Will ps4 download in background

Hope they saw this and changed it. User Info: Mikuraga. Yes, the only time you would have to close any application to go into the menus is when playing a blu-ray disc. I've had a game, netflix and nhl gamecenter all open at the same time and could switch between them and the system menu with no problems.

Mikuraga posted I think you misunderstood the question, and I'm not sure how you did it. User Info: ScreamingMidget. The PS3 would stop all downloads when you did -anything- on the system other than browse the store. Is this annoyance going to contine with the new hardware? This is false. You can play games on PS3 while downloading, just no online multiplayer.

User Info: gtaking5. From: ScreamingMidget This is false. No online games in general. This means the single player part as well. Although there are times when I've been playing a game GTA V and content was downloading in the background. From: mindandsoul Obviously if you play MP it should stop to preserve your bandwidth but anything else should allow background dl Nope.

Downloads don't, and can't, get paused. Unless your connection dies or you turn the console off. Thank you. That's what blue can do for me. ScreamingMidget posted As the GTA king told you, you wrong, baby. Anything connecting out, which means AC4, GTA5 unless you have a disconnect and it drops your Online plug, or basically any other modern game since everyone is incredibly keen to include every feature they can in every game.

User Info: JusSumGuy More topics from this board Tech Support 3 Answers Why does it say my card is expired when it doesn't expire until A proxy is like a gateway to the internet most commonly found on a corporate network. One Reddit user explains how this can help improve your download speeds:. By getting a computer on your local network to do some of the heavy lifting, it may be possible to increase your download speed.

This is especially true for early PlayStation 4 models, which have notoriously flaky network adapters. Hold the Options key and click on the Network icon in the top-right corner of the screen. Keep in mind that your PS4 will need to use this proxy to access the internet. The DNS servers you use determine which servers are resolved when you enter a web address. Some have theories that your choice of DNS servers affect which servers your console uses for downloads.

The best way to do this is to change your DNS servers on your router, which will affect all devices on your network. When was the last time you tested your internet speed? If your internet speed is slow to begin with, nothing you do to your PS4 is going to improve things.

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