Strictly out of interest, I wanted to ask earlier if this irresponsible way of causing insane, instant, bandwidth demands is breaking anything on the ISP/CDN side or even the console owner ?! Or is it just an interesting phenomenon that is handled without a sweat. Does it break the buck in anyway?
The thread started with bandwidth surges and now power hogging is mentioned, I wonder what else might happen as a side effect to a small number of console/gaming companies not taking a direct responsibility in how they release large updates in a way that is not organized or scheduled but is rough and abrupt.
~A