re: Ps4 just got delivered

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Thanks for the snarky response. Sorry if I insulted you as a PS fanboy

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No problem, dumb posts get snarky responses.

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I have another guy who got his yesterday and experienced extremely long download times as well, so I can't say it's all on net connection.

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Again, sounds like bad internet, the two system update files that have been out thus far are a combined 700MB total. A 2Mbps internet connection is going to download that in roughly 45 minutes. I highly doubt you have 2Mbps internet, I have 20 myself and with my PS4 in a DMZ on my router and using Google DNS, I pull about 13Mbps when I run the PS4's internet connection test.

The PS4 did launch in South Africa yesterday and sold out within hours, so maybe they were all DLing at the same time and slowed it down, and even then idk if that would cause it to take an hour. On launch night with millions DLing it took those on here 10-20 minutes to DL.

Maybe you got a bad download or corrupt download, and thus, you are getting a buggy bogged down system.

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As far as ps plus I don't really care about paying or looking for a deal when I had no plans to buy one on Black Friday. As far as a flash drive download see my last comment

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Didn't plan to buy what? A PS4? Changed your mind quick on that one eh? Like I said, the code issue was common, some with the 30 day trial code and many had issues with the music unlimited trial code. Sony would have easily and quickly gave you a new code and a few extra months free for the trouble via a quick 2 minute chat support.

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I was assuming it would perform very efficiently, so I am a little concerned with my console. Net connection would have no relationship with system function or slow performance.

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Correct, my console runs very fast. The latest system update from 2 days ago, 1.52, only had one thing in the notes, and that was "Improve system performance stability". Mine was already quick before, but is a little quicker since that download, mainly in a game and going back to the home screen. That would bog down some for me before the new update, now it's very quick and takes about 2-3 seconds to load a trophies, or my profile.



As I mentioned, you're best bet is to completely wipe your PS4, download the system firmware off the Sony website and put it on a USB drive, and reinstall it. Or just wait and see if it improves. Or give more detail as to exactly what is slowing it down, when and where, and how long you'd estimate it takes to load certain things in and out of a game.