Today, Tony saidWe are working with Internet providers in Europe to manage PlayStation download traffic now that remote access to the public has brought more people online than ever before. Players can get a slow download of the game at this time.
"We believe it is important to do our part to address the issues of Internet robustness as an unprecedented number of people interact on social networks and rely heavily on Internet access," said Jim Ryan, president and CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment, wrote in a blog post
Google and Netflix have announced similar policies to try to limit the number of data they use for video streaming, as more and more people stay inside following the country's invasion of Covid-19. Following requests from European leaders, Netflix has turned off its high bandwidth broadcasts, while Google had YouTube videos automatically in standard definition. Today, Google announced that it would extending that policy to the rest of the world.
Last week, both Microsoft's Xbox Live networks and Nintendo & # 39; s switchch Online faced an exit. EShop was offline with it about nine hours last Tuesday
Sony did not immediately respond to a request for comment.