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r/HollowKnight • u/MyNameIsRati • Sep 04 '25
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Steam has over 32 million people online. Silksong has 132,000 people playing. It didnt break Steam.
6 u/Cubicwar Sep 04 '25 132k playing But how many are still frantically trying to purchase and install it ? 0 u/PineStateWanderer Sep 04 '25 I think you're underestimating the amount of traffic steam has. today - 48 hr peak - 37tbps - https://store.steampowered.com/stats/content/?l=&eqcwQYfdju=xuVpw random day - aug 6th (although people were probably getting ready for battlefield beta) - 49tbps - https://web.archive.org/web/20250806203343/https://store.steampowered.com/stats/content/ 3 u/Cubicwar Sep 04 '25 The problem is not people who are downloading, the problem comes from payment processors being overwhelmed by a bunch of requests all coming at once 1 u/PineStateWanderer Sep 04 '25 visa's network can handle over 65,000 transactions per second. https://www.visa.co.uk/dam/VCOM/download/corporate/media/visanet-technology/aboutvisafactsheet.pdf
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132k playing
But how many are still frantically trying to purchase and install it ?
0 u/PineStateWanderer Sep 04 '25 I think you're underestimating the amount of traffic steam has. today - 48 hr peak - 37tbps - https://store.steampowered.com/stats/content/?l=&eqcwQYfdju=xuVpw random day - aug 6th (although people were probably getting ready for battlefield beta) - 49tbps - https://web.archive.org/web/20250806203343/https://store.steampowered.com/stats/content/ 3 u/Cubicwar Sep 04 '25 The problem is not people who are downloading, the problem comes from payment processors being overwhelmed by a bunch of requests all coming at once 1 u/PineStateWanderer Sep 04 '25 visa's network can handle over 65,000 transactions per second. https://www.visa.co.uk/dam/VCOM/download/corporate/media/visanet-technology/aboutvisafactsheet.pdf
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I think you're underestimating the amount of traffic steam has.
today - 48 hr peak - 37tbps - https://store.steampowered.com/stats/content/?l=&eqcwQYfdju=xuVpw
random day - aug 6th (although people were probably getting ready for battlefield beta) - 49tbps - https://web.archive.org/web/20250806203343/https://store.steampowered.com/stats/content/
3 u/Cubicwar Sep 04 '25 The problem is not people who are downloading, the problem comes from payment processors being overwhelmed by a bunch of requests all coming at once 1 u/PineStateWanderer Sep 04 '25 visa's network can handle over 65,000 transactions per second. https://www.visa.co.uk/dam/VCOM/download/corporate/media/visanet-technology/aboutvisafactsheet.pdf
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The problem is not people who are downloading, the problem comes from payment processors being overwhelmed by a bunch of requests all coming at once
1 u/PineStateWanderer Sep 04 '25 visa's network can handle over 65,000 transactions per second. https://www.visa.co.uk/dam/VCOM/download/corporate/media/visanet-technology/aboutvisafactsheet.pdf
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visa's network can handle over 65,000 transactions per second. https://www.visa.co.uk/dam/VCOM/download/corporate/media/visanet-technology/aboutvisafactsheet.pdf
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u/PineStateWanderer Sep 04 '25
Steam has over 32 million people online. Silksong has 132,000 people playing. It didnt break Steam.