Xbox one so sloooow

[silversurfer1]

Ok so bought my little 9 year old boy an Xbox one for his birthday its the first games console he has had, after *issing about and giving microsoft every bit of info i have i finally get it registered.

It came with Fifa which after 6 *ucking hours has only down loaded 5 gb of 42 Gb by the time it has down loaded he will be going down the pub with his mates.

Is this normal? it says down load speed is 3.5mbs its currently wireless but I'm thinking to get an ethernet cable and hard wire it

Never had this trouble with the atari 2600

SS

[Mr E]

How fast is your internet usually?

[silversurfer1]

sorry i have no idea I'm not so good at all this stuff.

Have no problem down loading films / programs through sky or listening to music i guess its pretty much the same as it is now

ss

[Dan_1981]

Yup it's normal.

Your download speed is fairly low for such a big download. Leave it on overnight

Each time an update comes out you'll have a similar issue depending on the size of the download

[silversurfer1]

thanks dan

ss

[Mr E]

silversurfer1 said:

sorry i have no idea I'm not so good at all this stuff.

You can try moving to a wired connection and see if it improves any, but I suspect it's just a big download on a slow connection.

Top tip for those buying consoles for kids this Christmas. The device will probably want an update out of the box and the bundled games will need downloading. And the servers will be hammered Christmas Day.

Unbox it the week before, power it up and get the download/updates done. Then box it back up and it'll be ready to go at 9am on the 25th, rather than sometime on Boxing Day.

[CrutyRammers]

Mr E said:

You can try moving to a wired connection and see if it improves any, but I suspect it's just a big download on a slow connection.

Top tip for those buying consoles for kids this Christmas. The device will probably want an update out of the box and the bundled games will need downloading. And the servers will be hammered Christmas Day.

Unbox it the week before, power it up and get the download/updates done. Then box it back up and it'll be ready to go at 9am on the 25th, rather than sometime on Boxing Day.

Really good advice that.

[bigandclever]

http://www.download-time.com/

Very rough and ready, but 42Gb on a 3.5Mbps connection is going to take 28 hours. Time for a brew.

[tommunster10]

CrutyRammers said:

Mr E said:

You can try moving to a wired connection and see if it improves any, but I suspect it's just a big download on a slow connection.

Top tip for those buying consoles for kids this Christmas. The device will probably want an update out of the box and the bundled games will need downloading. And the servers will be hammered Christmas Day.

Unbox it the week before, power it up and get the download/updates done. Then box it back up and it'll be ready to go at 9am on the 25th, rather than sometime on Boxing Day.

Really good advice that.

Very good advice, reminds me of getting a RC Jeep one Christmas and it needing to charge for 24 hours before you could use it... i was gutted...

[RemaL]

As already said it's more about your internet than the Xbox. Took about 2 hours to download Dead rising 4 around 60gig. But I was streaming as well as my kids so was a bit slower than normal

[Jasandjules]

Go to www.speedtest.net and it will tell you what download speeds you can get.....

I would imagine the X-Box will also have a network test. I found my PS4 faster and more stable when I went wired...

[Ved]

Plusnet are doing good offers on fiber at the moment. I've ditched 10mb broadband from Sky costing about £35 per month for 70mb for £28. Might be worth a look.

[HerrSchnell]

Dan_1981 said:

Yup it's normal.

Your download speed is fairly low for such a big download. Leave it on overnight

Each time an update comes out you'll have a similar issue depending on the size of the download

Setting it to instant on will get around the updating issue:

https://support.xbox.com/en-GB/xbox-one/console/le...

[sparks_E39]

Another tip here...

Disconnect the console from the Internet when you first install a game, it usually installs a lot quicker. When you reconnect to the Internet it will just install all the downloadable data it needs too. It doesn't work with every game to be fair, but worth a shot.

[silversurfer1]

thanks for your help guys 28hrs later it was all sorted

ss