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How much Bandwidth does the PS3 use?

Ever wondered how much bandwidth your console uses? RobGroove from PlayStationJunkie.co.uk did and here are the results.

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Masterchef20075214d ago

What matters is that i have a crappy internet connection and the online works flawless for me. Which is odd because when i had the 360 i had a ton of problems with XBOXlive. I really dont know why because so many people state that XBOXlive is better than PSN because you pay for it.

Darkfocus5214d ago

depends on where you live I guess. I don't own a 360 but when my friend brought one over it downloaded stuff a lot faster than my ps3...I must be far from the PSN servers...

kancerkid5214d ago

I am actually surprised that games require such small amounts of information.

FanboyPunisher5214d ago

PSN/XBL both use P2P for most games.

Gaming will be near identical outside of development bugs (Black ops was pretty rough on PS3/PC out of the gates)

Active Reload5214d ago

"I am actually surprised that games require such small amounts of information."

Yeah, I have a Sprint Overdrive I'm testing out. I've played Gears of War and Halo Reach using it. Reach uses a lot of data initially because it sends all the map data and player data in one lump. In Gears I've played for a few hours and only used about 10mb at the most.

Ocelot5255214d ago (Edited 5214d ago )

@Darkfocus

You just have a more shitty internet connection than your friend

I download from PSN @2MB(megabyte not megabit) per second. This is the maximum that my crappy ISP allows

a year ago the max. was 0.5 meg/sec but this was before I upgraded from ADSL to VDSL2

maxcer5214d ago

i have done tests with multiplat demos on psn/xbl. every time the download will finish much faster over Live. not to mention the installation adds to the wait.

Darkfocus5214d ago

he brought it over to my house though.....

PirateThom5214d ago

Paying is completely irrelevent, because it comes down to a few different things, traffic at the time, speed of line, latency and distance from the servers.

Really, all things being equal, a download from PSN and Live and connection to PSN and Live should give the same results, but I have also found issues on both services because things aren't equal. The major difference is that at a certain point, when the connection to Live is routing to Microsoft's data centre, your connection will be through a private stream, rather than the standard connection. This doesn't mean a damn though if your connection to the public line is crap.

The best you can do is ensure your internet set up is as good as it can be, hardwire to your router, make sure your ISP has your line set up on interleave if fast path is causing errors and, generally, just keep high bandwidth programs like torrents switched off while gaming to improve connection. Also, replacing microfilters and rebooting the router from time to time can make a world of difference.

blahblah5214d ago

more or less depends on how many friends you have. i had a really, really crappy provider and low bandwidth. not anymore, now i got rocky connection.

just my 2 cents from when i had my share of problems

it meant huge difference for me when i removed 10 friends to end up with 3 only. psn downloads awful lot of crap by it self, but checking online status and so on was complete disaster for me, i even noticed difference if i had active chat window or not. when i removed even those 3 to test, it was completely different world. but with 13 friends 99% of games were unplayable for me.

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A LIVING LEGEND5214d ago (Edited 5214d ago )

PSN runs pretty smooth for the most part,online games with friends in certain parts of Europe can be a mess but I suspect that is more of a problem on there end,or mine,and not psn.
My downloads are typically fast and painless,except towards end/beginning of month....numerous inquiries,always 'doing routine maintenance in area,in alloted time".Winter here,internet runs near flawless,summer...always problems.PSN almost always stable,decent speed,etc.Provider suspect however...

bunfighterii5214d ago (Edited 5214d ago )

Yeah when my brother's net is capped it still works at his place fine. It seems to use hardly any as we can play games like CoD etc. online at 56kbps capped when he's used his d/l limit.

EDIT: that's in innner Melbourne, Australia

Neko_Mega5214d ago

4.5mbps and for PC, 360 and PS3. If it slows down all are effected by it.

Even if only one thing is running, I hope to maybe get 55mbps, seeing how I heard my friend had no problems with 30mbps.

RXL5214d ago

i actually have always wondered this.

interesting article

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TAC Pro For PS4 Allows For A PC Gaming Experience

PC like experience on PS4 – Sony’s attempt to address cross platform gaming

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Top 5 Most Realistic Games

A list of the most realistic games available.

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iamnsuperman4894d ago

number 4 ,in my eyes, is a total kick in the groin. Total dis service to the whole tactical genre.

I can't decide if the list was based on what games look realistic or what games are realistic.

3GenGames4894d ago (Edited 4894d ago )

Battlefield is a FPS primarily that requires teamwork and tactics to win. Doesn't mean it did a dis-service to the tactical genre, it just means none of the tactical genre games were good enough to beat it. Pretty accurate, IMO. Everything in the game is spot on physics and realism-wise. Of course there's some thing that can't be to have a good game, but deal with it.

TooTall194894d ago

Stopped watching after I saw his first 2 choices. What a joke he thinks Battlefield 3 is realistic. It can be tactical, but certainly doesn't need to be played that way in order to succeed.

3GenGames4894d ago

You'll totally be able to win planting 0 bombs in rush or capturing 0 points in conquest, not ever flanking or getting behind people to do said things if your teammates can't. Good luck with that, you've just never played the game right. I also bet you haven't won, either.

TooTall194894d ago

http://battlelog.battlefiel...

Actually I have won a game doing nothing but lone-wolf running and gunning. In fact, I've won quite a few games doing my own thing. I've also been in the top 3 (out of 24) about 28% of the time.

Ejecting from a jet, shooting another jet with a rocket launcher while in mid-air, and then landing back in your jet is NOT realistic. It's fun, but that's not the point of this top 5.

h311rais3r4894d ago

compared to many other games it is realistic. sure there goofy shit u can do but come one. u know why u won lone wolfing? the other team wasnt working as a team or even cared about winning. COD kiddies just want kills

TooTall194894d ago

Okay then 60% of BF3 players don't use tactics is what you're saying. And that's on "hardcore" servers even.

Just because it's more realistic than some other games doesn't mean it deserves to be in a top 5 list.

ExCest4894d ago (Edited 4894d ago )

You know why you do well? You don't die. You know why? You don't play the objective. Just killing scrubs that can't fight back because they have more important things to do. Like PTFO.

You're one of those people who run up to the bomb, kill everyone, and then run away so you don't die. Without planting/defusing. I hate those people. Don't play BF3 if you're going to do that. Play COD and don't give BF3 a bad name.

Now I sound mean but seriously...

BTW your Battlelog isn't impressive. You lone wolf it but dude, it's fairly unimpressive. I do better by playing the objective. (But I've been sniping recently so I haven't helped the team too much.)

After looking at your Battlelog. You lie. You do play the Objective.

TooTall194894d ago (Edited 4894d ago )

Yes you are right. Your 1.74 W/L ratio and 8 more hours of playtime is so much better than my terrible 1.53 W/L ratio... That's a whopping 3%

Of course I play the objective! Look at my original comment. I go in Rambo-style and take the objectives, cause half of your team is doing their own thing away from the objective.

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ExCest4894d ago

Then name a game that is huge (in a sense that everyone will play) and is also tactical. Nowadays, people like the fast-paced action of FPS so it would be boring if BF3 was all tactical. Everyone would be too cautious and sit back and not die. EVER. Tactical requires a captain who can plan everything but if that happens, it won't be fun because you won't be doing your thing, but instead someone else's.

lorianguy4894d ago (Edited 4894d ago )

For #3, I'd say GT5 is more realistic than Forza. Simply because it is a simulator and puts realism before fun, whereas Forza is very fun but not as realistic as GT5.

I know his list wasn't going to include simulators, but you need them for a realistic game, no?

Series_IIa4894d ago

It's obvious that you nor him have heard of rFactor...

lorianguy4894d ago

Just checked it out. It looks very nice indeed. :)

But I still think GT5 is more realistic.

(Or if you can find a good gameplay video of it, I might change my mind. I don't have much time to look for myself I'm afraid.)

RXL4894d ago

Realistic feeling = if you switch out a mag...you don't get to keep the bullets in the previous mag you just threw away = no games out that are THAT realistic

should've just named this "Games i think are fun and kind of, almost, not really realistic"

Ducky4894d ago

There are games that are smart about weapon reloading.
RedOrchestra is one that I can name off the top of my head, and it isn't even a military sim.

Slugg3r4894d ago

Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising did this, although I'd say it gets annoying to use the left overs of your ammo belts when you run out of fresh ones.

ninjahunter4893d ago

There was a game called like swat or something i played along time ago. You start with 4 mags, one in your gun, 3 spares. If you reloaded You would keep the mag but it might only have 1-2 bullets left. Of course that game somewhat tanked it for obvious reasons.

MaximusPrime4894d ago

Well that's Gamersheep's opinion. Respect.

Sharingan_no_Kakashi4894d ago

That guy......

Does he ever blink?

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Police Target Xbox Users for Stakeouts, Console Searches

First, it was computers. Then it was cell phones. And now? It's gaming consoles.

Hacktivist group Anonymous recently targeted the email account of a cybercrimes investigator with the California Department of Justice. That hack netted a treasure trove of information related to police use of Xbox and other gaming consoles.

The practice is apparently becoming more and more common.

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KMCROC544891d ago

Microsoft must put an end to this ,cause now they will have allowed these scumbags to even listen in on those who are innocent. Sounds like invasion of privacy.