Can I play games while downloading on PS3?
You can’t download games while playing mainly because when you are playing a game, you are using all the cores of it’s processor, so there is no core who can interpret the information packets.
Does PS3 download faster in background?
It’s not throttled, but it does pause the download for various system and network tasks, so if you’re doing anything else on the PS3 that uses the network (or dvd/br) you will effectively slow it down to some extent.
Do games download in background PS3?
If the PS3™ system is turned off during a background download, the download status is saved. Downloading is automatically restarted the next time the PS3™ system is turned on and connected to the Internet. A background download will be temporarily stopped when any of the following operations are performed.
Can you play games while downloading?
Illustrious. It`s fine, not a problem. But you may experience while playing a game and downloading at the same time in some cases a lag spike in the game you are playing. But you will do no damage to the hard drives of the system, or anything else.
Will PS3 download while off?
If the PS3™ system is turned off during a background download, the download status is saved. Downloading is automatically restarted the next time the PS3™ system is turned on and connected to the Internet. The download will be restarted automatically once the operation has completed.
What is a good connection speed for PS3?
Most video game console manufacturers recommend at least 3 Mbps (or “megabits per second,” the measurement of how much data can be moved in a second) of download speed and 0.5 Mbps to 1 Mbps of upload speed as a generally “good internet speed”.
Does the PS3 download while off?
Is it OK to play while installing?
yes. just press the PS button and go to the game you want to play.
Is it OK to download games on HDD?
HDDs and SSDs both work well for gaming. If the HDD has enough capacity to store your games (modern games range from 20GB up to 180GB for a single installation), and is fast enough to support the graphics, you shouldn’t have troubles. Where HDDs do not do as well as SDDs for gaming is in load times.