5 PS4 'Hacks' that Will Change Your Life

How many of these tricks were you aware of?

Download Your Games Faster

We've previously covered 3 Ways to Download Faster on the PS4, but we wanted to mention one of the methods again as it's extremely effective. Now, this method does require an Ethernet cable and if you don't have one yet, then it's highly recommended that you purchase one. Not only is it important for this method, but your download speeds will be much more stable with an Ethernet cable than over a wireless connection.

When you start a download on your PS4, you might notice that after just a few minutes the download will slow to a crawl. Usually this doesn't mean that you internet connection is slow, but the servers in general are struggling to deal with the mass number of downloads. If you're downloading a new game on launch night for example, then this hack is extremely useful.

Once you see you download slowing down, remove your Ethernet cable from either your PS4 or router. This might seem to be the opposite of what you should be doing, since removing the Ethernet cable will halt your download completely. However, you'll be plugging the cable right back in, and when you do, you should notice a spike in the PS4 download speeds. We're not really sure why this works, but there are many PS4 gamers who swear by it. Still, it would be nice if Sony provided faster downloads, since that was part of the sell on PlayStation Plus, wasn't it?

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