In Italy the country’s Telecom Italia reported a massive surge in bandwidth usage from players signing on to play games like “Fortnite.” According to the company, there was a 70% increase in web traffic usage in the time since Italy was put on lockdown on March 9.Īctivision Blizzard's new 'Call of Duty Warzone' is a free-to-play game that's been downloaded 15 million times in just its first 4 days of availability. As of March 17, Steam had 19.75 million peak users. That came a month after 19 million people were on the service at once. Valve Corporation, the maker of the gaming distribution platform Steam, saw a record number of players on March 15, with as many as 20 million players online at one time. With schools from New York to California shutting down and millions of kids staying home, gaming networks are seeing a crush of players hitting their services. And, with two new home consoles from Microsoft and Sony coming by the end of the year, the industry could see greater growth come November. With so many people playing, and likely many downloading new games, industry stocks, though hurt by the recent market crash, are still performing better than the broader indices by as much as 10%. Valve’s Steam platform, meanwhile, recorded a record 20 million users playing simultaneously on March 15, as the virus began to spread more in the U.S. In Italy, so many people have been playing “Fortnite” that it’s begun to stress the country’s telecom systems, according to Bloomberg. EA’s “Apex Legends,” which is also free-to-play, saw 2 million downloads during its first day of availability in February 2019. (Image: Epic Games)Īs the coronavirus forces companies to shutter their offices across the world and lockdowns go into effect, people are increasingly turning to video games to pass the time and interact with friends and family they may not see in person for the foreseeable future.Īnd that, in turn, means spikes in users jumping online to play games ranging from Epic’s “Fortnite” to Activision Blizzard’s ( ATVI) free-to-download “Call of Duty: Warzone,” which saw 15 million players in just four days following its launch on March 10. Games like 'Fortnite' are seeing spikes in users, as governments around the world lock down their cities and countries.
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