PlayStation Network Download Speed Slowed By Sony

<p>This week&comma; PlayStation Network users in the US and Europe have reduced download speed&comma; thanks to Sony slowing it down&period; Given that people are self-isolating and utilizing the internet more&comma; the change makes sense&period; Sony Interactive Entertainment president and CEO Jim Ryan announced this change on Tuesday&comma; along with an additional statement&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"aligncenter wp-image-155967 size-full" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;03&sol;28193444&sol;1040118&period;jpg" alt&equals;"PlayStation Network Download Speed&comma; Sony" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Sony Interactive Entertainment&&num;8217&semi;s Statement<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Jim Ryan&comma; when announcing the change&comma; said that he and Sony believe &&num;8220&semi;&&num;8230&semi; is important to do our part to address internet stability concerns as an unprecedented number of people are practicing social distancing and are becoming more reliant on internet access&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>His statement had the implication that the bandwidth used for online multiplayer and parties would be unaffected&period; One of the features that went unaffected is the PlayStation Store&period; The changes to the network would originally be exclusive to Europe&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Going further&comma; he continued&comma; &&num;8220&semi;Players may experience somewhat slower or delayed game downloads but will still enjoy robust gameplay&period; We appreciate the support and understanding from our community&comma; and their doing their part&comma; as we take these measures in an effort to preserve access for everyone&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h4 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Next&comma; The United States&&num;8217&semi; Turn<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p>Yesterday&comma; Sony announced its plans to do the same download speed changes to the United States&period; Their statement is as follows&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;Beginning today&comma; we will take similar measures in the United States&comma; and we will continue to take appropriate action to do our part to help ensure internet stability as this unprecedented situation continues to evolve&period; We are grateful for the role we play in helping deliver a sense of community and entertainment in these very trying times&period; Thank you again for your support&comma; your patience&comma; and for being part of the PlayStation community&period; Please stay home and stay safe&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Sony&&num;8217&semi;s actions involving the download speeds of countries follow similar decisions by other streaming platforms&period; These platforms&comma; being <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;theverge&period;com&sol;2020&sol;3&sol;19&sol;21187078&sol;netflix-europe-streaming-european-union-bit-rate-broadband-coronavirus">Netflix<&sol;a>&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;variety&period;com&sol;2020&sol;digital&sol;news&sol;youtube-netflix-degrade-video-quality-europe-bandwidth-1203540130&sol;">YouTube<&sol;a>&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;deadline&period;com&sol;2020&sol;03&sol;disney-reduces-bandwidth-delays-french-debut-1202889432&sol;">Disney&plus;<&sol;a>&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;theverge&period;com&sol;2020&sol;3&sol;20&sol;21188072&sol;amazon-prime-video-reduce-stream-quality-broadband-netflix-youtube-coronavirus">Amazon&comma; and Apple<&sol;a>&comma; intend to lower the amount of strain Europe&&num;8217&semi;s network infrastructure has to deal with&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>What do you think about Sony&&num;8217&semi;s decision to reduce PlayStation Network download speeds&quest; Do you think it&&num;8217&semi;s enough of a reduction&quest; Or should it be a more significant decrease&quest; Let us know your thoughts in the comments section below&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>If you liked this coverage&comma; be sure to read Sweden&&num;8217&semi;s opinion of the gaming industry <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;despite-coronavirus-outbreak-gaming-industrys-a-safe-haven&sol;">here<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;