GTA 6 Pre-Downloads Surge Data Traffic in Germany

welt.de (German) —

The pre-download phase of "Grand Theft Auto VI" has caused a significant surge in data traffic for German telecom providers Vodafone and 1&1. The game launches November 19, but pre-downloads began this week. Vodafone reported data traffic rose around 1 a.m. Tuesday, with throughput about 60 percent above the previous day's level. 1&1 observed an "unusual increase" in console data traffic, peaking at roughly ten times normal nighttime levels. Sony says GTA 6 is the most pre-ordered game ever on PlayStation Store. The download size exceeds 200 gigabytes, taking over 47 hours at 10 Mbit/s. The predecessor sold over 200 million copies since 2013.


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