Recently bought a Ps5 and I’m trying to download some games onto but the download speed is fluctuating between about 6-1 mbps meanwhile my Xbox is at about 90 mbps. I’ve been trying to download Hogwarts for at least 15-18 hrs and it still isn’t done. Does anyone have any ideas why this is happening. I understand that others being on the internet while it’s downloading has effects it but it had the entire night to download so I don’t believe that is the problem, and our Wifi is supposed to be one of the next packages out provider has.

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celcius_451 t1_j85lh4j wrote on February 11, 2023 at 8:20 PM

Yeah that happened to me too and I was thinking maybe I'm paranoid. Similar problem is happening to me while installing games from disc; if I'm connected to internet copying process slows down by a lot but if I disconnect it copies the game in usual speeds.

When download slows I try to restart my PS5, delete the download and start again then it reaches normal speeds for a while then slows down.

crazy4finalfantasy t1_j86hhsc wrote on February 12, 2023 at 12:17 AM

You don't even have to shut the console off, most of the time pausing and unpausing it will work

MahatmaAndhi t1_j86aybh wrote on February 11, 2023 at 11:27 PM

Have you completely closed down all games whilst downloading?
Keeping them in standby can have an effect on the download speed.

No_Condition8988 t1_j88ensz wrote on February 12, 2023 at 12:28 PM

The xbox will keep games running in the background, you need to go into the games management and quit them. This is most likely to be the case with the PS5 as well (I don't have one). Make sure it's not starting up things YouTube and other media streaming apps as this will definitely affect the FL speeds

PopRepresentative968 OP t1_j86mq82 wrote on February 12, 2023 at 12:57 AM

What do you mean by standby. If you mean the switcher tab where you can close out of games then yes I’m completely out of the games

Specific_Direction_1 t1_j8d15fs wrote on February 13, 2023 at 12:07 PM

This isn’t an issue with PS5.

Anubra_Khan t1_j885jle wrote on February 12, 2023 at 10:26 AM

Get off the wifi and hardwire it. I've never taken more than 15 minutes to download a 100+ GB game.