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Your internet connection shares its bandwidth among all your devices. Downloading a file on your laptop or streaming Netflix in 4K on another device can slow things down. For maximum speed, pause any other downloads and streams and let your PS4 consume all the bandwidth it wants. Queuing up multiple downloads on your PS4 has a similar effect. One of the quickest ways of increasing your download speed is to kill any running processes. If it feels like your PS4 is dragging its heels over a large update or new game download, this tip might help move things along.
It will take a few moments for your download to start again, but this time around it should hopefully download even quicker and display a shorter estimated download time. You can try this multiple times, especially if you notice the speed dip again. For best results close all applications before you enable rest mode, as described at the start of this article. Before you put your PS4 into rest mode, you must enable background internet access so that your download will continue while your machine is in standby.
Wireless networks can be slow and prone to interference. For a far more stable network connection, ditch wireless altogether and use an Ethernet cable instead. The original PS4 is notoriously bad for its wireless connection, but a wired connection will improve performance on both the Slim and Pro hardware revisions too. If your router is close to your console, this is an easy fix. But what if your PS4 and router are in different rooms, or on different floors?
Ethernet powerline adapters allow you to use the cables that are already in your walls. For many of us, wireless networks are the only option. The original PS4 model only supports While 2. Ideally, the router and console should be in the same room, or as close as you can manage. While already being in place across Europe, Sony has since updated the blog post. Sony Interactive Entertainment is working with internet service providers in Europe to manage download traffic.
To help preserve access for the entire internet community. We believe it is important to do our part to address internet stability concerns. As an unprecedented number of people are practicing social distancing and are becoming more reliant on internet access.
Players may experience somewhat slower or delayed game downloads but will still enjoy robust gameplay. We appreciate the support and understanding from our community, and their doing their part, as we take these measures in an effort to preserve access for everyone. Beginning today, we will take similar measures in the United States.
Whatever the blame, all kinds of anecdotal complaints and observations of the PlayStation 4's inconsistent download behavior have taken hold over the past four years.
Does putting the machine to rest help? Why are my downloads faster after this firmware update? Snellman attributes the latter to an update closing every open application after the system reboot.
And Snellman posits that there are legitimate reasons for limiting the receive window. But that doesn't excuse the limitations enforced by secondary apps like Netflix, he argues. And since they can keep running with the user unaware, here you have the problem. That is as close to a layman's explanation as I can make of some very intricate networking terms and concepts.
I recommend reading the whole thing for yourself to get a better understanding. It makes no guarantees that it has the answers, but at least you'll come away from it knowing that you aren't crazy: PS4 download times do suck. Cookie banner We use cookies and other tracking technologies to improve your browsing experience on our site, show personalized content and targeted ads, analyze site traffic, and understand where our audiences come from.
By choosing I Accept , you consent to our use of cookies and other tracking technologies. PS4 is very popular with many game users and it is one of the top-selling consoles. The big problem is the slow download on PlayStation 4 no matter the Internet connection speed is fast or slow.
According to users, it may take as little as 20 minutes to download a huge game on PC but take hours to download on the PS4. This is mainly because there is a flaw in how the console communicates with the PlayStation Network.
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