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Steam data reveals PC gamers shifting from Windows to Linux (www.tweaktown.com)

submitted 2 days ago by mesamunefire@piefed.social to c/linux@programming.dev

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[–] mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I think you underestimate the share of gamers that stick with hardware for quite a few years. I maybe I overestimate them. but I think there are tons of people who have computers not eligible for win11

[–] EldritchFeminity@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 day ago

I agree with this and would also like to add the current economic situation to the list. People have less disposable income to spend on buying a brand-new computer just because Windows says so. Especially outside of North America and Europe, people are much more likely to be running hardware that's multiple generations behind the latest hardware. I believe Windows 7 still holds the majority of installs currently in use, and end of life for that was 5 years ago.