Changes coming to Steam during the COVID-19 pandemic

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Steam :: Steam News :: Managing Steam Bandwidth During COVID-19 Pandemic

We know a lot of you (like us here at Valve) are stuck at home right now trying to work or attend school remotely. Or maybe you're just playing a bunch of great games on Steam. Whatever the case may be, we know that with so many people at home trying to get things done at the same time, it can...

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[Isayas]

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[RocketDarkness]

Seems sensible. Curious to see how much effect the auto-update changes have; every little bit helps.

 

[WellbornWarrior]

That is actually far more sensible than the throttling everyone else is doing.

 

[DaciaJC]

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Does it affect you greatly if all of your games aren't auto-updated immediately?

 

[Deleted member 11370]

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Really? It's completely sensible and needed.

 

[gdt]

Good ideas here.

 

[Shelbyville Milhouse]

In before people start complaining that they might be mildly inconvenienced during a pandemic

 

[Vimto]

That was not what I expected from the title.

 

[Cels]

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you can still self-initiate any update at the full speed

 

[Vimto]

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????

Did you actually read before your reply?

 

[Leo-Tyrant]

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They are doing it in the most sensible and respectful way...what would you recommend instead?

 

[Deleted member 28523]

not really that big of a change. i imagine a lot of people won't even notice the difference.

 

[Dest]

So the only change their forcing is just not auto-updating games you haven't played in a while right away? Makes sense to me.

 

[Tavernade]

Is there any downside to this at all? I can't imagine there's a ton of games that need updates anyways unless they're of the always online GaaS variety.

 

[hobblygobbly]

makes sense and not bad at all, i don't mind and steam for over a decade now has always provided me with full line speed, even when I had my 1Gbps line (now just have 250Mbps line).

Never used a service that offered me this quality

 

[Nabs]

That explains why Beat Saber was set to update on April 10th or something. Not a bad idea.

 

[Senki Dala]

Why everyone is quoting someone who's using random keyboards characters?

 

[Anno]

This is as sensible as can be. Also probably a good explanation for why something was queued last night to update in mid-April lol

 

[Dreamboum]

the first poster just had a stroke, not cool to gang up on him like that

 

[karnage10]

I expected steam to cut download speeds. This is great!
I hope the option to not update is a permanent addition

 

[Foffy]

I guess this explains why two of my games didn't auto update.

No big deal though.

 

[Mirage]

This is a really sensible approach and only makes sense to ease the load, anything you care about to play you can still update when you want.+

 

[Hagi]

Better than the throttling everone else is doing.

 

[PuppetMinion]

Why everyone is quoting someone who's using random keyboards characters?

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I assumed it is like comic book swearing.

Anyway, this does not seem to be an big deal.

 

[SweetVermouth]

I don't have a lot of steam games installed and I limit my download speed anyway because I like to do stuff on the internet while steam is downloading stuff in the background.

 

[Deleted member 49535]

Makes sense. I have games installed I haven't played in a year or more, there's no need to update them as soon as an update is available.

 

[inner-G]

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[devSin]

So the only change their forcing is just not auto-updating games you haven't played in a while right away? Makes sense to me.

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That's actually how it already works by default.

They're just tightening the numbers a bit. The thread title is not reflective of what that post is actually saying.

 

[Hella]

Seems like a good decision--Bannerlord's release is the laggiest I've ever seen Steam outside of a big sale event. The cart didn't work, Steam itself was wildly unresponsive, and a lot of folks got hit with errors trying to even buy the game. And that was just this morning.

 

[Komo]

That's actually how it already works by default.

They're just tightening the numbers a bit. The thread title is not reflective of what that post is actually saying.

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Yeah currently it was next day they are now just changing the auto updates to weekly or when its down in bandwidth

 

[Timewarp]

So other than tightening the recently played window (3 days), everything is the same. It's a nice reminder of useful features.