Netflix works by communicating 1920x1080 different colored pixels 60 times per second. Video games work by communicating a series of simple commands which tell your computer where to move pre-downloaded images. The former puts a much greater load on the internet.https://twitter.com/DaveVescio/status/1241129648014024704 …
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Overall you're probably right but the difference is not that big per person, it's just way more people stream.
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I don't really know TBH. Thsi website claims they both need ~1-5Mbps. But it depends on so many things. https://www.zen.co.uk/blog/posts/zen-blog/2019/05/24/the-internet-speeds-you-need-for-gaming-in-2019 …https://www.zen.co.uk/blog/posts/zen-blog/2019/04/18/the-minimum-internet-speeds-for-streaming-video-in-2019 …
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Probably more dependent on the video game than on the video.
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