We all want games we can play with our friends whether it be online or in person. Here's our top line-up for the best multiplayer games for your PlayStation 4! Public Pastes. C 14 min ago 0. JSON 23 min ago 2. JSON 24 min ago 3. It could be a problem with your modem or router, Wi-Fi signal, signal strength on your cable line, devices on your network saturating your bandwidth, or even a slow DNS server. The Federal Communications Commission FCC says that speeds of megabits per second Mbps are just fine for the low-end user with one or two people in the household.
Students and telecommuters require Mbps, and higher-need internet users will want download speeds of at least 25 Mbps. Sometimes this may not work the first time and you need to pause and resume the download a couple of times to get a better speed. Go to Notifications …. Downloads to do this. See the quick video demo below. Also, if you have multiple downloads going at once, then pause some of the non essential ones so the ones you really want will download faster.
It is very important to configure the right settings on your PS4 though so it can still download when in rest mode.
Your PS4 will now still continue to download files even when in rest mode, and in some cases this may make the download complete a little faster. The light on your console will flash orange when it is in rest mode. Pressing the power button or the PlayStation button on your pad will turn the console back on so you can check download progress.
Another way to potentially improve download speeds on your PS4 is to change your DNS server settings. This can sometimes improve the bandwidth available to your console, but is very hit and miss and will sometimes make no difference or even worsen the speeds you get.
The performance of DNS servers depends on so many different factors it is impossible to predict what will happen in each case if you change them. However, it is worth trying if you want to see if you can get files to download a little faster. The process is covered in the above video. The tester does indeed find an improvement in bandwidth using different DNS servers; this may or may not be the case for other people who try this.
It requires reconfiguring the internet connection mostly as Default or Automatic, but changing to Custom just for the DNS servers and entering your own ones manually. Google DNS 8. Bottom Line — Your download speeds may or may not improve by changing your servers. It depends on a lot of different factors; see the video above for a detailed test of all three servers. On numerous occasions, actually deactivating your primary PS4 account has worked for us and gets rid of the lock hovering over your game icons.
With massive number of people wanting to play this game right now, it can almost be expected that there may be some server hiccups, especially when it comes to downloading the game for the first time. Of course, there are also other factors that can be considered when it comes to connectivity issues for this game.
I just personally downloaded and installed this game on my PS4 and it takes a whooping 95GB! The Xbox One version is slightly smaller at 93GB while the PC version, especially if you want to go with higher graphics settings, can take as much as GB! Other than its massive installation package, there are also other factors that can affect the rate of your download.
Popular games like the Call Of Duty franchise may suffer from server problems during launch due to sheer volume of people trying to download the game at the same time. If it takes forever for your system to download the game or its updates, try doing it at a later time. If there are no declared server problems, the other possible reason for your problem may be coming from your ISP or with your own home network. Bear in mind that the huge file size of Call Of Duty Black Ops Cold War means that it may take several hours for you to fully download it if your connection is not fast.
Try running a speed test on your system to see what its current download speed is. Some new games may develop unanticipated bugs. Download problems are common nowadays especially that games are becoming more complex and their sizes have ballooned to several tens of GBs.
Fortunately, random game bugs tend to be temporary and go away after refreshing the system. If your Black Ops Cold War download is taking forever and you have no idea why, one of the solutions below may help.
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