With streaming platforms on the rise, Valve always has to offer something more to players, and according to one of the latest patents filed by the company, this involves developing a technology that allows Steam players play any game they just started downloading.

Basically this is to do what some console titles already allow, start playing the title that we just put to download without the need for the download to reach 100%.

In short, the patent reveals that Steam can track the read operations performed by the exe file of a certain game, in order to map the data accessed and how often. Valve would then use this telemetry to, for example, prioritize certain files during the download process to allow players to start playing without having to download the full game.

Although this is not new, and on consoles it is becoming more and more common, it must be remembered that the Valve already tested a version of this in 2015 with the launch of Mortal Kombat 10. For this, the game was configured to download in smaller chunks. The summary of this debut it ended up being a resounding failure, causing various problems and forcing Valve to withdraw it. Now it seems that Valve wants to try again seeing how consoles have popularized this download method.

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