Console Download Speeds Tested

Posted by Soulskill on Monday February 2, 2009 @07:31PM from the fun-transfer-protocol dept.

MTV's Multiplayer blog tested and compared the download speeds of games on the Wii, the Xbox 360, and the PS3. They tested a variety of scenarios, with the PS3 most often coming out on top. The Xbox 360 took first in one test, but in that situation it was using a wired connection while the other two were not. The Wii consistently came in on the slower side, taking last place in all but one test. The PS3 ranged from .44 to .79 MB/sec, the Xbox 360 from .26 to .86 MB/sec, and the Wii from .30 to .55 MB/sec. What have your experiences been with console download times?

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The sample size / method is absolutely retarded. by ragethehotey · 2009-02-02 19:39 · Score: 3, Informative

He is comparing the download of a demo of an emulated game for all three systems, all of which are "wildly different in size", as he admits in the article.

Mega Man 9 demo, PS3: 63 MB -Mega Man 9 demo, Xbox 360: 88.7 MB -Mega Man 9 game, Wii: 8.3 MB

How many times did he test? Four times, on 3 different peoples connections.

FAIL.