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1. yownie+Fz[view] [source] 2023-08-06 18:54:42
>>redbel+(OP)
The title of this article is essentially meaningless.

BG3 is single player offline game, mainly distributed globally through Steam (and GOG) which runs it's own CDN for games. There is a multiplayer mode but that is co-ordinated via p2p for the most part.

The "IT team" at Larian doesn't get hit with those downloads as they only send a single copy up to Steam's CDN which handles the traffic (perhaps some backend user authentication too?)

so essentially this article is "Baldur's Gate 3, is a very popular download on Steam" just buzz to push more sales presumably.

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2. mathge+Vz[view] [source] 2023-08-06 18:56:20
>>yownie+Fz
It’s somewhere in the middle, as there is online multiplayer, but not at the scale that it could be compared to a “truly” online game.
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