You can back this up by heading to a site like, which measures your internet speed in megabits, just like your internet provider does. Slow download speeds on your Xbox may not be the fault of your network or your console, and instead may be affected by how you're connecting to the network. Some may be much slower, not because your internet is slow, but because the server you’re downloading the file from is busy or slow. Dont be surprised though when you get called a liar, told its your hardware thats at fault, get given a bunch of meaningless 'fixes' that have jack all to fo with internet sped, etc. Sony’s PS5 FAQ page only mentions software updates, stating, “Downloading and applying game software updates on PS5 should work more quickly than on the PS4 console in general, as the data size of updates and patches is managed more effectively. Keep in mind that not all downloads will max out your connection. Additionally, Sony never officially mentions anything about increased download speeds.
I have gigabit internet and also rarely hit 300Mbps download speeds when downloading games on Xbox, usually it's around 200Mbps.
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Mike Williams of USGamer has experienced the contrary, stating a 36.6GB game took “7 minutes and 1 second” to download compared to the PS4 Pro which “took a total of 58 minutes and 34 seconds to download completely.” In Screen Rant’s PS5 review, Rob Keyes experienced “ painfully slow download speeds” with a medium-sized game such as Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales taking nearly 3 hours to download and a smaller game like Rocket League taking nearly an hour. It was faster before, but since Corona its seems they have lowered the download speeds to keep the network more stable. The amount of time it takes to download games on the PS5 still appears to be slow in general despite the PS5’s use of an SSD. Related: Biggest PlayStation 5 Problems Reported So Farĭestiny 2 is not the only game on the PS5 experiencing slow download times.