alessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 1 year agoHollow Knight: Silksong Is Out Now — but It's So Popular It's Crashing Storefronts Including Steamwww.ign.comexternal-linkmessage-square53linkfedilinkarrow-up1258
arrow-up1254external-linkHollow Knight: Silksong Is Out Now — but It's So Popular It's Crashing Storefronts Including Steamwww.ign.comalessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square53linkfedilink
minus-square4am@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·1 year agoSilksong also didn’t presale and by extension had no way to early download. I think they didn’t want data miners and spoilers. It wasn’t actually the download infrastructure that crashed steam, it was the payment APIs (my cart didn’t work for a full 2 1/2 hours!)
minus-squarefrongt@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 year agoSteam pre-downloads are encrypted.
Silksong also didn’t presale and by extension had no way to early download. I think they didn’t want data miners and spoilers.
It wasn’t actually the download infrastructure that crashed steam, it was the payment APIs (my cart didn’t work for a full 2 1/2 hours!)
Steam pre-downloads are encrypted.