[2smiggy]

downloading infamous 2 , 15 gb off PS network , i think about 6 hours.

[Temptamperu]

Downloaded mass effect recently took about three hours.

[Paulyh]

Originally Posted by 2smiggy

downloading infamous 2 , 15 gb off PS network , i think about 6 hours.

I downloaded this about 2 weeks ago, had to leave it overnight............it was an impulse buy, so by the time it downloaded I wasnt really into it

[gizmo]

Originally Posted by johnny_ultimate

Steam as a service is free as well, though, so there's only so much justification Sony can get away with.

As many great games as there are on PS3, it's a bizarrely poorly put together piece of hardware at times, and the online capabilities are one of them (alongside install times, patching system, uninspired UI etc. etc...)

Yes but Valve also get a cut of every game sold on the platform which, one imagines, helps keep the service rather profitable.

[johnny_ultimate]

Originally Posted by gizmo

Yes but Valve also get a cut of every game sold on the platform which, one imagines, helps keep the service rather profitable.

Sony would have to too, right? I can't possibly imagine developers / publishers get 100% of the proceeds of a PSN purchase.

I've never downloaded anything on XBLA silver, but I'm guessing the 'free' stuff isn't slow there either?

[gizmo]

Originally Posted by johnny_ultimate

Sony would have to too, right? I can't possibly imagine developers / publishers get 100% of the proceeds of a PSN purchase.

I've never downloaded anything on XBLA silver, but I'm guessing the 'free' stuff isn't slow there either?

Sony's system is quite odd as it happens. They charge the publishers a fee (around 16c last time I looked) per gigabyte downloaded from PSN, whether it's games, demos or add-ons. It's why I found their policy of allowing customers to download the same content to multiple consoles a bit sly to be honest. MS have no such charge but, as you've seen more recently, there are plenty of other costs involved in getting content up on Live with the likes of certification costs.

As for XBL speeds, they're the same regardless of your membership tier.

[Potential-Monke]

I don't know the exact times/figures, but to download and install the following on PS3:

- Little Big Planet 2 (6.?gb)
- Outland (i think around the 1.2gb mark)
- Oddworld: Strangers Wrath (2gb?)
- MotorStorm: Apocalypse (6.?gb)
- Warhammer 40K: Space Marine (6.?gb)
- Another few things
(All came to around 25/28gb)

I started it at 01.30 on 08/06/12, went to bed and then work at 7am, returned from work at 3.20pm and the last install was 43% complete... (I have PS+)

Minecraft 360 took about 10 minutes to download and install.

And i've downloaded "legal" copies of a 700mb film in anything from 3 hours to 5 minutes.

All on a 7gb WiMax wired connection.