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Earlier this week, both that they would follow the lead of many and limit the bandwidth of their gaming services in Europe amid the coronavirus pandemic. Today, , saying that it will take similar measures in the US. By capping download speeds, the company hopes to maintain network stability as more and more people resort to gaming to pass the time while social distancing. Sony says gamers should expect slower game downloads, but assures them that they will experience the same robust gameplay as normal. In other words, it sounds like Sony isn't planning on throttling traffic for online games -- just file downloads.
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