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Posted: 10/8/2016 11:03:18 PM EDT
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Had a PS4 since launch. Love it. My buddies that play have the Xbox 1. I want to game with them when gears 4 and battlefield 1 release so I bought an Xbox. So I bought a 2 TB Xbox 1S Gears of war special edition. GOW4 is an electronic copy that one must DL. Ok fine I get that. But with my slow 5 meg Internet that's like 55 hours, ok fine. Since I want to play something asap I go to GameStop and buy 3 used games. Physical copies so I can play immediately. Well I put the first one in and it had to install. 40 freaking minutes? Is every Xbox game this way? I lack the patience if so. The PS4 doesn't do this. Is this normal or is my Xbox 1 defective? Really wish my ISP would get some competition. Depends on the game, but that is not out of the question. With the larger games (40GB+) install time is 30minutes+ in my experience. For example, installing gears of war 4 took between 30-40 minutes for me. Note, if you are looking for the time it takes before you can begin to start playing a game, that is more like ~5-15 minutes. |
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Posted: 10/9/2016 6:00:06 PM EDT
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Had a PS4 since launch. Love it. My buddies that play have the Xbox 1. I want to game with them when gears 4 and battlefield 1 release so I bought an Xbox. So I bought a 2 TB Xbox 1S Gears of war special edition. GOW4 is an electronic copy that one must DL. Ok fine I get that. But with my slow 5 meg Internet that's like 55 hours, ok fine. Since I want to play something asap I go to GameStop and buy 3 used games. Physical copies so I can play immediately. Well I put the first one in and it had to install. 40 freaking minutes? Is every Xbox game this way? I lack the patience if so. The PS4 doesn't do this. Is this normal or is my Xbox 1 defective? Really wish my ISP would get some competition. Go into your network settings and go Offline prior to putting the new disk in. This forces the Xbox to DL from the disk and cuts down install time considerably, but its still not anywhere near as fast as the PS4 unfortunately. Obviously updates need the network enabled again. I have both systems and its glaringly obvious the difference in new game DL time. |
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Posted: 10/9/2016 6:11:30 PM EDT
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Go into your network settings and go Offline prior to putting the new disk in. This forces the Xbox to DL from the disk and cuts down install time considerably, but its still not anywhere near as fast as the PS4 unfortunately. Obviously updates need the network enabled again. I have both systems and its glaringly obvious the difference in new game DL time. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Had a PS4 since launch. Love it. My buddies that play have the Xbox 1. I want to game with them when gears 4 and battlefield 1 release so I bought an Xbox. So I bought a 2 TB Xbox 1S Gears of war special edition. GOW4 is an electronic copy that one must DL. Ok fine I get that. But with my slow 5 meg Internet that's like 55 hours, ok fine. Since I want to play something asap I go to GameStop and buy 3 used games. Physical copies so I can play immediately. Well I put the first one in and it had to install. 40 freaking minutes? Is every Xbox game this way? I lack the patience if so. The PS4 doesn't do this. Is this normal or is my Xbox 1 defective? Really wish my ISP would get some competition. Go into your network settings and go Offline prior to putting the new disk in. This forces the Xbox to DL from the disk and cuts down install time considerably, but its still not anywhere near as fast as the PS4 unfortunately. Obviously updates need the network enabled again. I have both systems and its glaringly obvious the difference in new game DL time. I will give that a try, thank you. But honestly, I'm seriously considering sending the Xbox back. I mean, I get my 5 meg Internet is partially to blame, but we have zero issues with the ps4 we've had since it was available. Just sucks. Wanted to play online with some buddies who are on Xbox, but may not be possible. |
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Posted: 10/9/2016 6:27:38 PM EDT
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Yes, every X1 has the same slow as hell loading speeds, and it was a major contributing factor to my decision to finally sell my launch model X1 a few weeks ago. The download speed difference is well documented and I don't miss my X1 one bit.
ETA: I use FiOS internet and it was still unbelievably slow to download both physical and digital games to the X1. If you're going to send it back now would be the time---it's not going to improve. |
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Posted: 10/9/2016 6:45:47 PM EDT
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Yes, every X1 has the same slow as hell loading speeds, and it was a major contributing factor to my decision to finally sell my launch model X1 a few weeks ago. The download speed difference is well documented and I don't miss my X1 one bit. ETA: I use FiOS internet and it was still unbelievably slow to download both physical and digital games to the X1. If you're going to send it back now would be the time---it's not going to improve. I think I'm sending it back. Absolutely shocked this is considered to be ok in 2016. |
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Posted: 10/9/2016 7:45:24 PM EDT
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I really don't get it either. They've forced full game downloads to HD's yet made the servers from which to DL from complete shit and Along with that you have internal HD's with shit write speeds. I enjoy multiple things about my Xbone over the PS4, the DL speed and write speed aspect isn't one of them.
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Posted: 10/9/2016 9:14:17 PM EDT
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I think I'm sending it back. Absolutely shocked this is considered to be ok in 2016. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Yes, every X1 has the same slow as hell loading speeds, and it was a major contributing factor to my decision to finally sell my launch model X1 a few weeks ago. The download speed difference is well documented and I don't miss my X1 one bit. ETA: I use FiOS internet and it was still unbelievably slow to download both physical and digital games to the X1. If you're going to send it back now would be the time---it's not going to improve. I think I'm sending it back. Absolutely shocked this is considered to be ok in 2016. I'd say your making this out to be bigger problem than it is. Is it ideal? No. Is it a major problem? No. It is a minor inconvenience. |
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Posted: 10/10/2016 12:55:01 PM EDT
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I'd say your making this out to be bigger problem than it is. Is it ideal? No. Is it a major problem? No. It is a minor inconvenience. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Yes, every X1 has the same slow as hell loading speeds, and it was a major contributing factor to my decision to finally sell my launch model X1 a few weeks ago. The download speed difference is well documented and I don't miss my X1 one bit. ETA: I use FiOS internet and it was still unbelievably slow to download both physical and digital games to the X1. If you're going to send it back now would be the time---it's not going to improve. I think I'm sending it back. Absolutely shocked this is considered to be ok in 2016. I'd say your making this out to be bigger problem than it is. Is it ideal? No. Is it a major problem? No. It is a minor inconvenience. Maybe with better Internet service. It's not the fault of the Xbox, but 5 Meg is best I can currently get. So, far more than a minor inconvenience. Because of the deal I purchased (Gears 4 Xbox 1s 2tb edition) Gears was an electronic copy. I normally never buy these because the dl would take forever. Well, about 55 hours estimated to dl. It's been going since Saturday lol. To make it worse, it stops downloading when any other game is inserted. To make the wait easier, I went to the local GameStop and bought 3 used games, thinking they'd play immediately. Nope, between 20 and 22 gig downloads on each. For a physical disc? Ridiculous. Not sure why our how, but this simply isn't an issue on the ps4. |
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Posted: 10/10/2016 6:29:41 PM EDT
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Maybe with better Internet service. It's not the fault of the Xbox, but 5 Meg is best I can currently get. So, far more than a minor inconvenience. Because of the deal I purchased (Gears 4 Xbox 1s 2tb edition) Gears was an electronic copy. I normally never buy these because the dl would take forever. Well, about 55 hours estimated to dl. It's been going since Saturday lol. To make it worse, it stops downloading when any other game is inserted. To make the wait easier, I went to the local GameStop and bought 3 used games, thinking they'd play immediately. Nope, between 20 and 22 gig downloads on each. For a physical disc? Ridiculous. Not sure why our how, but this simply isn't an issue on the ps4. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Yes, every X1 has the same slow as hell loading speeds, and it was a major contributing factor to my decision to finally sell my launch model X1 a few weeks ago. The download speed difference is well documented and I don't miss my X1 one bit. ETA: I use FiOS internet and it was still unbelievably slow to download both physical and digital games to the X1. If you're going to send it back now would be the time---it's not going to improve. I think I'm sending it back. Absolutely shocked this is considered to be ok in 2016. I'd say your making this out to be bigger problem than it is. Is it ideal? No. Is it a major problem? No. It is a minor inconvenience. Maybe with better Internet service. It's not the fault of the Xbox, but 5 Meg is best I can currently get. So, far more than a minor inconvenience. Because of the deal I purchased (Gears 4 Xbox 1s 2tb edition) Gears was an electronic copy. I normally never buy these because the dl would take forever. Well, about 55 hours estimated to dl. It's been going since Saturday lol. To make it worse, it stops downloading when any other game is inserted. To make the wait easier, I went to the local GameStop and bought 3 used games, thinking they'd play immediately. Nope, between 20 and 22 gig downloads on each. For a physical disc? Ridiculous. Not sure why our how, but this simply isn't an issue on the ps4. Now you aren't making much sense. Is you issue with the time it takes to download and install a digital game? Or is it with the install times of games copied from a disc? All games have some kind of patch download on top of the install files from the disc. 20-22GB? That is an outlier. Typical patches are several hundred megabytes to a few gigabytes. The only PS4 difference i can think of is that I believe it may allow you to install the patch in the background, and launch/play the game while this happens. |
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Posted: 10/10/2016 8:39:51 PM EDT
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Now you aren't making much sense. Is you issue with the time it takes to download and install a digital game? Or is it with the install times of games copied from a disc? All games have some kind of patch download on top of the install files from the disc. 20-22GB? That is an outlier. Typical patches are several hundred megabytes to a few gigabytes. The only PS4 difference i can think of is that I believe it may allow you to install the patch in the background, and launch/play the game while this happens. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Yes, every X1 has the same slow as hell loading speeds, and it was a major contributing factor to my decision to finally sell my launch model X1 a few weeks ago. The download speed difference is well documented and I don't miss my X1 one bit. ETA: I use FiOS internet and it was still unbelievably slow to download both physical and digital games to the X1. If you're going to send it back now would be the time---it's not going to improve. I think I'm sending it back. Absolutely shocked this is considered to be ok in 2016. I'd say your making this out to be bigger problem than it is. Is it ideal? No. Is it a major problem? No. It is a minor inconvenience. Maybe with better Internet service. It's not the fault of the Xbox, but 5 Meg is best I can currently get. So, far more than a minor inconvenience. Because of the deal I purchased (Gears 4 Xbox 1s 2tb edition) Gears was an electronic copy. I normally never buy these because the dl would take forever. Well, about 55 hours estimated to dl. It's been going since Saturday lol. To make it worse, it stops downloading when any other game is inserted. To make the wait easier, I went to the local GameStop and bought 3 used games, thinking they'd play immediately. Nope, between 20 and 22 gig downloads on each. For a physical disc? Ridiculous. Not sure why our how, but this simply isn't an issue on the ps4. Now you aren't making much sense. Is you issue with the time it takes to download and install a digital game? Or is it with the install times of games copied from a disc? All games have some kind of patch download on top of the install files from the disc. 20-22GB? That is an outlier. Typical patches are several hundred megabytes to a few gigabytes. The only PS4 difference i can think of is that I believe it may allow you to install the patch in the background, and launch/play the game while this happens. I'm making perfect sense. Relax, it's a game console. Not your child. My issue is that the Xbox requires significant load time. Be it a game you're downloading completely, or a game for which you have a physical copy. This sucks. Badly. My ps4 has no such issues. That's it. In this thread I wanted to ask if this was normal or perhaps there was something I could adjust. No big deal. I'm probably going to keep it anyway. Because I want to play Gears. But that doesn't make it suck less. |
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Posted: 10/10/2016 10:21:32 PM EDT
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I think I'm sending it back. Absolutely shocked this is considered to be ok in 2016. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Yes, every X1 has the same slow as hell loading speeds, and it was a major contributing factor to my decision to finally sell my launch model X1 a few weeks ago. The download speed difference is well documented and I don't miss my X1 one bit. ETA: I use FiOS internet and it was still unbelievably slow to download both physical and digital games to the X1. If you're going to send it back now would be the time---it's not going to improve. I think I'm sending it back. Absolutely shocked this is considered to be ok in 2016. I don't blame you. I don't miss mine. |
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Posted: 10/11/2016 7:44:49 PM EDT
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I don't blame you. I don't miss mine. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Yes, every X1 has the same slow as hell loading speeds, and it was a major contributing factor to my decision to finally sell my launch model X1 a few weeks ago. The download speed difference is well documented and I don't miss my X1 one bit. ETA: I use FiOS internet and it was still unbelievably slow to download both physical and digital games to the X1. If you're going to send it back now would be the time---it's not going to improve. I think I'm sending it back. Absolutely shocked this is considered to be ok in 2016. I don't blame you. I don't miss mine. Lol. I'm dealing with it for now. But a funny story that tested my meager patience. Gears finally downloaded today. Wife texts me about lunchtime and tells me. Get home tonight to play? You guessed it. Needed an update lol. Fortunately only 220mb or so. Just funny I suppose. Hopefully the game is worth it. |
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Posted: 10/11/2016 8:42:50 PM EDT
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Lol. I'm dealing with it for now. But a funny story that tested my meager patience. Gears finally downloaded today. Wife texts me about lunchtime and tells me. Get home tonight to play? You guessed it. Needed an update lol. Fortunately only 220mb or so. Just funny I suppose. Hopefully the game is worth it. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Yes, every X1 has the same slow as hell loading speeds, and it was a major contributing factor to my decision to finally sell my launch model X1 a few weeks ago. The download speed difference is well documented and I don't miss my X1 one bit. ETA: I use FiOS internet and it was still unbelievably slow to download both physical and digital games to the X1. If you're going to send it back now would be the time---it's not going to improve. I think I'm sending it back. Absolutely shocked this is considered to be ok in 2016. I don't blame you. I don't miss mine. Lol. I'm dealing with it for now. But a funny story that tested my meager patience. Gears finally downloaded today. Wife texts me about lunchtime and tells me. Get home tonight to play? You guessed it. Needed an update lol. Fortunately only 220mb or so. Just funny I suppose. Hopefully the game is worth it. The alternative is having a game breaking bug in the campaign. https://gearsofwar.com/en-us/forums/e9b54fc61eb74ad783d533ca502b0132/threads/gears-of-war-4-title-update---october-11th-2016/0b3f08fe-89ce-424c-b76d-97fba547551d/posts |
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Posted: 10/11/2016 8:58:46 PM EDT
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The alternative is having a game breaking bug in the campaign. https://gearsofwar.com/en-us/forums/e9b54fc61eb74ad783d533ca502b0132/threads/gears-of-war-4-title-update---october-11th-2016/0b3f08fe-89ce-424c-b76d-97fba547551d/posts Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Yes, every X1 has the same slow as hell loading speeds, and it was a major contributing factor to my decision to finally sell my launch model X1 a few weeks ago. The download speed difference is well documented and I don't miss my X1 one bit. ETA: I use FiOS internet and it was still unbelievably slow to download both physical and digital games to the X1. If you're going to send it back now would be the time---it's not going to improve. I think I'm sending it back. Absolutely shocked this is considered to be ok in 2016. I don't blame you. I don't miss mine. Lol. I'm dealing with it for now. But a funny story that tested my meager patience. Gears finally downloaded today. Wife texts me about lunchtime and tells me. Get home tonight to play? You guessed it. Needed an update lol. Fortunately only 220mb or so. Just funny I suppose. Hopefully the game is worth it. The alternative is having a game breaking bug in the campaign. https://gearsofwar.com/en-us/forums/e9b54fc61eb74ad783d533ca502b0132/threads/gears-of-war-4-title-update---october-11th-2016/0b3f08fe-89ce-424c-b76d-97fba547551d/posts Didn't have time to read link yet, but if so, this is better than the alternative. Happens with all games. |
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