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iv-tecman · 12 Aug 2015 at 01:01

Sky fibre and psn fluctuates , generally it's OK , I tend to download via rest mode, ps3 was on vigrin for a while and that was so painful it was untrue. Downloading ps+ games took days, I remember leaving my ps3 on for days to download gt6 updates and BioShock infinite...

Ps3 and ps4 now connected via sky 40mb fibre and its mostly OK. Everyone gone to the rapture took me around two hours in total including the free theme and additional patch. Average I'd say for around 7gb of data..

Psycho Sonny · 12 Aug 2015 at 11:10

I'm on virgin and I downloaded like 400GB+ overnight no issues when I put a new hard drive in.

So nothing wrong with virgin media.

ic1male · 12 Aug 2015 at 11:15

Brothers - A Tale Of Two Sons gets its PS4 digital release today at £15.99. Bit pricey for my liking. Under a tenner and I'd bite again. Shame it's not cross play with PS3 like Journey.

iv-tecman · 12 Aug 2015 at 11:19

ic1male said:
Brothers - A Tale Of Two Sons gets its PS4 digital release today at £15.99. Bit pricey for my liking. Under a tenner and I'd bite again. Shame it's not cross play with PS3 like Journey.

Damn I was really hoping that was going to be cross buy. I got the ps3 version via ps+. Shame.

iv-tecman · 12 Aug 2015 at 11:22

Psycho Sonny said:
I'm on virgin and I downloaded like 400GB+ overnight no issues when I put a new hard drive in.

So nothing wrong with virgin media.

Just because it works for and others in this thread including me have reported issues with psn download speeds via virgin media doesn't mean its working fine.

Cable services vary widely depending on conditions. Line speeds, number I users using the line in the street, fluctuations in line etc all play a part. You can't just say nothing wrong with the service when so many others have posted the same slowness issue using virgin media...

Psycho Sonny · 12 Aug 2015 at 12:00

iv-tecman said:
Just because it works for and others in this thread including me have reported issues with psn download speeds via virgin media doesn't mean its working fine.

Cable services vary widely depending on conditions. Line speeds, number I users using the line in the street, fluctuations in line etc all play a part. You can't just say nothing wrong with the service when so many others have posted the same slowness issue using virgin media...

obviously if you live in a congested area it will be slow that's an area specific problem not one to virgin media as a whole.

it would be the same as someone who lives in the highlands on 1Mb download and 0.05 upload saying that sky is rubbish for ps4 because it took them 1 month to download a game.

i can at times download lightening fast and at others it crawls. my internet is blazing fast on the pc all the time.

so the issue lies with psn IMO, nothing to do with virgin media.

2StepSteve · 12 Aug 2015 at 12:19

The issues are clearly with PSN.

This is obvious because if you pause and resume a download a few times (with luck) you'll get placed on a faster/less hammered file server. It happens all the time, I frequently have to do this to get a decent transfer speed.

It's just last night for around an hour, this trick was not working at all.

Quinnaay · 13 Aug 2015 at 10:09

God of war remastered worth the £24 outlay assuming I haven't played the ps3 version?

kmetek · 13 Aug 2015 at 10:22

yes.

Question: why many UK game retailers where i buy from, send most of games from outside UK? I just received 2 games, ordered from game, from Holland.

TAX thing?

GIBURROWS · 13 Aug 2015 at 10:25

With how much they charge in store it's probably cheaper for them to buy from the Netherlands and have it delivered to you than to keep it on a shelf.

kmetek · 13 Aug 2015 at 10:34

well i bought 2 preowned ps4 games for 15 quid...wedneday's 1 quid game + 1 preowned, so not expensive at all

maybe they have some branches hehe.

Psycho Sonny · 13 Aug 2015 at 10:58

probably to save on postage.

why don't you just create a US account and buy digital games? you get games @ launch for cheaper than UK retail.

but obviously waiting for pre-owned bargains is a lot cheaper.

kmetek · 13 Aug 2015 at 12:07

i don't buy digital, in 99% cases..i do have us psn too

i think for everything, to get cheap

Quinnaay · 13 Aug 2015 at 12:32

Ordered God of War, comes tomorrow with Prime. Looking forward to something new to keep me occupied the next couple of weeks.

Nismo · 13 Aug 2015 at 13:05

Bought Rapture and Kung Fury

Looking forward to playing both.

iv-tecman · 13 Aug 2015 at 13:08

Nismo said:
Bought Rapture and Kung Fury

Looking forward to playing both.

You'll enjoy the visuals in rapture. I enjoyed it. Very slow moving game though.. I'm currently trying to mop up the last five trophies for it.

It is a very short game, I've finished it twice now, first play through was around 4 hours, second time around I erm hmmm finished it in less time it takes me to eat a large dominos pizza.. I did chuckle.

kmetek · 13 Aug 2015 at 15:08

Quinnaay said:
Ordered God of War, comes tomorrow with Prime. Looking forward to something new to keep me occupied the next couple of weeks.

http://www.base.com/buy/product/god-of-war-3-remastered-ps4/dgc-gow3ps4.htm?

19,99

BuffetSlayer · 13 Aug 2015 at 15:13

kmetek said:
http://www.base.com/buy/product/god-of-war-3-remastered-ps4/dgc-gow3ps4.htm?

19,99

Someone is selling a copy in MM for £16 delivered too

Quinnaay · 13 Aug 2015 at 15:16

I saw the one on Base but wanted it for tomorrow night I'm impatient

iv-tecman · 13 Aug 2015 at 15:22

Quinnaay said:
I saw the one on Base but wanted it for tomorrow night I'm impatient

Yeah I'm terrible for that, I decide I want a game, look on psn first. If its under £49.99 for a brand new release I consider it, if its on sale at like 60% off digital.. Rest is Amazon prime as they always tend to get it to me next day... Even had next day Saturday from prime..

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