If this is happening to you, we explain why and how to fix it. For additional reading, you might want to catch up with our PS5 complete guide for the total lowdown on the console. Additionally, we let you know what benefits an SSD could bring to your PS4 in terms of better loading and copying times.
When you download a PS4 game, the file downloads to a specific folder. A receive window of 7 KB "is an incredibly low value; it's basically going to cause the downloads to take times longer than they should," Snellman explains. Running an app such as Netflix or Spotify narrowed the receive window to KB, which is still "a 5x reduction in potential download speed," and playing an online match in a networked game closed it down to the 7 KB threshold.
Putting the PlayStation 4 into its rest mode "had no effect," he writes. Complicating matters is that the PlayStation 4 doesn't always make it clear what programs are running. Many users are accustomed to closing a game from the dashboard or being told the system is doing so when they boot up a new one while another is in the background, thinking that takes care of it.
But other applications, like Spotify or a streaming video service, can keep on going. Whatever the blame, all kinds of anecdotal complaints and observations of the PlayStation 4's inconsistent download behavior have taken hold over the past four years.
Does putting the machine to rest help? Why are my downloads faster after this firmware update? Snellman attributes the latter to an update closing every open application after the system reboot. And Snellman posits that there are legitimate reasons for limiting the receive window.
But that doesn't excuse the limitations enforced by secondary apps like Netflix, he argues. And since they can keep running with the user unaware, here you have the problem. That is as close to a layman's explanation as I can make of some very intricate networking terms and concepts. I recommend reading the whole thing for yourself to get a better understanding. Take your PS4 to a repair shop managed by an experienced technician.
When the data stored in the CMOS memory chip gets corrupted for any reason, one of the symptoms of that is the slowness of PS4. After reading this article to this point, you may have already figured out the 3 common solutions for this situation.
They are:. In case you need more elaboration, please do your own research online. The Rebuild Database option does a defragment of the PS4, which can solve a whole host of issues on the PS4 and free up some much needed space, speed up your console and fix issues.
The Rebuild scans the drive and creates a new database of all content, thus cleaning the disc drive. This will make PS4 run faster and resolve performance issues.
In many cases, when PS4 is lagging, doing this operation fixes it. Now, as to the specific steps for initiating a database rebuild, those are as follows:. If you own a gadget for a long time, you should factory-reset it every once in a while. Useless files accumulate, caches fill up with junk data and programs you never use start eating up valuable space. Video game consoles are no exception, particularly since games are larger than ever and hard drive space is at a premium.
You need first to go to Safe Mode that offers you a Quick or Full initialization. Either way, pick your reset style and confirm your choice. Then, get ready to re-download all your favorite titles and apps, and restore your saved data. So, if you want to format PS4 internal hard drive, follow the steps below.
Note that these steps are for Microsoft Windows OS. Once finished, connect the hard drive to PS4 again and perform a complete system software installation. Therefore, make sure to download the PS4 system software installation package on an external storage device USB flash drive is recommended.
This method often needs savvy to implement. But if you are a beginner, you must be careful in following the instructions. There are several reasons that make PS4 slow and lagging. Some are easy to fix and others, in rare cases, need an expert. But if PS4 lag still persists after trying everything in this article, contact a technician. There are several reasons that make PS4 become slow and lagging, such as corrupted system files, malfunctioning USB device connected, or a defective hard drive.
The answer is definitely YES. Dust hinders the proper CPU cooling which makes it consequently hotter, and this results in lower performance of PS4. Fixing the slow PS4 is not a difficult task.
You have to follow the instructions in this guide in order to fully resolve this issue. Tags: ps4 lag slow ps4. Or is that the same thing.
Do you have any issue with other internet activities on PS4, such as downloading games, watching movies on youtube and so on? This is usually caused by bad sectors. This will restore the performance of the external HDD and eliminate these bad sectors. So that they will show per game as they do now? If you back them up first of course. Both must be saved on the SAME device using that utility. Mine was unusable it was so slow even trying to shut it down through the menus was a task.
The over heating can cause the GPU thermal paste to dry out resulting in further slow down. Very easy to diagnose. If your fan ramps up to full speed when playing a game from cold, this is most likely your issue. Thanks for this nice addition. Probably the PS4 is overheating and you need to clean the inside of your console.
My ps4 used to work so beautifully.. And it was so very laggy. Please help. The PS4 internal hard drive needs maintenance. Apparently it suffers from bad sectors. Please try to full-format it in order to restore its original perfromance.
Most probably the PS4 hard drive is corrupted. You have to FULL format it in order to revive it. I just recently got gta v and while playing for about 15 minutes, the game crashed and turned off the ps4 by itself. I tried everything. I deleted and downloaded it again, but I feel like it just made it worse. My PS4 just became slower and would crash constantly. Everything used to work perfectly fine until i downloaded gta. Apparently you have to replace the PS4 internal hard drive in order to work around this issue.
Most probably you have a failing PS4 hard drive. The main PS4 screen and other games work fine and respond as soon as i press or move a button.
You have to connect your PS4 hard drive to a PC and perform a full format on it. Please read this guide for more details. I have rebuilt the data base and reinitialized the whole ps4 and still nothing ive cleaned the ps4 inside entirely and it is still laggy but still runs some games for a bit then crashes.
Is it the harddrive or something far worse? It is suffering from bad sectors that causes it to slow down. Try first to connect it to a PC and full format it , then check again. Hello, Sorry if this is the 2nd time I post similar message. Could still try to initialize it aswell. Thanks in advance. Thanks for the advice! Great to see people like u still put time into great guide! Your problem is not so critical and is easy to fix with no cost.
Please provide us with your update on your issue so that other users who have the same problem may benefit. Recently Ive noticed that whenever I do anything on my ps4 it stutters while watching a show or going through ps4 menu it will stutter back on a input and the background flow with the themes are also stuttering.
It is a old ps4 back from December and this started happening 2 days ago. Most probably your PS4 hard drive is declining. You better do a FULL format on it in order to restore the original performance. My PlayStation system has a please wait message when I turn it on and after an hour of waiting for it to load it goes into a blue screen and stays there until it automatically turns off and the process repeats itself. I have not been able to play for 4 days now and I am not sure how to fix this.
You might have an overheating issue with the PS4. Try to clean the inside of PS4. Or maybe it is a critical PS4 hard drive failure. My roommate downloaded games onto my PS4 and filled up the hard drive almost all the way. After he did this, the PS4 was really laggy so I freed up almost half the space on the hard drive.
However, games still lag and freeze after I freed up space.
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