The gaming platform Steam struggled with technical problems across Europe on Tuesday. Users spoke up and reported an outage. Many users had no access to the site for hours and were unable to open it. Accordingly, the number of logged in players fell by several million. In any case, after a few hours the site was working again and the technical problems had apparently been resolved. But such an outage is not without consequences for the distribution platform for computer games, because if the servers do not function properly, no software products will be sold.
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Luckily, Steam is known for its excellent performance, which is why the site has many loyal fans. And admittedly, every provider can experience technical difficulties from time to time when there is a high volume of requests. If an outage like yesterday happens, users can use offline mode. It has been available since 2004, although only certain games can be played offline. Without internet access, retail versions cannot be activated, games can be updated or patches can be purchased.
The gaming platform Steam is operated by the company Valve. Users must first download it as an app and then they canBuy computer and video games, play online, discuss this or get patches for bugs quickly from the game developers. Over 125 million users have active user accounts, and up to 15 million play simultaneously worldwide every day. A modern security system has now been introduced and Steam offers its customers the opportunity to secure their own account with 2-factor authentication. In this way, hacker attacks and attacks on personal data can be avoided.
