Windows 11 operating system is still significantly inferior to its predecessor in the person of Windows 10 in the general Windows operating systems market. So, according to Statcounter data, the share of Windows 11 is now only 27.64% Against 68.36% of Windows. However, positive changes are observed in the game sphere.
In the last review of the equipment , published by the Steam gaming platform, a share Windows 11 has already reached 47.78% of all Windows systems in the survey. At the same time, the use of Windows 10 decreased to 52.23%. At such a pace, Windows 11 will soon overtake the folk “ten”, especially when Microsoft will stop its official support.
Although it may seem to many that the transition to a fresh OS is a harmonious and very natural process, the game industry literally forces gamers to switch to Windows 11.
So, despite the speedy completion of Windows 10 support, many users are still in no hurry to update. However, some restrictions on the old OS, such as the lack of official support for modern software technologies, including DirectStorage and Auto HDR, create serious obstacles to full game experience.
These technological barriers imposed by the industry are trite for gamers to switch to a new operating system. In addition, Microsoft herself recently began to demonstrate “dozens” advertising banners with calls to upgrade to Windows 11.
Abstracting from Windows, among the fresh data of Valve you can also notice the growth of the total share of Linux systems. According to the company, almost half of all Linux devices in the survey operate on Steamos – the main operating system of the Steam Deck console.
Despite the fact that in a survey of Windows gamers it still dominates with a share of 96.21%, the tangible growth of Windows 11 and Linux deserves attention. Ten years ago, Linux had a share of about 1%. At the beginning of 2024, this figure came close to 2%, now making up impressive 2.32%.
Although Linux users are pleased to see these numbers, other statistics show a slight decrease in Linux on desktop computers. Statcounter, for example, indicates a short -term exceeding Linux share to