{"id":3490,"date":"2020-03-24T15:47:31","date_gmt":"2020-03-24T15:47:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/sony-slow-playstation-download-europe"},"modified":"2024-07-19T07:06:27","modified_gmt":"2024-07-19T07:06:27","slug":"sony-slow-playstation-download-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/video-games\/sony-slow-playstation-download-europe","title":{"rendered":"Sony is slowing down PlayStation download speeds in Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After companies like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/uncategorised\/best-tv-shows-for-gamers-from-castlevania-to-the-witcher\">Netflix<\/a> and YouTube cut down their streaming quality due to the Coronavirus pandemic forcing everyone indoors, Sony has followed suit for PlayStation consoles.<\/p>\n<div id=\"traffective-ad-Content_1_846827\" style=\"display: none;\" class=\"Content_1\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"traffective-ad-Content_1_833851\" style=\"display: none;\" class=\"Content_1\"><\/div>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.eu.playstation.com\/2020\/03\/24\/preserving-internet-access-for-the-entire-community\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">blog post<\/a>, Sony announced it&rsquo;s working with internet service providers in Europe to manage download traffic &#8211; warning players might have slower download speeds than usual.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Players may experience somewhat slower or delayed game downloads but will still enjoy robust gameplay,&rdquo; the post reads.<\/p>\n<div data-oembed-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PlayStationEU\/status\/1242455089559764993\">\n<blockquote align=\"center\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-dnt=\"true\" data-twitter-extracted-i1585065049411474876=\"true\" data-twitter-extracted-i1585065229877745556=\"true\" data-twitter-extracted-i1585065454285382566=\"true\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">UPDATE: SIE is working with internet service providers in Europe to help preserve access for the entire internet community: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XUGwClYw1p\">https:\/\/t.co\/XUGwClYw1p<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PdUlYCZpWV\">pic.twitter.com\/PdUlYCZpWV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; PlayStation Europe (@PlayStationEU) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PlayStationEU\/status\/1242455089559764993?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 24, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>&ldquo;We appreciate the support and understanding from our community, and their doing their part, as we take these measures in an effort to preserve access for everyone.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The specifics are relatively sketchy but the post doesn&rsquo;t indicate this will affect multiplayer connectivity, only download speeds.<\/p>\n<p>In other words, you can still enjoy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/call-of-duty\/call-of-duty-warzone-tips-parachute-advanced-uav\">Call of Duty: Warzone<\/a> with friends hopefully without a hitch. If you haven&rsquo;t downloaded it already though, you should probably find a boxset.<\/p>\n<p>Sony is the first games console to announce a cut to internet speeds in Europe, following TV streaming companies like Netflix, YouTube, Amazon, Disney and Apple.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"embed-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/lockdown\/lockdown-ps5-coronavirus\" style=\"font-size: 22px; text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer; color: grey; font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_blank\">Lockdown: PS5 details and esports cancellations<\/a><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"368px\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"\/embed-player\/649\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After companies like Netflix and YouTube cut down their streaming quality due to the Coronavirus pandemic forcing everyone indoors, Sony has followed suit for PlayStation&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":601,"featured_media":3491,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3490","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-video-games","content_type-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.9 - 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