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Topics: bandwidth , console , coronavirus , covid , download , downloads , Games , Gaming , Internet , playstation , ps4 , sony , sony ps4. So Snellman began a second test that introduced all kinds of different background functions to see what would happen.
In one, the game Styx: Shards of Darkness idled in its title screen. That shrank the receive window to 7 KB. Snellman stresses this the artificial limit "appears to only apply to PSN downloads" — i. And, notably, running the console's built-in speed test will not reveal the reduced download capacity. For me, this is one of the most maddening things, to see a download is taking forever, to check what is wrong with my network connection and be told everything is A-OK.
A receive window of 7 KB "is an incredibly low value; it's basically going to cause the downloads to take times longer than they should," Snellman explains.
Running an app such as Netflix or Spotify narrowed the receive window to KB, which is still "a 5x reduction in potential download speed," and playing an online match in a networked game closed it down to the 7 KB threshold. Putting the PlayStation 4 into its rest mode "had no effect," he writes. Complicating matters is that the PlayStation 4 doesn't always make it clear what programs are running. Many users are accustomed to closing a game from the dashboard or being told the system is doing so when they boot up a new one while another is in the background, thinking that takes care of it.
With the majority of people working from home and so many people killing time streaming music, movies and games, networks are hit with intense amounts of traffic. Hopefully these measures will help preserve network stability so people can continue enjoying them. Microsoft hasn't announced any updates regarding Xbox's network services in the US.
That said, PlayStation gamers hoping to play Doom Eternal this weekend may want to start their download sooner rather than later, and Xbox gamers might want to download the game while Xbox Live is still operating at full speed. Sign up. Keep me logged in on this device. Forgot your username or password? User Info: starcrunch starcrunch 9 months ago 12 Mothra posted Have you ever disagreed with any of Sony's decision?
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