PS3 Unbearably Slow And Frequent Updates Getting REALLY Old

So I've been watching my nephew for a few days while my sister is out of town and he brought over his copy of Mod Nation Racers to play on my PS3 while he's here. We popped it in the PS3 and we sat there with the controllers in our hands ready to play a few matches, download some custom made race tracks, and all that fun stuff. But it's never that simple when it comes to the PS3... is it? As soon as the game starts, a game update pop-up comes on the screen. I thought, "Okay... fair enough, shouldn't take TOO long" but when the update started, it said it was 324MB I was sitting there like ":| wtf..." but I thought "Ok... well I have a 32Mbps internet connection so this STILL shouldn't take too long. I'll start it up right now, leave the game running, and me and the kid will go do something else for a little while and by the time we come back it'll be done no matter what." So I started the update and left the room.

Boy was I wrong.

It's been about 5 hours now and the update STILL isn't f***ing done. :evil: It's only 83% done to be exact. But guess what? According to the case, I still have to install the game in order to play once the update IS done. WTF. Why can't I just pop in the game and play? Why do I have to waste half of the day for crap to download and install?

I run onto this problem a lot on the PS3. The other night me and my girlfriend just wanted to hop on Black Ops and play a few matches with each other. But guess what... we couldn't do that. Why? RIDICULOUS firmware update 3.56 that did absolutely NOTHING for us. It took 45 freaking minutes for BOTH of us. And if I remember correctly, the file size wasn't even that large. What gives? It seems like Sony feels the need to release these useless updates every other week too. I'm sick and tired of it. Maybe if they didn't download SO SLOW and happen SO OFTEN, they wouldn't be such a big deal. But now it's to the point where I'm about to spend the money and get a 360 specifically because of this.

Seriously Sony, don't you see how inconvenient these damn things are? Patches and firmware updates are fine usually, but don't make every little tiny insignificant update MANDATORY when in 2 weeks it's going to be obsolete anyways. And instead of putting your effort into making stupid little updates that nobody cares about like the ones you've been releasing lately, how about releasing something people actually WANT... like Cross Game Chat. There's NO excuse for the PS3 to not have CGC by now. People have been begging for it for years now. :| 1)Stop releasing so many useless updates 2) UPGRADE YOUR DAMN SERVERS so they don't take unreasonably long times to download 3) GIVE YOUR CUSTOMERS WHAT THEY ASK FOR with these updates, don't spend time giving us stuff we dont want 4)Don't make every single update mandatory

Discuss. Who else feels the same way as I do?

umm, i usually just update it when i'm going to class or do it over night and have it shut it self down when its done, so i don't understand your pain, sorry.

5 hrs for 300 MB?? Either there must be something wrong or you must be joking.

It doesn't take that long.

PSN is terrible for patches and firmware upgrades. I have very good internet and it just crawls on PSN when I have to DL a patch or firmware update.

thats odd I get my updates really fast. Are you on wifi ? maybe your ps3 is not getting a good signal.

I think I heard about that update being unusally long (can't remember), but that is defintely not the norm. The longest update I've had has being 45 mins, most are 20 mins

324MB Messiahbolical-

5 hours Messiahbolical-

A 32mbps takes over five hours for a 300 MB update, my speed is about 5 mbps, and even 2500 MB things only take about two hours at most. The longest an update or install for a game has ever taken is like 10 minutes, but you only have to do it one time so it's no big deal.

mine's never taken that long. i will say that i think xbl updates a bit faster, but for the most part, psn has been comparable from my experiences.

Buy PS+, turn on automatic updates, set it for 3-5A.M. Problem solved. I hardly have to sit through updates anymore because it updates when I sleep.CajunShooter

This works for game updates too?? :o

I call BS on the 5 hours for 300MB

[QUOTE="CajunShooter"]Buy PS+, turn on automatic updates, set it for 3-5A.M. Problem solved. I hardly have to sit through updates anymore because it updates when I sleep.GreenGoblin2099

This works for game updates too?? :o

The updates are not frequent. They're only frequent if you NEVER turn on your PS3. And downloads are only slow if your internet connection is slow. Downloads on both my 360 and PS3 seem to take forever for downloads that are less than a gigabyte.

[QUOTE="Messiahbolical-"] 324MB Skittles_McGee

5 hours Messiahbolical-

Need a better internet. For System Updates, I always download the updates to my PSP, then I update it from "storage media"bbkkristian

5 hrs for 300 MB?? Either there must be something wrong or you must be joking.

It doesn't take that long.

GreenGoblin2099

Sounds like someone has a slow internet connection. 300MB would take me about 5 minutes, which is definitely bareable

MAG and Heavy Rain have updates over a gig and took me under an hour so 5 hours for Modnation Racers is bs.

Not all games but most new games that have been released since PS+ has been active. I love it for my DC Universe updates.CajunShooter

Hey, that's pretty neat!!!

Still not paying for PSN+ though.

It's not a joke, and if there IS something wrong it's on Sony's side of things. We have multiple Blu-Ray players(and the PS3 as well) that stream Netflix in the house and my internet connection has no problem streaming HD movies on all 3 Blu Ray players at the same time. We do it very often and we've never ran into any hiccups. This has been an ongoing problem since I got the PS3 way back in 2007 btw. The updates ALWAYS take way longer than they should. I'm assuming Sony doesn't have nearly enough servers for my state(Arizona), because 4 of my friends, my sister, my brother, my uncle, my cousin, and my sister's ex boyfriend ALL have this issue(downloading unbelievably slow) and they all have good internet connections. Messiahbolical-

Seems you're the only one HERE having this kind of problem, so it's definitely not Sony's fault... but let's wait and see if someone else with a PS3 is from Arizona too and see how's he doing.

Sounds like someone has a slow internet connection. 300MB would take me about 5 minutes, which is definitely bareable

BPoole96

Seems you're the only one HERE having this kind of problem, so it's definitely not Sony's fault... but let's wait and see if someone else with a PS3 is from Arizona too and see how's he doing.

GreenGoblin2099

5 hrs for 300 MB?? Either there must be something wrong or you must be joking.

It doesn't take that long.

GreenGoblin2099

I never understand why PS3 owners always complain about update times. Hours? Ive NEVER had a single update on XBL over 5 minutes (the new dashboard updates are the only ones that take more than 1 minute). Sonys really gotta be cutting costs in firmware hosting or whatever department that isshadow8585

Something is probably wrong on your side. I have a 1.5 Mbps connection and I can download 300 MB of stuff off psn faster than that.

5 hrs for 300 MB?? Either there must be something wrong or you must be joking.

It doesn't take that long.

i once had a 20mb uncharted 2 patch take roughly 20 minutes to download:| its pathetic,ive never had problems with slow game and system updates on the 360broken_ops

Funny. I downloaded the 1.2 gig Bulletstorm demo the other day and that took below 2 hours with a 10 Mbps connection.

[QUOTE="bbkkristian"]Need a better internet. For System Updates, I always download the updates to my PSP, then I update it from "storage media"Messiahbolical-

5 hrs for 300 MB?? Either there must be something wrong or you must be joking.

It doesn't take that long.

GreenGoblin2099

5 hrs for 300 MB?? Either there must be something wrong or you must be joking.

It doesn't take that long.

[QUOTE="BPoole96"]

Sounds like someone has a slow internet connection. 300MB would take me about 5 minutes, which is definitely bareable

Messiahbolical-

You should go to the network settings and do an internet connection test on your PS3. Maybe the signal is low or something (assuming you're on wireless). If you signal is less than 70%, you're likely to have some slow down. Basing on you connection specs you listed above, your downloads should go faster than mine

[QUOTE="broken_ops"]i once had a 20mb uncharted 2 patch take roughly 20 minutes to download:| its pathetic,ive never had problems with slow game and system updates on the 360spookykid143

5 hours? Really... Come on :|

[QUOTE="spookykid143"]

[QUOTE="broken_ops"]i once had a 20mb uncharted 2 patch take roughly 20 minutes to download:| its pathetic,ive never had problems with slow game and system updates on the 360Messiahbolical-

My 360 is placed like 3 feet above my PS3, both connected via wifi, with the router being upstairs. On my 360, I downloaded the Crysis 2 demo in about 30 minutes. The demo is about a gig right? It would take me hourS on my PS3 to download an update that size. I'll back this guy up 100%, PS3 is just plain slower it seems.Not-A-Stalker

I never have any problems. Takes a few minutes usually.

Man your internet must suck. I haven't played UC2, KZ2, or Gran Turismo 5 since their respective launches. Had them up and running, plus installed, within an hour. Thats on crappy ATT DSL.

Buy a 360, your games will update in mere seconds.

[QUOTE="Not-A-Stalker"]My 360 is placed like 3 feet above my PS3, both connected via wifi, with the router being upstairs. On my 360, I downloaded the Crysis 2 demo in about 30 minutes. The demo is about a gig right? It would take me hourS on my PS3 to download an update that size. I'll back this guy up 100%, PS3 is just plain slower it seems.GodofEmpires