End Windows XP support and Steam future

[Sparky dragon]

Okay. I use Windows 7 and I found news that Steam stopped working on windows XP on 1st Junuary 2019. this gave me some questions:
1. When this will happen to Windows 7?
2. Why can't they use crossplatform desicion?
3. Will this happen to Windows 10?

In the worst case I will just have to stop using steam at all, because I have no oportunity to buy windows 10 and have no even the littliest desire to do have that crap.

[cinedine]

Yes it will happen in some point in time.
OS are not supported indefinitely and older versions can't handle new technology. ThatÄs what happened with the last updated that finally broke XP/Vista compatibility.

Windows 7 reaches End of Support in January 14th 2020.

[Hodman]

1. Not in the near future.

Windows 7 still has 1 more year of Microsoft support and Steam supported XP for 5 years after Microsoft ended their support to XP. That doesn't mean the exact same thing will happen to 7, it could have more or less time but it's too soon to start worrying about it.

[Sparky dragon]

I heard the win 7 support will last till 2021

[Count_Dandyman]

1. Whenever windows 7 becomes too much of a limitation to be worth supporting for the amount of users with it.which shouldn't be soon given Microsoft haven't dropped it and how few major structural changes were introduced between it and 8 or 10

2. Because XP lacks built in features that are needed and its not worth leaving open holes in the system for it. For now there are ways for a user to work around it but the changes aren't finished yet and no-one is sure when the final change that leaves no more options will come.

3. Given Microsoft's plan for windows 10 to be the last and evolve it constantly instead of churning out a new numbered version not at any point in the foreseeable future but if Microsoft goes under or that plan changes then it will eventually

It's just the standard pattern of evolution PC gaming has always had eventually you have no choice but to move forward or be left behind.

[PocketYoda]

Microsoft ended mainstream support for Windows 7 on January 13, 2015, but extended support won't end until January 14, 2020

Also over 40% of the population uses Win 7 still.. Lose support for that and companies lose big time.

[Count_Dandyman]

Originally posted by DanteYoda:

I thought win 7 ends in 2020

From Microsoft yeah but that doesn't magically mean it will stop working or that any company will start deliberately killing it off from their services.

[PocketYoda]

Originally posted by Count_Dandyman:

Originally posted by DanteYoda:

I thought win 7 ends in 2020

From Microsoft yeah but that doesn't magically mean it will stop working or that any company will start deliberately killing it off from their services.

Yes but Windows 10 is hated by a huge percentage of users, so i'm not sure wtf will happen in Jan 2020.

I'm still on Win 7 and have no plans of ever using Win 10.

[Count_Dandyman]

Originally posted by DanteYoda:

Originally posted by Count_Dandyman:

From Microsoft yeah but that doesn't magically mean it will stop working or that any company will start deliberately killing it off from their services.

Yes but Windows 10 is hated by a huge percentage of users, so i'm not sure wtf will happen in Jan 2020.

I'm still on Win 7 and have no plans of ever using Win 10.

Windows 10 is no more hated then any other version of windows was including windows 7 you have just seen more of the hate for it then the earlier ones.

[PocketYoda]

Originally posted by Count_Dandyman:

Originally posted by DanteYoda:

Yes but Windows 10 is hated by a huge percentage of users, so i'm not sure wtf will happen in Jan 2020.

I'm still on Win 7 and have no plans of ever using Win 10.

Windows 10 is no more hated then any other version of windows was including windows 7 you have just seen more of the hate for it then the earlier ones.

I've been around since 3.1, trust me even ME had less hate than win 10

[Rens Agatha ⁧【レンス】]

Originally posted by Lisopsix:

Okay. I use Windows 7 and I found news that Steam stopped working on windows XP on 1st Junuary 2019. this gave me some questions:
1. When this will happen to Windows 7?
2. Why can't they use crossplatform desicion?
3. Will this happen to Windows 10?

In the worst case I will just have to stop using steam at all, because I have no oportunity to buy windows 10 and have no even the littliest desire to do have that crap.

sad, valve seem doesnt care about 3rd country or some country that cant access latest windows or pc...

[Cathulhu]

Originally posted by DanteYoda:

Originally posted by Count_Dandyman:

Windows 10 is no more hated then any other version of windows was including windows 7 you have just seen more of the hate for it then the earlier ones.

I've been around since 3.1, trust me even ME had less hate than win 10

Plainly because almost no one used it in the first place.
Win10 gets so much heat because many use it. Mainly because Microsoft gave it away for free. Still does.
That's comparing apples and oranges.
Also, not everything in ME was bad. The defrag.exe was great and backwards compatible. Much faster than the 98SE defrag. WAY faster.

[Start_Running]

Originally posted by Count_Dandyman:

Originally posted by DanteYoda:

Yes but Windows 10 is hated by a huge percentage of users, so i'm not sure wtf will happen in Jan 2020.

I'm still on Win 7 and have no plans of ever using Win 10.

Windows 10 is no more hated then any other version of windows was including windows 7 you have just seen more of the hate for it then the earlier ones.

ctually WIndows 7 was loved. Windows 10 not so much. Of course windows 7 ws loved mostly because it was seen as a fix to Vista. Windows 10 is kinda like windows 2k, or WIndows 8.

[Count_Dandyman]

Originally posted by Start_Running:

Originally posted by Count_Dandyman:

Windows 10 is no more hated then any other version of windows was including windows 7 you have just seen more of the hate for it then the earlier ones.

ctually WIndows 7 was loved. Windows 10 not so much. Of course windows 7 ws loved mostly because it was seen as a fix to Vista. Windows 10 is kinda like windows 2k, or WIndows 8.

Tell that to all the XP users we had ranting for the last few months how crap and useless windows 7 is or all the ones who ranted about it constantly and instantly jumped to 8 when it came out "to get away from that ♥♥♥♥". My point isn't that people didn't like 7 or that people don't hate 10 just that the vocal minority gets easier to see as time goes on and is more easily remembered when it is the newest one.

[Brian9824]

Originally posted by Rens Agatha:

Originally posted by Lisopsix:

Okay. I use Windows 7 and I found news that Steam stopped working on windows XP on 1st Junuary 2019. this gave me some questions:
1. When this will happen to Windows 7?
2. Why can't they use crossplatform desicion?
3. Will this happen to Windows 10?

In the worst case I will just have to stop using steam at all, because I have no oportunity to buy windows 10 and have no even the littliest desire to do have that crap.

sad, valve seem doesnt care about 3rd country or some country that cant access latest windows or pc...

Windows XP was released nearly 20 years ago. If you want to blame anyone blame microsoft as they discontinued support of their own software and refused to patch in features that all the new OS's have.

That being said Windows 7 and onward all have the same core set of functionality so its safe to assume Windows 7 and onward will be supported for the next 10-20 years easily.

[Spawn of Totoro]

https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/10/1746720717333135539/