More than half of all Steam users are now on Windows 10

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>Windows 10 was released as a free upgrade back on July 29, 2015. Since then, the OS has been adopted by users at an impressive rate, and according to the latest figures from Microsoft, it is now installed on over 400 million devices. Yesterday, a report from NetMarketShare also indicated that Windows 10 usage is gaining strides, and now boasts a market share of 25%.

>Now, Steam's latest hardware report shows that Windows 10 is finally being used by more than half of all Steam gamers, nearly 17 months after its official launch.

>According to the latest statistics, Windows 10 is being used by 50.35% of Steam gamers. 49.10% of these are utilizing the 64-bit version of the OS, while just 1.25% are using the 32-bit version. This is a slight increase of 0.75% in the usage of Windows 10, compared to last month.

>All other versions of Windows - including Windows 7, 8, 8.1, Vista, and XP - showed considerable decline. However, all versions of the OS are collectively being used by 95.20% of all Steam gamers, a 0.20% increase compared to the previous month.

let me guess, the statistics are from steam surveys, which are voluntary and optional

urgh.
So people finally reached the point of "yeah alright, whatever, Win 10 is already installed"

I've been using Windows 10 ever since it launched as a free upgrade.
I love it.
I don't care.
Its amazing.
Fuck anything else. I hope Windows 11 is even better.

Steam users:
Did you click the at least six times necessary to successfully complete the hardware survey? If you did, respond with "yes"
Alternatively, did you instead simply click the cancel button to ignore it? If you did, respond with "no" (As in, no to the first question)

what

I have two computers with Steam installed, one has Win 10, the other Win 8. What now?

>inb4 retards complain about privacy when Windows has had telemetry since Vista

>which are voluntary and optional
You know you're being redundant there?

But they probably represent big enough sample to decide quite accurately how big is W10 marketshare.

>mfw im still using 32 bit windows vista

maybe

...

>have pirated Windows 7
>Microsoft forced me to update to Windows 10
>I now have a legitimate version of Windows 10 for free

I'm not even mad

The fuck is wrong with you?

I fucking hate Windows 10 but I am forced to use it.

>Windows 10 was released as a free upgrade back on July 29, 2015.
Correction: Windows 10 kicked down the door and installed itself, unless you researched the esoteric process of pulling MicroShaft dick out your PC and telling them to fuck off.

And all it took was it forcibly being installed without user permissions overnight.

I didn't do shit and i'm still on win7. Stop being so fucking retarded

i got a new pc and installed 7 because i was afraid 10 couldnt play some old games

this

>not using Windows Embedded Standard 7

>new
>able to install win7
guessing AMDpoor or not a "new" pc

had to slipstream usb drivers

Windows 7 x64 here. I'm staying on this until there's an actual reason to upgrade.

Of course, there's too many retards that buy pre-built PCs that come with W10, they also probably don't understand W10 is shit.

Holy shit me too, it came on my gayming laptop in 2009 and too retarded to reinstall in 64bit

>I hope Windows 11 is even better.
>thinking there will be a Windows 11

more than half of steam users cant do 1080p either

This. I'm tired of people saying "$0.10 has been deposited in x account" whenever I say this. Win10 works fine, get over it.

Windows 10 ain't too bad once you Frankenstein some of the problems out of it. Besides, anyone worth a damn is dual booting anyway.

This. The vast majority are on laptops and prebuilts that come with W10 by default.

>Future proof for at least another 10 years..or until games start requiring more than 192GB ram.

Mah nigga

>It's okay to get assraped because they do it too

Only retard here is you desu.

>Laptop will connect to my wifi but the internet won't work
>Just want to restart the computer because that will probably fix the problem
>No option to restart without installing updates
>Laptop button only puts it into sleep mode
>have to sit there for 20 minutes while it installs updates when I just needed to get on the internet

I hate Windows 10. It is my computer and it should do what I want it to, not what Microsoft wants it to do.

This. Most Windows 10 installs were involuntary I'm sure, and most Steamcucks are too dumb to realize their botnet OS installed itself while they were busy having an intense make out session with their anime dolls.

You could have just disabled and re-enabled the adapter in your network settings/device manager, it would achieve the same thing.

>pull battery off
>problem solved

except someone stupid enough to use W10 probably cares less about letting steam collect data on your PC for no benefit of their own

SOLVED!

this. Fuck Win 10.

if you guys do care about privacy get the enterprise version of windows 10, it lets you disable the data logging

Yes, if you want your privacy, all you have to do is give us more money. Bearded-man-with-cold-hands.jpg

>implying you can buy Enterprise as an individual user

not unless you're either part of an organization with a Enterprise license or a pirate.

noone said you had to buy it. you can find some keys online

Enterprise:NPPR9-FWDCX-D2C8J-H872K-2YT43


enterprise: W269N-WFGWX-YVC9B-4J6C9-T83GX

>i got a new pc and installed 7 because i was afraid 10 couldnt play some old games

yeah i just did the same except my kabylake Intel hardware doesnt support w7 and

WAIT WOT

i thought Intel hardware since last year doesnt have w7 drivers??

This.
People against it are all just falling for Sup Forums memes and never used the damn thing.

>if you don't use the latest and greatest you're either a memer or lying
thanks, Rajeet

OOGAA BOOGAA WHERE THE DOTTED LINES AT?

what a bunch of retards they must be

Not saying they are lying. Saying rhey have a placebo effect or never even gave it a chance.
Never heard a legitimate reason why W7 or the giant turd that is W8 is better.

It's either factually incorrect arguements about privacy or whwt have you. Or arguements against security updates.

I've given windows 10 a chance for 3 months and couldn't wait to revert back to 7. it offers nothing I want and caused issues with my wireless card. I disagree with your statement on incorrect arguments about privacy, but that's a topic for a Sup Forums thread.

Okay. So besides being too retarded to fix the drivers on the wireless card. What was your problem with it?

>Upgrade to Win10 day 1
>Install goes fine
>Smaller than Win8.1
>Faster in gaming
>Actually has a proper start menu, supports everything I used on Win7 that 8.1 broke
I don't get the big deal, it was a free upgrade for a better experience, with the exception of having to change my default photo viewer because the packaged one is awful, that's about it

>i thought Intel hardware since last year doesnt have w7 drivers??
Not exactly, a lot of newer motherboards only have USB 3.0 ports and no ps/2 input, so with a default windows 7 install it's actually impossible to use the mouse and keyboard.

Most manufacturers also have a tool that will modify the Windows 7 installer so the USB 2.0 driver is replaced with a 3.0 driver.

>too retarded
>do software development/IT support for a living.
I tried that user
As for things I didn't like. Inconsistent menus, constant reenabling of 'features' i disabled, annoying update schedule. yes I know I can change it to non-busy hours, that's irrelevant. The benefits that were pushed to advertise the system didn't offer me anything I wanted. It just wasn't for me.

>i thought Intel hardware since last year doesnt have w7 drivers??
You can add them its literally making the bootable USB with something like MSI tools that add AHCI and USB 3.0 drivers instead rufus.

So use somebody else's OS or create your own OS.

I have 4 desktops all with windows 7 ultimate 64 bit on them. gaming rig, server/htpc/test box/living room pc.

i have 4 laptops, 1 netbook that came with windows 10 I use solely as a journal that I bought on sale for $90.

3 laptops are macbook pros, 2 are bootcamped with windows 7, but my newest macbook has windows 10 because apple and microsoft decided to drop windows 7 driver support on latest macbook pros and you literally cannot get drivers for their SSD/HDD combo drive. -.-. my last laptop is a macbook air with win7 bootcamped

steam is on most of them, so some count as 'windows 10' but rarely get used for actual gaming.

i am sure i am not the only multi-platform user.

>retards just literally never update.
>complain to m$ when they get hit in a vulnerability thst was patched 2 years ago.
It's why we can't have nice things user. Schedule for night. Or just shutdown at least once a week and you won't even notice it.
This except i use Windows 10 for gaming since it's objectively the best gaming OS and I'm not retarded. But i mean people like me probably skew the numbers for linux having steam installed but never actually gaming on anything but windows.

when i did a clean install of w7 a week ago, practically all my drivers were rendered useless. i'd post a screenshot if my usb drivers also didnt go out the window shitty pun intended

>win10 is fine
>doesnt actually back it up with valid comparisons to win7
>willingly blinding oneself to a way better experience

hahahah ah woww

Most people don't own 8 PCs user. You're in the minority by far. Normalfags ordering tablets out the ass with Win 10 installed on them probably account for these results more than anything.

>Most people don't own 8 PCs user. You're in the minority by far. Normalfags ordering tablets out the ass with Win 10 installed on them probably account for these results more than anything.

i have have 5 ipads and 4 different kinds of kindles and some other tablets. ZERO windows 10 tablets. who the fuck is gaming n a win10 tablet? WTF LOL

>Frankenstein some of the problems out of it
what stuff is there? just upgraded and haven't check customized anything yet

Technically the surface is a windows 10 tablew.

I am the 50.35%, where's my free shit?

not that guy but i know there're fixes to stop win10 from spying on you and from it auto launching a bunch of bloat

Nothing wrong with windows 10 aside from the tablet mode

i don't know

What is the best place to torrent pornography

Everyone is forgetting the fact that Microsoft forced Windows 10 up everyones arsehole for a long time, many people gave in after the constant pestering to update, after all it was free and in a lot of minds anything new is improved.

Look up ShutUp10

Alright Sup Forums, survery time.
Gimmie a (you) if you're still running XP, or somehow still running something older, and tell me how it feels.

the internet.
if the methods MS used to install its software were used by a non-US company it would be probably be considered malware.

1. Every shitty computer with steam counts
2. W10 is forced on all new hardware
3. Saying "gamers use W10" is like saying "gamers play on phones more than anything else" you're technically right but realistically wrong

>2017
>using literally the worst OS since vista

more like microsoft now has your data for free

A big issue with Win10 is that a lot of games don't work on it. There are tons of doujin games and other stuff on Steam that just won't run. I'd prefer to actually be able to play the games I buy.

>forced.
Kek.
Would you like to upgrade?
Sony is Japanese. They firce updates way fucking harder.

W10 run slower and more sluggish than W7 does, so why would I even think to use it? Let me know when there's a must play game exclusive for W10.

>just a question
user, if you didn't remove xx update they force restarted and installed W10 on your system. how is that not forced? Normies don't know how to deal with that shit. they're dumb, but they shouldn't be punished for it.

>what are prebuilt machines

you can configure what your power button does in the power options, retard

Unironically this. I don't give a fuck if M$ knows that I fap to trannies or sells my browsing history to marketing companies. it doesn't affect me in the slightest and Win10 runs fast as fuck.

Steam sees the software and hardware you are using. That's where those statistics come from.

We reached the point of realizing that staying with Windows 8 was pointless because it wasn't going to be supported anymore and we didn't want to pay to upgrade.

right now(after countless updates) it is not as bad as I feared.
But still the whole interface is more "childish", colourful and less informative.
Probably great for beginners.

>only half

>haven't played planescape torment, kotor 2, vampire the masquerade among a bunch of other pre-2008 games
>only have win10 laptop for the forseeable future
>just realized even if i do get a new laptop, or an old laptop capable of running win 7, demand will probably make the price rise higher than i can afford

wait a fucking minute. am i fucked in playing pre-2008 games already

>W10 run slower and more sluggish than W7 does,
Factually incorrect.
>Let me know when there's a must play game exclusive for W10.
Forza Horizon 3.
Haha. Forgot about XP people. I forgot the all change is bad crowd isn't a new thing for w10, or even 8. I remember day one vista had some issues so people were just like "never updating again" even though sp1/some time for compatibility fixes changed everything. Same thing happend with 8 really. Classicstart is necessary. Don't even get what w10 did to piss these people off.

Blame the do-it-for-free ubuntu devs who continue to make it require autistic-level command-line user-permissions to do absolutely anything.

People don't stay with Windows for brand loyalty. They do it because all of the alternatives fucking suck balls and no one supports them.

>W10 run slower and more sluggish than W7 does
How? It has far superior memory management compared to Windows 7 largely because Aero is a shitshow. If you ran both on a toaster, you easily see the difference.

Its the fastest windows and has way better cpu optimization for older cpus i.e. 2500k in games like battlefield 1.

With windows 7 you are stuck with dx11. With windows 10 you get dx 11.1/11.2 and dx12, although dx12 still hasnt proved itself.

Once you set it up properly its great.

you replied to the wrong person, user. sorry
>ubuntu
>needing CLI ever

I am using win 10 on my main PC but I also have an old ass Pentium 4 with XP installed in another room. I use it for DOS games.
But, damn, it's slow as shit.

>Factually incorrect
Damn I guess the couple of extra seconds of loading time and noticable frame rate drop in most games is just placebo.

>Racing shit
>Must play game
>Is also on xbox one

DX12 is not a problem when Vulkan exists and proved his worth.

Too bad not a lot of people use it.

>only totally W10 machine is the one you use as a journal
that's the last one i would write all my thoughts on

Vulkan is only used in like 2 games though

DX12 will be the mainsteam api like all DX versions