InsaneTiger
Member
Wifi will never beat hardwired.
I don't care if he complains here, just saying his bitching here won't do anything plus I was being sarcastic.
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Fix your pathetic, shitty PSN servers, Sony
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Wifi will never beat hardwired.
I don't care if he complains here, just saying his bitching here won't do anything plus I was being sarcastic.
I think Sony allocates servers to specific things based on when they're coming out. It's very common to get very fast speeds on downloads that aren't yet listed on the store, which is specifically why I hawk NeoGAF on PS+ day. But most recently, I started my FFXV demo in the morning it released and I was dragging that thing down closer to 8mbps. When my max speed (Ethernet - Powerline) is 8-10mbps. I know of course things slow down when more people are downloading them, but yeah. Whoever is doing Sony's hosting needs to step it up. Cloud-something company? Cloudrack?
I also had PS+ on PS3 long before the PS4 came out, I understand what you mean.
My case was shitty wireless hardware in the PS3...I think it may still be bad overall in the PS4. Like arent there software updates for networking hardware? Its a shame this is even a thought concerning the PS4...
Recently I found out something was hogging my internet, something called net_session on my PC, related to some updates software for Aus, Adobe, Gigabyte...something. Got rid of that and speeds got better almost instantly on my PC and consoles.
Irishmantis
Member
Okay im gonna download Bloodbourne now
I'm wired and my PS4 is DMZ'd
for argument sake i will DL it in rest mode(never tried this yet), i'm gonna DL the whole thing not just the initial download file.
I usually get slow unless i keep pausing and resuming, but also for argument sake i will only do it once and i will use Google's DNS
from my computer i downloaded 1gig file in 43 seconds, im getting a solid/consistent 22 MB at average(thinkbroadband.com), so its not an ISP or Router problem
I also have an A Connection from pingtest.net
i'm from Ireland as ya might of guessed whats the predictions on how long it will take?
I'm wired and my PS4 is DMZ'd
for argument sake i will DL it in rest mode(never tried this yet), i'm gonna DL the whole thing not just the initial download file.
I usually get slow unless i keep pausing and resuming, but also for argument sake i will only do it once and i will use Google's DNS
from my computer i downloaded 1gig file in 43 seconds, im getting a solid/consistent 22 MB at average(thinkbroadband.com), so its not an ISP or Router problem
I also have an A Connection from pingtest.net
i'm from Ireland as ya might of guessed whats the predictions on how long it will take?
DAREALGUMMY
Member
I know it won't. I just wasn't able to move it next to my router so I can hardwire it. I only say hopefully because my friend had his hardwired and still got inconsistent speeds but that was a few months back. I say this because he lives down the block from me.
Wifi sucks big time on the ps4. Whatever wifi hardware they put in is terrible.
The max I ever got over wifi, for psn speedtest, was like 24mbits. Usually ended up being around 12mbit. Wired, I'm consistently getting 50+
Tal Shiar Agent
Member
Does the PS4 speed test show speeds in bits or bytes?
100mb is only 12.5MB.
100mb is only 12.5MB.
bits. If it was showing bytes, then I'd have a 400+mbit connection according to the ps4.
farmerboy
Member
Yeah me too. Sometimes I find that the ps4 just queues all this stuff at once and it just slows it all down. I'm thinking the current slowness is related to the new update.
bananafactory
Banned
I think Sony's servers are run by Amazon.
Combichristoffersen
Combovers don't work when there is no hair
What's even more shameful is that the PS4 can't do 5GHz wifi. WTF, Sony.
qa_engineer
Member
I love my awesome download speeds. the 2gb day onepatch for Bloodborne took less than 20 minutes to download. 50mb down/20 mb up cable internet ftw.
Derpcrawler
Member
With 50Mbps it shouldn't have taken more than 5-6 minutes.
bananafactory
Banned
Welcome to NeoGAF, an online forum dedicated to video games, one you cared enough about to register an account.
I have it waiting to download over night. I suspect I won't get to play it until Monday.
Zombie James
Banned
It was fine for me today downloading both the firmware update and GTA V patch, maxed my connection.
I'm in Canada, and my PSN performance has been pretty bad (for PS4, Vita and PS3). My PS4 gets about half of the download speeds that I get on the Xbox One, and they are both connected via LAN to the same router.
Same here. I got my PS4 today. I'm Belgian. Connection is wired and the PS4's connection test gave me my regular numbers (around 40 MB/s). Surely the regular connection test speed means the problem isn't on my end?
Bloodborne patch is downloading at about 300 KB/s right now, it's atrocious. My FFXV Episode Duscae download was too so I paused that one.
Sleep mode doesn't do anything. Pausing doesn't do anything. Not happy.
Bloodborne patch is downloading at about 300 KB/s right now, it's atrocious. My FFXV Episode Duscae download was too so I paused that one.
Sleep mode doesn't do anything. Pausing doesn't do anything. Not happy.
Night Angel
Member
Yep. Downloaded Bloodborne in less than an hour (didn't really track it, just checked after an hour and it was done). Not sure why YMMV.
joecanada
Member
Me either got the full game in 3 hours
robertsan21
Member
thats good, I had a bloodborne update on 2gigs and it took 4 hours.... I am on a 100mb internetline here at home. It is always this slow. Final fantasy demo also took 4 hours... Sony needs to fix this shit.
I am hit or miss.. I've been in networking long enough (20+ years) to know that it's impossible to say "fix your shit sony". who knows where the problem lies. but yeah.. some days I'll download a game and hit 3-4MB/s. Other days (especially when the PS4 is grabbing like 3-4 things) and everything will magically drop to like 100-200KB/s. As others have said.. I have success with pausing everything, waiting 5-10 seconds, then starting stuff up individually.. especially useful if there's an update in there that I want/need NOW. Often I won't even resume the other downloads and will just let them finish up on their own in rest mode.
PS4 download speeds are definitely broken. I cannot get full speed no matter what I do.
My Ps3 can get full speed using the home wifi. My PS4 is fully wired and gives pathetic speeds ALL the time. I've tried wifi, i've tried port forwarding and DMZ mode. Something is definitely wrong if my ps3 downloads faster than my ps3 through wifi.
people are not imagining things lol.
My Ps3 can get full speed using the home wifi. My PS4 is fully wired and gives pathetic speeds ALL the time. I've tried wifi, i've tried port forwarding and DMZ mode. Something is definitely wrong if my ps3 downloads faster than my ps3 through wifi.
people are not imagining things lol.
Commanche Raisin Toast
Member
My PS3 downloads at like 4 or 5 but my PS4 is really fast. edit: PS3 WiFi PS4 LAN, but makes no difference on PS3.
Houston TX
I used to think it was a matter of location but now I think it's software maybe.
Houston TX
I used to think it was a matter of location but now I think it's software maybe.
howdyjacker
Member
Mine as well. I feel its a YMMV type of thing.
bananafactory
Banned
This is exactly my experience.
Some days its better than others and pause/resume seems to fix it, at least temporarily.
It really seems to be a glitch.
ChosenPredator
Banned
I was wondering if that was only me but didn't say anything about it because i figured it meant nothing
Downloading is an important part of PSN just as any other digital infrastructure, and that infrastructure needs to be better.
yes, psn is kind of trash, but i guess people would rather pay $50 a year for """"free""""" games than be able to download them this century
*charging
I get fairly solid speeds here in the UK, but I'm using a Powerline adapter to connect via Ethernet instead of WiFi, which I find to be pretty shit. It's still not perfect though. My actual connection is about 25mb, but I get round 18-20mb with the PS4. Still plenty quick enough for downloads etc. The Blodborne update (nearly 3gb) took me around 15 minutes for example, and that's while I was gaming (Driveclub with constant sever updates and challenges).
Yea....that too.
Another thing I noticed to go along with pausing and restarting....I noticed when I let the game and patch download together for digital games it went faster than trying to pause one of them. Dont know why but it did.
qa_engineer
Member
not when everyone else was trying to download it as well. Others were reporting that it was taking several hours on launch day (vs. my < 20 minutes)
maquiladora
Member
Download speeds have always been fine for me...
PSN has always been slow for me, right from launch night with my PS3 up until PS4. I've even moved house in that time and it's still slow, my ISP has always been Virgin Media so I wonder if it's something on their end. I used to get around 2-3mb download speed on a 60Mb line, I'm on a 152Mb line now and it was no better, always plugged directly into the router. I've tinkered around, static ip addresses, port forwarding, DMZ, the lot.
It's not the end of the world for me anyway though it is a bit annoying if you want to play something pronto, although the last few years I've become less and less bothered about playing the latest and greatest RIGHT NOW so I can wait.
It's not the end of the world for me anyway though it is a bit annoying if you want to play something pronto, although the last few years I've become less and less bothered about playing the latest and greatest RIGHT NOW so I can wait.
a mess.
howdyjacker
Member
Just d/l that yesterday and it took like maybe 30 minutes. I just wish I knew why some have great routing and others don't.
RoadHazard
Gold Member
Fiber, there's no router or modem, just an Ethernet outlet in the wall. Well, I have a router of my own, of course, but nothing from them.
Derpcrawler
Member
I downloaded game and patch as soon as digital version went live (HK PSN store, so there was no pre-load, not even pre-order available). Patch and 5Gb launcher downloaded in less than 10 minutes, the rest of 29Gb downloaded in about 20mins. So speeds averaged at 200Mbps, which is very unusual for PSN in my case, since my average speeds on PSN hover around 15-30Mbps, as I said on previous page, while Live, Steam, Origin and Uplay have no problems hitting 300Mbps+ constantly.
Rationally I would think that game and patch for said game, that just went live and was expected by many would take long to download, especially considering my past experience with PSN, but instead it was the fastest PSN ever been for me that day. Hell, today it took me only 10-20 seconds to download 2.5 update as soon as it hit the servers.