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Steam Limits Game Auto-Updates to Manage Peak Demand

posted by janrinok on Tuesday March 31 2020, @05:02PM   Printer-friendly
from the running-out-of-steam dept.

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for SoyCow8162:

Steam limits game auto-updates to manage peak demand:

Console makers aren't the only ones managing game service bandwidth to keep traffic flowing during the COVID-19 outbreak. Valve is scaling back game auto-updates in Steam to "spread out" the load and prevent its servers from buckling under the strain. As of this week, only games you've played in the past three days will get immediate updates. Everything else will be updated over the course of "several more days." You can still manually start updates and schedule update windows, of course, but Steam won't be in a rush to keep all your games current.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 31 2020, @06:38PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 31 2020, @06:38PM (#977714)

    This seems fair.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 31 2020, @07:02PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 31 2020, @07:02PM (#977724)

    There's a setting not to update them until you play them. Unfortunately it's not a global option, you have to set it for each game. It's a lot easier on data caps when you have 200+ steam games.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 31 2020, @07:40PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 31 2020, @07:40PM (#977735)

    https://twitter.com/Grummz/status/1241364123817926656 [twitter.com]