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Fleshus Zombie Five May 28 @ 6:00pm

I am getting this error.

It's really pathetic that Steam servers can't handle the traffic during the sales, it's negligent. They must be thinking "it's not worth investing in servers just for the sales, we should just prioritize in-store purchases over other services."

Edit: I just realized that it's mainly when customers download purchased games that the servers are overloaded, not just the in-store purchases themselves...

Last edited by Fleshus Zombie Five; May 28 @ 6:05pm

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rawWwRrr May 28 @ 6:12pm

How do you know it's because the servers overloaded due to a sale?

Fleshus Zombie Five May 28 @ 7:01pm

Actually, I'm not sure. But:
- I've had this kind of problem in the past, and I contacted Steam support, who told me it was due to increased traffic during sales.
- When you search the internet, you find this reason in some answers too.
- There's a sale right now, and zombies and vampires are very popular... Even myself I'm thinking about buying games, even though I rarely do!

rawWwRrr May 28 @ 7:05pm

They've promoted a sale just about every week this entire year. The only time a sale ever drives enough traffic to impact servers would be the site wide seasonal promotions, which the Zombies vs Vampires Fest is not.

Fleshus Zombie Five May 29 @ 6:00am

Yes, now I think it has more to do with a Steam update and Firefox add-ons that also need to be updated (Steam Economy Enhancer and CSFloat Marker Checker). I have access to my inventory now, but these add-ons aren't working properly.

Last edited by Fleshus Zombie Five; May 29 @ 6:02am

Mr Piggywinkle May 30 @ 12:10am

Originally posted by Fleshus Zombie Five:
Yes, now I think it has more to do with a Steam update and Firefox add-ons that also need to be updated (Steam Economy Enhancer and CSFloat Marker Checker). I have access to my inventory now, but these add-ons aren't working properly.

It's not Firefox it's purely Steam.

Steam market is crap, they haven't changed it for 10 years, it's pathetic. You can't even sort out 'inventory' by date bought/price etc. They made £10.8billion last year, their customer service doesn't exist and they literally pay nothing to improve themselves.

We make them a fortune selling skins (with their 5% tax).