PlayStation 4 - Questions & General Comments on Console

[jaymo76]

I just looked at my account and it looks like $84 per month.

Not bad. I'm a $50 for mine and that's a discount due to bundling it with tv and phone. Up here, at least in the west, we have a big three monopoly and it's total collusion to keep prices high (Rogers, Shaw,Telus).

[CLW]

Matt, if you don't mind my asking how much does a package like that cost? I am on the 25/5 package and my provider makes me pay through the nose.

I pay $138 for the t.v. (i have basically every channel except the foreign language ones - including all the movie channels, sports package, etc...) and $31 for the 50/5.

[steelerfan]

Not bad. I'm a $50 for mine and that's a discount due to bundling it with tv and phone. Up here, at least in the west, we have a big three monopoly and it's total collusion to keep prices high (Rogers, Shaw,Telus).

Yeah, mine is discounted because I have TV and cell phone service with them. I think $84 US is about $110 Canadian so it may be high, idk.

What I do know is that I shouldn't have any issues with speed anymore. Also, when my daughter is here we have 11 connected devices so hopefully this will keep any of them from having problems, lol.

[JeffHCross]

I get an advertised 100, but haven't seen it since the first day it was turned on

[Rudy]

I don't need high Internet speeds. I don't stream TV or play online. I just have a 15/2 service for $40 Canadian a month. The price is right!

[JBHuskers]

I have 25/2 and both stream games and video and it's fine. Would like more though, but Time Warner only goes up to 30 in our area I think. Maybe 50 now?

[steelerfan]

I have 25/2 and both stream games and video and it's fine. Would like more though, but Time Warner only goes up to 30 in our area I think. Maybe 50 now?

Yeah, I never had problems streaming games at 18 but I couldn't ever get Share Play to work. Maybe now I can.

[JBHuskers]

Yeah, I never had problems streaming games at 18 but I couldn't ever get Share Play to work. Maybe now I can.

Never tried Share Play.

[steelerfan]

Never tried Share Play.

I tried a couple times and it said my connection was not fast enough.

[JBHuskers]

I tried a couple times and it said my connection was not fast enough.

Weird. I thought PS Now was 5 MB/s figured Share Play wouldn't be much more.

[Rudy]

Share Play is ridiculous. You need 15 just to be considered terrible. For the most part I don't think anyone notices a difference between 15 and 50. You can stream HD well either way.

[steelerfan]

Share Play is ridiculous. You need 15 just to be considered terrible. For the most part I don't think anyone notices a difference between 15 and 50. You can stream HD well either way.

I was generally at 19 before and could not get Share Play to work. Not even "terrible".

[JeffHCross]

I have practically never been able to do anything at the same time as playing NCAA, no matter what that other Internet using function is. I've always blamed EA's network code. But the rest of you have experience playing other console multi-player games; I don't.

[Rudy]

I had been using DSL and only 6/.5 and my son had no issues playing Destiny. I'm guessing it was the code.

[gigemaggs99]

We had cable here, cable + high speed internet up to 50mb. We were paying $175/month, it had a bunch of channels all sorts of college football channels, but when football isn't on we don't watch much at all.

Ditched the cable, kept the high speed internet and pay $60/month. With nothing else causing interference the internet is super fast now.

We bought Hulu + for $8/month and will probably get Sling Box in the fall so we can get ESPN and the SEC network. I think it's $20/month, that would make it $88/month which is MUCH MUCH better than $175.

We have an antenna now and get 15 HD channels including CBS, FOX, NBC, ABC, PBS and then 10 others. I figure that will get us for the most part on NCAA games and NFL.

Cable costs WAY TOO much if you ask me.

[JeffHCross]

gigem, just so you don't make a mistake ... Sling (Internet based TV service) is a totally different thing than a Slingbox. Figure you know that, but thought I'd mention just in case.

I'll basically be in the same boat as you come fall. Have Hulu, Netflix and Amazon Prime right now, will be adding Sling. Yeah, it's costing more than I would have liked, but a DVR isn't free anyway, so I figure Hulu is offsetting that cost even if I had cable. And it's still altogether cheaper than even the best HD offer from the cable company.

[CLW]

[JBHuskers]

If anyone wants a 2TB HDD for their PS4, I will have one for sale shortly.

[bdoughty]

I so hate the Summer drought. Playing Far Cry 4 and Dying light again to catch up on all the DLC I missed, even though I have both Season passes on day one. Next non-sports game I have in my wish list is the Uncharted remaster which I hope can keep me busy until Fallout 4 and Just Cause 3 hit.

[jaymo76]

I so hate the Summer drought. Playing Far Cry 4 and Dying light again to catch up on all the DLC I missed, even though I have both Season passes on day one. Next non-sports game I have in my wish list is the Uncharted remaster which I hope can keep me busy until Fallout 4 and Just Cause 3 hit.

You forgot to mention Farming Simulator 15. Don't deny it!