam as well) I'll randomly get 5.5 MB/s but I suspect this has more to do with my ISP's inconsistency.
Really? I just started using it recently and it seemed fine. Better than the 360's and about the same as the Wii's.
It's tough to identify why exactly one particular person has shitty download speeds from whatever online service. I'm not sure PSN is actually that bad for most people, excepting isp/lan issues that aren't anything to do with Sony. Like my brother complaining about how his internet goes shitty when someone upstairs is using the microwave actually blames Netflix somehow lol.
At least for me, PSN downloads are usually about 5M/sec and have been for as long as I can remember (at least since I got a Docsis 3 modem a few years ago). No complaints here.
At least for me, PSN downloads are usually about 5M/sec and have been for as long as I can remember (at least since I got a Docsis 3 modem a few years ago). No complaints here.
WoolyNinja
Member
My PSN downloads have always been fast. If some people are getting fast speeds and some people are getting slow speeds then its most likely not on Sony's side. It's more than likely either an ISP issue or something just set a little off on the local home network, but my bet is on the ISP side (possibly a bad route, etc).
XBL is free as well. He's talking about download speeds, not online multiplayer.
My PS3 Fat has terrible issues downloading from PSN. My PS3 slim(the new one) has no such issues. I'm inclined to believe it's a hardware issue in the original PS3s.
Nah, that won't happen.
It gets slower the longer you use it. Until it finally freezes. But the PS3 in total is not really a stable system. Using the Home menu while playing a game is a constant gamble.
RoadHazard
Gold Member
No, the PS4 cannot play PS3 games due to completely different hardware architectures. Doesn't matter if the game is on a disc or in digital form, and it also doesn't matter if it's a huge AAA game or a small indie title. The PS4 simply cannot run PS3 games, period.
I think it's pretty good, but it has one major drawback in that you cannot browse movies and shows by genre like you can on the website. On the PS3 you're stuck with the auto-populated categories (which only show 75 titles each) or searching for specific stuff. You can't just browse the catalog for something to watch, which sucks. The workaround is to browse on the PC, add stuff to your viewing list, and then watch it on the PS3.
I really don't understand why console download speeds are so disappointing. Even GOG gives 10MB/s(Steam and Origin to the same).
Yep that is slow when even smaller companies can offer better speeds with stability(on pc).
That's not PSN. That's PS3. Vita doesn't experience these issues. PS3 just isn't able to devote enough resources to its OS.
I used to have low download speeds and an unstable connection on my PS3, and I went through three routers to see if I could fix the problem. Turns out, it was all caused by the old, original Xbox's network adapter being used on my 360. There's evidently quite a bit of interference between the two, because as soon as I removed it by chance one day, everything performed notably more fast and stable on the PS3. I haven't hooked my 360 back up to the internet (no Gold subscription anyway) since.
Have you tried testing your PS3/PSN performance with the 360 removed from the equation?
suddenlyissoon
Member
I have a 100mbit connection at home and a Super Slim. There are times when it takes up to a minute for the store to even load, much less for things to download. Sometimes I'll completely skip my PS+ games for the month just because I don't feel like trying to get to the store.
The PSN store interface is absolutely horrible (in terms of speed). It use to be so fast.
Is it really?
On the Vita it's MUCH better for me than the PS3. Navigation could be faster but overall pretty solid.
The PS4 needs to be a million times better than the PS3. I hate doing anything online on it because it's slow as shit
The PS4 needs to be a million times better than the PS3. I hate doing anything online on it because it's slow as shit
Read the op.
LingeringRegime
Member
I hope that they improve the got damn store.
This "new and improved store" is anything but.
The old store was neat, clean, and efficient.
This "new and improved store" is anything but.
The old store was neat, clean, and efficient.
This hasn't made a difference in any of the three different cities I've used PSN in.
This is entirely dependent on the size and distance of the server cluster from which you are downloading, and how many concurrent users are also connected. With time (now that it is a for pay service) they will likely add more servers around the globe to help this out, particularly with the Gaikai initiative starting next year.
FriedConsole
Banned
Is this just about download speeds for buying digital games? I just buy it on the web store and have it auto download at night. I can wait until the next morning to play a game.
poopninjamvc3mk
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My PSN downloads are fast as my 360 slim downloads dawg. Maybe you should get a better connection dawg or move to somewhere where the sony servers are located 
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I honestly never had slow speeds on my PS3 since I picked it up in late 2011.
Infact, I've had slower installs than my downloads in most cases.
I've had games like Hitman Absolution download in an hour when PS+ updates overnight.
In other cases, I managed to download each instant game collection game for the July 2012 update and install them in 1.2 days. I left the system running on for that amount of time. That was about 88gbs of bandwidth gone.
And the speeds on my PSVita are even more exceptional.
Still, alot of people bring this up so it probably is a widespread issue.
I think they should address other things first, like the updating on tuesdays are so inconsistent and gives PSN a bad name overall even though SCEE AND SCEJ are consistent with their timing. SCEA is just a mess with tuesday updates.
Second thing is the preparing to download hanging problem on the vita where the system hangs. Ridiculous.
Infact, I've had slower installs than my downloads in most cases.
I've had games like Hitman Absolution download in an hour when PS+ updates overnight.
In other cases, I managed to download each instant game collection game for the July 2012 update and install them in 1.2 days. I left the system running on for that amount of time. That was about 88gbs of bandwidth gone.
And the speeds on my PSVita are even more exceptional.
Still, alot of people bring this up so it probably is a widespread issue.
I think they should address other things first, like the updating on tuesdays are so inconsistent and gives PSN a bad name overall even though SCEE AND SCEJ are consistent with their timing. SCEA is just a mess with tuesday updates.
Second thing is the preparing to download hanging problem on the vita where the system hangs. Ridiculous.
BigPapaGlueHands
Banned
Downloaded the 1.4gb PES 2014 demo in 4 minutes, OP. Step yo internet game up.
Well this pretty much solves the problem.
I don't think anyone is a miracle worker.
SmoothRunningGun
Member
For me downloads are as fast as 360. The XMB is much more responsive than the 360 dash and isn't full of annoying ads. The store however is a slow piece of crap. The redesign made it worse.
I realize this is subjective, but this really isn't very accurate in my experience. You might consider it adequate, and you might not want to pay for XBL, but I really don't think there's any way it's better.
I just hate the way you have to download and then install. 360 does it all in one step and it does seem faster from beginning the download to playing the game/demo/whatever.
My dl speeds are okay. But I hate having to install anything after I download it. This can be anywhere from a couple of seconds to long as several minutes. I get people actually trying to brush this off saying, what's another couple of minutes. It seems like some people would defend anything. Hopefully on the PS4, everything is ready to go the second you finished d/ling something.
FairXchange
Member
My PSN downloads are actually really, really fast. It's been many years since the service was slow for downloads, today content downloads as fast as stuff on my Xbox.
dcx4610
Member
I don't think it was ever officially acknowledged by Sony but the Fat had speed issues. I don't know if it was the adapter or the software but it was hideously slow. It took an hour or so just to get 500MB. Everyone I knew with the Fat had the same problem and we just blamed it on PSN being free.
My friend's Fat died and he bought the Slim and all of the sudden his speeds were just as fast as his PC. My Fat died and I bought he Super Slim and now my speed is the same as well. Something changed internally on the newer systems and it wasn't PSN after all.
My complaint with PSN is how visually laggy it is. I like how it's organized but the "feel" of it is cheap. The menus lag and skip and makes the system feel weak. You mean you can have a game that looks as good as The Last of Us but you can't get text and menus to run correctly?
My friend's Fat died and he bought the Slim and all of the sudden his speeds were just as fast as his PC. My Fat died and I bought he Super Slim and now my speed is the same as well. Something changed internally on the newer systems and it wasn't PSN after all.
My complaint with PSN is how visually laggy it is. I like how it's organized but the "feel" of it is cheap. The menus lag and skip and makes the system feel weak. You mean you can have a game that looks as good as The Last of Us but you can't get text and menus to run correctly?
Revolutionary
Member
Get a better connection. I've lived in three different parts of NA with my PS3 over the past 7 years and never had an issue with slow speeds.
Prince Vultan
Banned
Can't say I've had any download speed issues on my Playstations outside of the occasional brief period of spottiness or rarer long period of Anonymous shitting on everyone's chips.
It's been great for the most part. Like, the last 'big' download I did was for Assassin's Creed 3 and all it's DLC (About 12GB total) and it was downloaded in the same amount of time it took me to watch Scary Movie 5.
Shit, I even get fast downloads on my PSP (45 mins or so to download and install both Corpse Party games last week. Almost 2GB between them), and that thing's ancient by this stage.
Contrast this with my 360 Elite, where I started a download for Max Payne 3 months ago and it STILL hasn't finished! I mean, sure, it doesn't have a working WiFi adapter plugged into it right now, but I feel the comparison is still a valid one.
It's been great for the most part. Like, the last 'big' download I did was for Assassin's Creed 3 and all it's DLC (About 12GB total) and it was downloaded in the same amount of time it took me to watch Scary Movie 5.
Shit, I even get fast downloads on my PSP (45 mins or so to download and install both Corpse Party games last week. Almost 2GB between them), and that thing's ancient by this stage.
Contrast this with my 360 Elite, where I started a download for Max Payne 3 months ago and it STILL hasn't finished! I mean, sure, it doesn't have a working WiFi adapter plugged into it right now, but I feel the comparison is still a valid one.
silver.tongue
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I don't think speed is the problem. Data size might be.
Even with the same game or same patch, data size is always larger on ps3. So it takes longer.
In the end, I'm satisfied with my psn download speed. I had to put my ps3 IP in my router's DMZ though.
I just queue up my downloads on the SEN website and everything is automatically downloaded to my PS3. Simple enough.
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