Torrent support for Larger Games

[3L100 | Sgt Hightower]

Just recently purchased GTA 5 and was thinking that for games over 15GB of size, the Steam client should have the option to torrent the game files. I have a decent connection and am always amazed at how I can never get over 2.6MB down. Any thoughts?

[jamie]

the game is 60.6 GB in size its very big

[Laptop]

Torrenting is exactly what game publishers don't want people on, even if it is for legit downloads.

It could just be your connection, I always get 13MB on my 130Mbps connection.

[3L100 | Sgt Hightower]

Then I guess I'm only gonna get 2.6MB on my 20Mbps connection :(

[Laptop]

Originally posted by ETR-DJ Zhiv:

Then I guess I'm only gonna get 2.6MB on my 20Mbps connection :(

That sounds about right to me. 2.6MB = 26Mbps download.

[Gamepappy]

i think we should go back to buying our games at wal-mart ,best buy ,fry,or k-mart on usb sticks.

[James]

150Mb connection here.

Steam maxes it out. Why do we need torrents? That would be a BAD move.

[Pewpewmoar]

Originally posted by Laptop65:

Originally posted by ETR-DJ Zhiv:

Then I guess I'm only gonna get 2.6MB on my 20Mbps connection :(

That sounds about right to me. 2.6MB = 26Mbps download.

Pretty much. 1 Byte=8 bits, so 2.6MB=20.8Mb.

[«Gғм» Kid Of The Century]

Originally posted by gene:

i think we should go back to buying our games at wal-mart ,best buy ,fry,or k-mart on usb sticks.

You still can, although for Steamworks games you'll still need a Steam account.

Asking a friend with faster internet connection to make a Steam backup will work too.

[Charlie]

Torrenting isn't actually illegal. The US government invented the BiTORRENT Protocol. The LoL client has a P2P (Bitorrent option) that helps improve download times. Personally I think when I download a game (I will use GTA5) I can tick/untick a box to say if I want to help 'seed' other people who are downloading GTA5.

[edesignspl]

Originally posted by ETR-DJ Zhiv:

Then I guess I'm only gonna get 2.6MB on my 20Mbps connection :(

I get exactly 2.0 on my 20Mb connection. A friend has a 100Mb connection and gets much higher dl speeds. It is kinda sad that I can get 10-20MB/s+ download on my cell phone for the same price I pay my ISP. Google Fiber save us! :P

[Laptop]

Originally posted by You Know Nothing Jon Snow:

Torrenting isn't actually illegal. The US government invented the BiTORRENT Protocol. The LoL client has a P2P (Bitorrent option) that helps improve download times. Personally I think when I download a game (I will use GTA5) I can tick/untick a box to say if I want to help 'seed' other people who are downloading GTA5.

No it's not, but most of the content that is actually torrented is copyrighted and is then considered illegal.