Why do things download so slowly on game consoles?

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Imagine a PS4 that uses the same wifi as anything else in the house, but it downloads so much slower. I can’t figure this out, is the PS4 throttled intentionally, or is there something else going on? I don’t understand how it works.

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Anonymous 0 Comments

define slow
last time I checked on the xbox side of things it barely peaked at 200-250 Mbps
PS was a bit quicker on average but that was in the ps3 era
steam is usually chugging at 700-900 Mbps

point is – if its around 250Mbps it seems to be par for the course for console services

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