Why is everyone saying PSN is Slow or bad for online?

I manage to download all Trailers, Demos, Etc 1000mb

in about 7-10 minutes tops.

Resistence, Vegas, Motorstorm online is fun and never lags.

40 player online never misses a beat.

And it's free.

For what it does, Online play and home network this fall. and all for FREE it's really not that bad.

It's probably not as good as xbox live (I don't own a PS3 I'm just guessing) but most lemmings tend to bash it because PSN is free and their online is 50 dollars a year.dackchaar

No for the online play is just as good as XBL.

Online play is online play.

Except MS charges you for it.

It's not depending on who's faster PSN or XBL, it depends on the speed of your internet provider. For example, when I was living up in New York for a while, the download speed of my XBL was SLOOOOOOOW but when I moved back home, the speed is FAAAAAAAAST.

So, if I had a PS3 and the Xbox 360 hooked up to the same ISP, it'll be at the same speed sometimes which also relies on the servers of either Sony or MS.

Things take longer to download on PSN, but the online multiplayer with dedicated servers are much better than P2P imo.BioShockOwnz

Thats all game specific though.

Things take longer to download on PSN, but the online multiplayer with dedicated servers are much better than P2P imo.BioShockOwnz

I never ever ever had a single problem with Downloads on PSN or XBL.

Connected wired to the Same Router Linksys.

Since launch.

Maybe I'm special but for me it's the same speed for XBL and PSN

2MB every 1 second. :)

It's not depending on who's faster PSN or XBL, it depends on the speed of your internet provider. For example, when I was living up in New York for a while, the download speed of my XBL was SLOOOOOOOW but when I moved back home, the speed is FAAAAAAAAST.

So, if I had a PS3 and the Xbox 360 hooked up to the same ISP, it'll be at the same speed sometimes which also relies on the servers of either Sony or MS.

A_zombie

Well I DL stuff at Odd hours of the day in Upstate New York.

I never get disconnects or Slow Downloads with PSN or XBL.

It's not depending on who's faster PSN or XBL, it depends on the speed of your internet provider. For example, when I was living up in New York for a while, the download speed of my XBL was SLOOOOOOOW but when I moved back home, the speed is FAAAAAAAAST.

So, if I had a PS3 and the Xbox 360 hooked up to the same ISP, it'll be at the same speed sometimes which also relies on the servers of either Sony or MS.

A_zombie

I have FiOS, which is the best, and XBL downloads are much quicker than PSN's.

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It's not depending on who's faster PSN or XBL, it depends on the speed of your internet provider. For example, when I was living up in New York for a while, the download speed of my XBL was SLOOOOOOOW but when I moved back home, the speed is FAAAAAAAAST.

So, if I had a PS3 and the Xbox 360 hooked up to the same ISP, it'll be at the same speed sometimes which also relies on the servers of either Sony or MS.

BioShockOwnz

I have FiOS, which is the best, and XBL downloads are much quicker than PSN's.

Are you useing Wi-fi for PS3? Because I got PS3/360 on Wired.

Same Speed for me.

psn is really erratic for me, there are some days it is fast, and others in which it is really slow. i don't have a 360 anymore but the downloads were generally faster

[QUOTE="A_zombie"]

It's not depending on who's faster PSN or XBL, it depends on the speed of your internet provider. For example, when I was living up in New York for a while, the download speed of my XBL was SLOOOOOOOW but when I moved back home, the speed is FAAAAAAAAST.

So, if I had a PS3 and the Xbox 360 hooked up to the same ISP, it'll be at the same speed sometimes which also relies on the servers of either Sony or MS.

Poop_Slash

Well I DL stuff at Odd hours of the day in Upstate New York.

I never get disconnects or Slow Downloads with PSN or XBL.

Yeah, but honestly there is NO true way to say who's faster at all. Because there are so many variables that is taken into context here.

I had not tried the PSN yet but I am planning to buy a PS3 by October possibly.

psn is really erratic for me, there are some days it isfast, and others in which it is really slow. i don't have a 360 anymore but the downloads were generally faster

SOedipus

Same with me. I guess it just depends how many people around the world are downloading the same thing.

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psn is really erratic for me, there are some days it isfast, and others in which it is really slow. i don't have a 360 anymore but the downloads were generally faster

BioShockOwnz

Wi-fi or wired for PS3 and 360?

Same with me. I guess it just depends how many people around the world are downloading the same thing.

PSN is fast for me o_O and I have a standard cable connection.. not to mention I rarely get lag on PSN while on Live I get lag all the time because of crappy P2P .. not to mention Host Advantage >_> Why do we pay for Live again? Yeah, they have a few extra features and currently more content than PSN but.. as for quality.. I'll be one to be to differ.E_x_i_l_e

Tell me about it on a fort night while playing Graw 2, Gears or Vegas on 360.

I get dropped from random rooms left and right because of Lag issues. Effing Sucks I happen to pay for this too.

Join a Game, Wait in Lobby, Play game for 30 minutes, Room gets dropped.

Repeat cycle.

PSN is fast for me o_O and I have a standard cable connection.. not to mention I rarely get lag on PSN while on Live I get lag all the time because of crappy P2P .. not to mention Host Advantage >_>Why do we pay for Live again? Yeah, they have a few extra features and currently more content than PSN but.. as for quality.. I'll be one to be to differ.E_x_i_l_e

Because we have to if we want to play online. :(

[QUOTE="dackchaar"]It's probably not as good as xbox live (I don't own a PS3 I'm just guessing) but most lemmings tend to bash it because PSN is free and their online is 50 dollars a year.Poop_Slash

No for the online play is just as good as XBL.

Online play is online play.

Except MS charges you for it.

MGS3 ring a bell ? I can still play Halo2 .

[QUOTE="E_x_i_l_e"]PSN is fast for me o_O and I have a standard cable connection.. not to mention I rarely get lag on PSN while on Live I get lag all the time because of crappy P2P .. not to mention Host Advantage >_>Why do we pay for Live again? Yeah, they have a few extra features and currently more content than PSN but.. as for quality.. I'll be one to be to differ.BioShockOwnz

Because we have to if we want to play online. :(

MS make us pay for live so they can keep the servers up and running .

Anyone using a Cat 6 Cable?

I use it for PSN and XBL and get the same speeds.

I just got my PS3, and haven't had a chance to play any games online, but for what it's worth, I've noticed that strictly for downloading at night, PSN isn't nearly as fast as XBL. I had an enormous amount of trouble downloading the latest update for the system (1.9) at night, whereas I was able to download it fairly painlessly in the morning. While XBL isn't light years faster overall (at least from what I've seen), there hasn't been quite as much of a drop in bandwidth during "peak hours". But hey, I'm not paying for the PSN, so I'm not really complaining.

And yes, I'm well aware of they myriad reasons why my downloads are slow, but as they're the same issues for both systems (wireless, time of day, use of bandwidth, etc.), I figure it's still a fair assessment.

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[QUOTE="dackchaar"]It's probably not as good as xbox live (I don't own a PS3 I'm just guessing) but most lemmings tend to bash it because PSN is free and their online is 50 dollars a year.Prid3r

No for the online play is just as good as XBL.

Online play is online play.

Except MS charges you for it.

I can still play Halo2 .

how can you play halo 2 if you have a silver account(in your sig) and didnt pay for the gold

PSN do game invites? I'm not sure, can someone answer?

1. psn is not regional so, you get everyone on earth. so, lets say you wanted to play rb6. the host is in france, good luck. its horrible.

2. its free. you get what you pay for, in this case nothing.

3. its horrible,laggy, dropy and choppy. and no service. the Japanese can careless about online gaming. they are non violent, therefore never think of it as a necessity. like vF5, are you kidding no online support for a fighting game. who are you going to play? a prime example, of being clueless of what people want in a gaming service. but, yet they wanna bring us "HOME" which has nothing to do with what i want a better online gaming service.