Can you download demos and play a game at the same time?

MannyLS1Z28 · 26-08-2007, 10:51 AM

I just signed up with XBox Live and tried to download the BioShock demo while playing Forza 2 at the same time. As soon as I get into the game I get the notification that the Bioshock download was stopped. As soon as I exit the game, the download continues. Is this normal?

I just have Embarq DSL using a 660 Series modem and a wireless Linksys router into which the 360 is plugged in directly.

It would be nice to pass the time waiting for a download to finish by playing another game.

Thanks!

sportscrazed2 · 26-08-2007, 11:18 AM

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Originally Posted by MannyLS1Z28

I just signed up with XBox Live and tried to download the BioShock demo while playing Forza 2 at the same time. As soon as I get into the game I get the notification that the Bioshock download was stopped. As soon as I exit the game, the download continues. Is this normal?

I just have Embarq DSL using a 660 Series modem and a wireless Linksys router into which the 360 is plugged in directly.

It would be nice to pass the time waiting for a download to finish by playing another game.

Thanks!

yes you can as long as you are not playing online multiplayer or co-op. if you play the campaign of a game by yourself it will continue to download. if you don't believe me wait a couple of minutes after you get the message and hit the guide button. go to personal settings then go to active downloads. it should still be downloading

Spartan1127 · 26-08-2007, 12:56 PM

Your 360 can't download the demo because if your playing on Live (i think) it takes up too much bandwidth (<<is that the right word) to download the demo.

MannyLS1Z28 · 26-08-2007, 06:06 PM

I just started Forza 2 when it told me it stopped the download. But I think it was only because my unit is so new and needed to update itself. I played the Dead or Alive demo, and it was fine then.

Lol....typical newbie, ask before he tries.

Kona Palangi · 27-08-2007, 07:49 AM

As long as you are not playing online you should be good. I usually play SP games while waiting for movies to download and haven't had a problem yet.

psuedohippy · 27-08-2007, 11:54 AM

Anyone saying as long as your not playing online is wrong. In some games yes while your not online it will continue to download, but some other games will stop the download no matter what you are doing. If I recall correctly Tiger Woods 07 stops the DL no matter what you are doing in that game.

Kona Palangi · 27-08-2007, 11:56 AM

I have Tiger Woods 07 and it stopped the DL for a moment but once I began SP it began D/L'ing again.

psuedohippy · 27-08-2007, 11:59 AM

I havent had that luck but who knows maybe you are correct. I was playing on the practice greens the other day waiting for it to download skate and it never started back up. Oh well, who knows why, maybe there is a setting somewhere for this then.

Kona Palangi · 27-08-2007, 12:08 PM

I could be on crack so I'll go home and try it again. I haven't played TW 07 for eons.

Dragonuk · 27-08-2007, 12:19 PM

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Originally Posted by MalohiTafataha

I have Tiger Woods 07 and it stopped the DL for a moment but once I began SP it began D/L'ing again.

i have the same thng you can DL a game if you are not on live.

friedkarma · 27-08-2007, 12:28 PM

I think Tiger disrupts your downloads while it grabs podcasts and scores from ESPN. Your download should resume if you play an offline game.

MannyLS1Z28 · 27-08-2007, 08:23 PM

Well I did quite a bit of downloading while watching TV, so not to risk any downloads from getting stopped, and I have come to the conclusion that Test Drive Unlimited sucks, the new Medal of Honor is horrifically hard to play for any newbie to the 360 controller trying to play a first person shooter, I am disappointed that you can't watch replays in the Dirt demo, and that I should have gotten a 360 a long time ago! Thank god for that price drop, that was the final motivation to buy it!

Thanks for all the input guys!

Pepper Jack · 29-08-2007, 08:41 AM

also if you were trying to download skate and bioshock the day that they were released it may just seem that the download was not progressing because they are so popular and were downloading extremely slow

Joseph · 04-09-2007, 05:23 AM

You can only download and play at the same time if you're playing OFFLINE (SP) in the game, if you're wanting to multiplayer, then the download will stop to free up bandwidth... nothing worse than a laggy player!