They could also finally allow you to start games without updating.
Comment on Steam Deck gets a new low-power screen-off downloads mode
9point6@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Now it would be nice if they could add a download all button (if only for Steamdeck)
Going into that download screen and telling 20 games to download now before I’m going on a flight or something is a pain in the arse
domi@lemmy.secnd.me 2 days ago
_cryptagion@anarchist.nexus 2 days ago
Well since they have this now, you can just schedule updates to run at night.
9point6@lemmy.world 2 days ago
That’s not the same unless something has recently changed. The scheduling just stops it from scheduling them during the day, it doesn’t make sure everything downloads in a single night.
And even then, that’s not a “do all it right now” button
Grimy@lemmy.world 2 days ago
There is definitely an option to have it auto-update. I don’t know about scheduling.
SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 2 days ago
still don’t know why that is missing. it’s such a weird UX
Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
I hate having outstanding updates for no real logical reason and it annoys me so much to go into the downloads screen and regularly queue up updates for the way too many games I have installed.
semperverus@lemmy.world 2 days ago
It makes perfect sense if you’re a systems engineer.
Downloading games costs bandwidth.
Steam services millions of customers daily.
Valve, correctly, decided to do a bit of load balancing by prioritizing updates by how recently and frequently you play them, and spreads them out.
This is nicer to their systems, and its nicer to most people who don’t live alone and have to share internet with other human beings in their home (or at work).
You’d think it would be no big deal, bandwidth is “infinite” and “free” in most peoples minds. But there is a maximum throughput, and there is a cost in energy, time, performance, and money.
Load-balancing, people. It saves lives.
CallMeAnAI@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Counterpoint, I couldn’t give two fucks about a billion dollar companies bottom line and if you have bandwidth problems at home I don’t give a fuck and you can configure your client and router to deal with it.
No rain in the world valve can’t do what my Xbox does.
brrt@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
Unless they changed it in the last couple of months Xbox does the same thing. When I still had my XSX there were updates sitting idly in the queue all the time.
And countercounterpoint this is also an environmental issue. Unless you don’t give a fuck about that either.
_cryptagion@anarchist.nexus 2 days ago
So you want to DDoS their CDN so you never get your update. You seem very smart.
usrtrv@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
And this is how the prisonor’s dilemma is lost.
semperverus@lemmy.world 2 days ago
You sound like a very selfish person.
null@piefed.nullspace.lol 2 days ago
A billion dollar company giving 2 fucks about their bottom line is probably how they become a billion dollar company in the first place.