PS3 Bandwidth?
Ever wondered how much bandwidth your console uses? I did so ive decided to look into it for you, cause i’m just good like that.
The bandwidth used when playing games on the PS3 varies depending on the game, how many poeple you play with and if your using mic chat or not. It seems the average online multiplayer game uses approx 40 MB’s an hour and with lots of talking that can double to 80 MB’s per hour. however if you are hosting ontop of that your bandwidth could jump to a max of 150 MB’s per hour.
So for instance lets say your playing a game like MAG
Lots of people, lots of chat,
approx average of 90 MB’s per hour
- 8 Hours = 720MB’s
- 7 Days 8 hours a day = 5.04 GB’s
- 4 Weeks 8 hours a day = 20.160 GB’s
My estimations IF! you play 8 hours a day for a month is just over 20 GB’s of bandwidth. maybe a little less maybe a little more but this is to give you an idea of how much your using. My advice is get broadband connection without a limit so you have nothing to worry about unless your well within the limit but you have to remember if your downloading files on your computer or have more than one console running it coule be more.
My guess is most of you wont be playing this much and prolly only do maybe 15 hours a week 1.35 GB’s which totals to about 5.4 GB’s per month.
Chances are theirs more than just you using the internet connection in your house so if thats the case and you want to know how much your household is using per hour just give your Internet Service Provider a call and ask them how much you have used so far, then call them back 1 hour later and ask again.
Please note this is just a rough guide and not accurate as everybody uses a varied amount of bandwidth depending on thier setup. Also if your connected to the internet and not playing games your hardly using anything.
