Steam makes changes to reduce bandwidth usage during coronavirus outbreaks • iGamesNews.com

Valve has made some adjustments to how Steam works now with video uploads to reduce bandwidth usage during coronavirus outbreaks.

"We know that many of you (like us here in Valve) are stuck at home now trying to work or go to school remotely," the company wrote, "Or maybe you just play a lot of big games on Steam. pressure on the internet band of your home. "

With that in mind, Steam will now go ahead and schedule a different game review that is different than usual for the foreseeable future.

Effective from today, only games played in the past three days will be updated immediately. As was always the case, updates of the games just played will be scheduled for non-peak local times, but will now be broadcast in a few additional days. Valve notes that updates can continue to be triggered manually during the game's start or through the Download Manager, and that it "is also looking for additional solutions to help us."

The company has also provided a wealth of advice for those who want to continue their bandwidth savings in their homes during peak use times, including auto-update windows and Steam connections. "This can ease the load on your network connection, and can help reduce bandwidth loads if network traffic in your area needs to be reduced," Valve said.

It also lifts and disables auto-playback of non-playable gamers but wishes to keep them included, and transfers games played inc orrectly from SSD to large HDD, rather than deleting and replacing the title.

Valve's announcement follows last week's news that PlayStation downloads in the US and Europe will be "slow or delayed" as Tony works to manage Internet usage while many homes are closed. "We believe it is important to do our part to address the problems of Internet stability as there is an unprecedented number of self-employed people on social networks and they have become increasingly dependent on the Internet," the company said.

The EU recently warned of the complexity of Broadband as millions began working at home due to the outbreak of coronavirus, prompting a desire for video conferencing during work hours and evening video broadcasts. Netflix, Amazon, and YouTube have all agreed to reduce video quality and bandwidth usage in response.