Black Myth: Wukong preloads smash Steam's all-time bandwidth records, beating Cyberpunk 2077's enormous peak as 70 terabytes are downloaded every second
Aug. 19, 2024Cyberpunk 2077’s peak was 51TB per second
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There are clearly a lot of people excited aboutBlack Myth: Wukong, as it has managed to beat Cyberpunk 2077’s peak download bandwidth usage on Steam ahead of its release tomorrow.
Well, we’re nowseeing a similar spikewith Black Myth: Wukong and this one is even bigger than Cyberpunk 2077’s. Preloads for Game Science’s new action RPG went live yesterday, and Steam’s download bandwidth usage promptly spiked to 70TB per second, which isenormous. The majority of this usage was from Asia, which alone accounted for 59.3TB per second at the peak, followed by North America at 7.8TB, and Europe closely behind at 7.6TB.
It’s worth noting that this bandwidth usage is across Steam as a whole, so there’s bound to be some usage in there thatisn’tfrom Black Myth: Wukong. Also, when comparing it directly to Cyberpunk 2077, it’s worth noting that the upcoming action RPG has a much larger storage space requirement, demanding at least 130GB rather than 70GB, so it’ll be more demanding on that bandwidth in the first place. However, it’s still indicative that Game Science could have a huge hit on its hands when the action RPG launches on PC and PS5 tomorrow, especially looking at the overall positive scores like in our ownBlack Myth: Wukong review.
For more games like Black Myth: Wukong, be sure to check out our roundup of thebest action gamesyou can play right now.
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