What Sony needs to do with the Playstation 4

For a start of improve the download time spent downloading games/demos ect and get it up to par with what Microsoft offers.

Example......

Downloading any game takes about 4 times as long as it does downloading the same size file from xbox live,same connection for both consoles [wired Ethernet] yet the sony download is a crawl.

Then not only that we have to go through a install procedure which in all honesty is another joke,not only that it takes forever to do this and the bigger the game the longer the tedious wait to play it.

Lets take Infamous 2 for example........15 gig in size and about a 3 hour download on the Sony Network regardless of how fast your connection speed is........Mine is 12 meg download speed so its not slow.

Then having waited on this i then go through the install procedure which takes........Wait for it........30 minutes.

Defiantly need some work in this department for sure because its dead boring and it does not have to be this way if Microsoft don't have the same issues.

Totally agree that needs fixing, I'm surprised it hasn't been fixed on the PS3...

There is no need to "install" on a console ... perhaps uncompress but that should be quick, especially if there was a hardware decoder and uncompressing could be done in chunks as the file downloads.

I'd really like to see "Other OS" support make a return for the PS4.

Whatever happens unless the PS4 is 4K-ready I can't see the point, its life would be too short and there would be little noticeable improvement in graphics.

I agree downloading and installing are pathetic.


I hope they don't make the PS4 in Japan.
I don't want a radioactive games machine in my living room thanks

To be fair, I think the download speeds seemed pretty reasonable with the PS3 - I just found myself downloading more data full stop on the PS3 versus the 360. In your example:

15GB / 3 hours = 5GB/ hour = 1456KB/s = 11.65Mbps - sounds dead on for a 12Mbps broadband connection. That's not Sony slowing you down, that's as fast as your broadband is able to download 15GB. 15GB is a lot of data, hence my argument above.

Don't know how you come to that conclusion as I have already stated I could download the same size file or game demo and on the Xbox live service it will be 4 times as quick.

But I take your point,but what about the stupid waiting times in the install procedure that you have to go through with anything downloaded from PSN.

No need for it to be quite honest,not only is there no need but why does it take so dam long to install

It's simple mathematics, a 12Mbps connection cannot go any faster than that. If you're downloading "more data" in that period of time then one of two things is happening. Either:

- The xbox 360 is giving you the uncompressed size after the data has been extracted and installed, and not the actual download size
- The xbox 360 download size figure is plain wrong.

The installation times on the PS3 are annoying however, I will definitely grant you that.

Also need an SDK for home users too...

It does sound about right mate. I do it roughly which gets you near enough.

Your 12mbps less overheads, is probably 11ish.

11mbps divided by 8 to change to MB = 1.375MB

Multiply by 60 secs then 60 mins 1.375 x 60 x 60 = 4950MB

4950MB divided by 1000 = 4.95 GB

4.95 GB x 3 hours = 14.85GB

He used the factors of 8 and got it spot on. I'm too lazy for that.

Lazy would be to google it:-

http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=15GB+%2F+11Mbps

That's the way I normally do my sums.

*edit* didn't need most of the url I pasted the first time.

Edited by deleted (Tue 05-Feb-13 21:04:08)

I understand the maths and what he is talking about mate and dont dispute what he is saying regarding my download speeds.

But and this is the BIG BUT.......Why then does the xbox live service download the same game demo 4 times as fast.

Dead Space 3 demo is a prime example.........8 minutes on Xbox live
and 22 minutes if not more on PSN...............Thats what I'm talking about .