Let it never be said that Steam is better than Xbox Live...

So i'm trying to play the Unreal Tournament III Titan Pack on Steam. Only it's taking TWO AND A HALF HOURS to download and install the update.

On Xbox Live, the same update would take 10 seconds for the patch, and maybe five to ten minutes for the new content.

Bah. :evil:

So i'm trying to play the Unreal Tournament III Titan Pack on Steam. Only it's taking TWO AND A HALF HOURS to download and install the update.

On Xbox Live, the same update would take 10 seconds for the patch, and maybe five to ten minutes for the new content.

Bah. :evil:

UnnDunn

erm... steam owns xbox live in every way possible... you probably just have a bad connection with the client, or it is very busy

Well who told you to buy the Steam version? The way steam patches games is by re-downloading the affected files so you could end up downloading the game numerous times.

Why did you buy this on steam? there is no benefit to it.

Well who told you to buy the Steam version? The way steam patches games is by re-downloading the affected files so you could end up downloading the game numerous times.

Why did you buy this on steam? there is no benefit to it.

Deihmos

I am not too sure about Steam being better than Xbox Live. :(

Steam = free.

Well who told you to buy the Steam version? The way steam patches games is by re-downloading the affected files so you could end up downloading the game numerous times.

Why did you buy this on steam? there is no benefit to it.

On the flipside... I downloaded the 15GB's worth ofEmpire: Total War in a mere 1 hour 20 minutes. Meanwhile downloading some XBLA games(notably Braid) took me 3 hours....

[QUOTE="Deihmos"]

Well who told you to buy the Steam version? The way steam patches games is by re-downloading the affected files so you could end up downloading the game numerous times.

Why did you buy this on steam? there is no benefit to it.

thetruespin

[QUOTE="UnnDunn"]

So i'm trying to play the Unreal Tournament III Titan Pack on Steam. Only it's taking TWO AND A HALF HOURS to download and install the update.

On Xbox Live, the same update would take 10 seconds for the patch, and maybe five to ten minutes for the new content.

Bah. :evil:

lundy86_4

erm... steam owns xbox live in every way possible... you probably just have a bad connection with the client, or it is very busy

So i'm trying to play the Unreal Tournament III Titan Pack on Steam. Only it's taking TWO AND A HALF HOURS to download and install the update.

On Xbox Live, the same update would take 10 seconds for the patch, and maybe five to ten minutes for the new content.

Bah. :evil:

UnnDunn

How big is this update and how fast is your internet? Oh and I won't even mention steam is free.

[QUOTE="Deihmos"]

Well who told you to buy the Steam version? The way steam patches games is by re-downloading the affected files so you could end up downloading the game numerous times.

Why did you buy this on steam? there is no benefit to it.

thetruespin

Must have had alot of traffic. L4d took me an hour.

There's a UT3 Free Weekend, a lot of people are downloading it.

Of COURSE it's gonna be slow.

At least Steam has the update. I remember reading XBL didn't get the UT3 update because M$ hates giving their customers free stuff.

Free content that takes awhile to dl > no content.

There's a UT3 Free Weekend, a lot of people are downloading it.

Of COURSE it's gonna be slow.

TenP

Didn't even realise this. Here is the problem OP.

when XBL starts offering free weekends than maybe you can go and complain.

I'm DLing at 450k/sec right now and my internet blows.

when XBL starts offering free weekends than maybe you can go and complain.

cobrax75

When XBL starts offering anything free, i'm down... but that'll never happen

Steam > XBL > PSN >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> GFWL

*Hands you flame shield*II-FBIsniper-II

So i'm trying to play the Unreal Tournament III Titan Pack on Steam. Only it's taking TWO AND A HALF HOURS to download and install the update.

On Xbox Live, the same update would take 10 seconds for the patch, and maybe five to ten minutes for the new content.

Bah. :evil:

Yeah, Steam was just updating my Empire: Total War game at 800 kb/s, now it's updating UT3 at 222 kb/s. UT3 servers are just busy from all the downloading.DragonfireXZ95

when XBL starts offering free weekends than maybe you can go and complain.

cobrax75

[QUOTE="cobrax75"]

when XBL starts offering free weekends than maybe you can go and complain.

heretrix

you really dont get what were reffering to....

That's not Steam's fault, that's your connection.

XBL has free weekends all the time. :|

heretrix

[QUOTE="cobrax75"]

when XBL starts offering free weekends than maybe you can go and complain.

heretrix

I like steam...it's a neat device valve created to control content while letting the user contol many options as well.

I came home from school today to discover that my copy of UT3 had already been updated for me, no need for me to download the patch online and wait when it autoupdates :D

Right because it takes 10 seconds for xbox live to download and install a patch that's 1 GB. :roll:

So i'm trying to play the Unreal Tournament III Titan Pack on Steam. Only it's taking TWO AND A HALF HOURS to download and install the update.

On Xbox Live, the same update would take 10 seconds for the patch, and maybe five to ten minutes for the new content.

Bah. :evil:

UnnDunn

Uh oh, time for some lemming PR:

We lemming must apologize for the TC thread regarding Steam. We maintain a "360 vs PS3 only" stance that we never stray from. Any lemming that debates regarding Hermit issues does not reflect the lemming ideas as a whole. This is a isolated incident and this behaviour is not condoned by us in any shape or form.

Sorry Hermits, well take care of the TC, forgive us.

steam is WAAAAY better in every possible way, but in one BIG one: ITS FREE :DGTR2addict

Um, both the patch and Titan Pack Expansion are +1gb so obviously it would take time to download. I manually download it for my retail UT3 and it took me couple of minutes, probably at least 45 minutes.

There's a UT3 Free Weekend, a lot of people are downloading it.

Of COURSE it's gonna be slow.

TenP

So i'm trying to play the Unreal Tournament III Titan Pack on Steam. Only it's taking TWO AND A HALF HOURS to download and install the update.

On Xbox Live, the same update would take 10 seconds for the patch, and maybe five to ten minutes for the new content.

Bah. :evil:

UnnDunn

You're downloading a complete game... how do you expect to download in 10sec...????

Currently downloading at over 600KB/s

Seems pretty fast to me.

[QUOTE="UnnDunn"]

So i'm trying to play the Unreal Tournament III Titan Pack on Steam. Only it's taking TWO AND A HALF HOURS to download and install the update.

On Xbox Live, the same update would take 10 seconds for the patch, and maybe five to ten minutes for the new content.

Bah. :evil:

Bebi_vegeta

You're downloading a complete game... how do you expect to download in 10sec...????

*Hands you flame shield*II-FBIsniper-II

well op, i downloaded both left 4 dead and tf2 in only a half hour each with steam

a simple demo takes longer then that on xbl

[QUOTE="Bebi_vegeta"]

[QUOTE="UnnDunn"]

So i'm trying to play the Unreal Tournament III Titan Pack on Steam. Only it's taking TWO AND A HALF HOURS to download and install the update.

On Xbox Live, the same update would take 10 seconds for the patch, and maybe five to ten minutes for the new content.

Bah. :evil:

lowe0

You're downloading a complete game... how do you expect to download in 10sec...????

I'm sure Xbox live is a flawless system...

[QUOTE="lowe0"] So, for the same amount of data (just the update), it took plain old HTTP less than half an hour. Steam, on the other hand, was falling over more often than a drunk chick at a kegger. You do the math.Bebi_vegeta

I'm sure Xbox live is a flawless system...

Too bad XBL charges you an additional 50 bucks a year with no dedicated servers for games.

On the flipside... I downloaded the 15GB's worth ofEmpire: Total War in a mere 1 hour 20 minutes. Meanwhile downloading some XBLA games(notably Braid) took me 3 hours....