Both modes can be configured to allow downloads to continue whilst in these states. Here are the steps to do this for each console. It is very important to configure the right settings on your console though so it can still download when in this standby mode. Another thing to experiment with to make digital downloads go faster is to change DNS settings on your console.
This can sometimes give higher download speeds, though it is not guaranteed and may in fact in some cases deliver slower speeds. Results will be different for every person depending on their location, hardware, internet connection etc. However, changing DNS servers is a relatively easy thing to do. Here are instructions on how to do it for the PS4 and Xbox One:.
See our Best DNS For Gaming Article For a complete guide of how do it it for other games consoles, plus an analysis of whether it makes a real difference. Sometimes the gain in speed will be barely be enough to justify making the changes, but it is worth trying if you are looking for quicker downloads longer term.
Another quick option to try is simply pausing and resuming digital downloads. This can in some cases make downloads recommence at a faster speed than before, though again this does not always work. Sometimes cancelling the download entirely and restarting it can also deliver faster speeds, though you obviously lose whatever you have downloaded so far and have to start all over again.
A progress bar will appear showing the state of the download. Click on the Pause symbol to either pause the download or cancel it altogether.
If paused, clicking on it again will continue the download. Sometimes this delivers a faster speed, though not always. Select Queue , then highlight the download you want to pause. Press the Menu button, then select Pause or Cancel.
Once paused the download can be resumed or restarted, and again may deliver faster speeds in some cases. Another settings change you can make on your home network can sometimes improve traffic management is to use Quality of Service if available on your router to prioritize your games console. This can sometimes alleviate network congestion to some extent, though in fairness it is more useful for reducing lag than for increasing download speeds. Quality of Service is especially useful for busy households, where there are lots of different people using the internet at the same time, competing for the available bandwidth.
This tends to work better at reducing latency rather than increasing bandwidth, since internet packages only have a limited amount of bandwidth which must be shared out amongst all devices which are using the network regardless.
Therefore if other people are downloading or streaming at the same time as you, then speeds will unavoidably slow down, though setting QoS may help a little.
See our full article on QoS for a full run down of how to use this setting to improve your gaming experience in high internet use households. We suspect that, if we removed the downloaded update from the equation, that both consoles would have reported a similar installation time. These are big, inch Panasonic plasma TVs. It is clear that the PS4 boots up considerably faster than the Xbox One, both from standby and from complete power-down.
If you turn your console off a lot for some reason , the PS4 will save you a lot of time in the long run. But in general, go for the console with the most desirable games and features. Now read: Xbox One vs. PS4: How the final hardware specs compare. Keep in mind while you're watching this video that we're dealing with a PS4 Pro and an Xbox One S: the two upgraded versions of each console.
In truth, the update download and update process would likely be the exact same if we were dealing with the normal PS4 and Xbox One. A beefed up GPU is not going to affect this process at all.
So what are the other major factors? This dude owns and loves both of his consoles. He isn't out to prove that "my PS4 is better than your Xbox One" because, well, both consoles are his and he wants both to perform well. Don't go thinking that we're here to try and downplay the Xbox One in any way, we're simply observing this process and wondering what it is that takes the Xbox One so much longer to update.
The two updates you're observing are extremely comparable in size. The fact that the Xbox update was slightly larger is insignificant; the difference is negligible. You'll notice that the PS4 begins the installation process, while the Xbox One has to download the update file first.
If we want to be really strict, we can shave off about 50 seconds of time difference because of this, because it wouldn't take the PS4 very long to download the update. Last night I downloaded Patapon Remastered , which is almost MB in size, and it took less than 60 seconds to fully download and install. Even if this video started out with the PS4 downloading the update first, it would have added maybe one minute to the entire process.
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