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RedCelt Jan 5, 2021 @ 3:01am
Windows 7 - 20% market share
20% of PCs worldwide are using Windows 7

Take note Steam.
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plutone00 Jan 5, 2021 @ 3:06am 
Some are probably using them for work. We still use XP at the office.
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FookinRaw Jan 5, 2021 @ 3:06am 
Please see https://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/Steam-Hardware-Software-Survey-Welcome-to-Steam
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Tharon Jan 5, 2021 @ 3:32am 
Originally posted by FookinRaw:
Please see https://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/Steam-Hardware-Software-Survey-Welcome-to-Steam

Steam hardware survery a bit rigged. I'm on Windows 7 and didn't had any survey from 2 years. Other people i know are in the same situation.
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RedCelt Jan 5, 2021 @ 3:34am 
Originally posted by FookinRaw:
Please see https://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/Steam-Hardware-Software-Survey-Welcome-to-Steam

Do not give a rats hairy as* about the "Steam Survey"
By far the majority of Steam users do not partake.

Gamermeld video, as of today.

19.71% of PC users are using Windows 7

Originally posted by plutone00:
Some are probably using them for work. We still use XP at the office.

The companies I have contracted for have all gone Windows 10, either befote are just after official support stopped.

Windows 7 is still very much alive and being used by approx. 100 million users worldwide.

So Valve would do well to consider this before dictating what OS we are "allowed" to use to access games we have actually paid for !
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Tharon Jan 5, 2021 @ 3:37am 
That's not dictacting by Valve, but by Google. When Google will decide that people should stop to use Windows 7, they will make CEF not compatible with it and Valve needs to comply.
The same happened with Windows XP. The only reason why Steam is not compatibile with XP anymore is because of CEF.

(and yes, of course it's Valve's fault to have decided to build the client around CEF and so depend to every Google decision).
Last edited by Tharon; Jan 5, 2021 @ 3:39am
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Nx Machina Jan 5, 2021 @ 3:51am 
Originally posted by RedCelt:
So Valve would do well to consider this before dictating what OS we are "allowed" to use to access games we have actually paid for !

Valve does not dictate the OS used.

Developers choose which OS or more to support for their games.

Microsoft stopped support for XP and Windows 7.

Windows 10 has very good compatibility for older OS version games.

None of that relates to Valve at all.
Last edited by Nx Machina; Jan 5, 2021 @ 4:14am
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RedCelt Jan 5, 2021 @ 3:55am 
Originally posted by Tharon:
That's not dictacting by Valve, but by Google. When Google will decide that people should stop to use Windows 7, they will make CEF not compatible with it and Valve needs to comply.
The same happened with Windows XP. The only reason why Steam is not compatibile with XP anymore is because of CEF.

(and yes, of course it's Valve's fault to have decided to build the client around CEF and so depend to every Google decision).

I hear what you are saying.

What I really object is being told that I can no longer access my paid for games unless I change to a different OS.

People will reply about "should you still be able to use 98 or XP "

there is a world of difference between the functionality of Windows 7 and 98 or XP so it is a BS argument put forward by Steam fan boys.

I can still access my paid for games on Origin and Uplay (I know they have new names) using a Vista 64 HDD
I can not buy games or use the sites for anything else, but can still access my paid for games.


I want continued access to my paid for games and I do not want Windows 10

Don't visit dodgy websites or open sketchy emails. Have your internet via Ethernet cable


Last edited by RedCelt; Jan 5, 2021 @ 3:57am
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ReBoot Jan 5, 2021 @ 4:10am 
Originally posted by RedCelt:
Have your internet via Ethernet cable
That's the #1 security advice! If there's no Nobel prize in IT yet, there should be one, just for that discovery!
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Nx Machina Jan 5, 2021 @ 4:13am 
Originally posted by RedCelt:
there is a world of difference between the functionality of Windows 7 and 98 or XP so it is a BS argument put forward by Steam fan boys.

You should not assume others are fanboys nor use it as an argument,

Windows 10 has very good compatibility for older OS version games.

You not wanting to update to Windows 10 does not make other opinions invalid.

Finally you own a license to download and play the game not the actual game.


As a sidenote - I can access all my older games on Windows 10.
Last edited by Nx Machina; Jan 5, 2021 @ 4:16am
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Tharon Jan 5, 2021 @ 4:14am 
@RedCelt
Yes, i agree with you. Users should be able to use their paid content without being forced to change their hardware or operative system. Of course Steam (or other) services can be halted, but not payed games.
That's what happen when companies embraces the "service model". Users purchase are kept as hostages, and they can't use them as they want anymore.
Valve don't want to provide a light client with only basic functions to launch games because their business model is shifted from provide games to provide a service, and users who only want to play their games and don't care at all of the new "Myspace Steam" are caught in the process.
Last edited by Tharon; Jan 5, 2021 @ 4:16am
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CatG0d Jan 5, 2021 @ 4:22am 
Originally posted by plutone00:
Some are probably using them for work. We still use XP at the office.
I think the military used to use xp for a long long time aswell.
They might have upgraded now or they might still be on xp.
I'm not sure xD
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Crazy Tiger Jan 5, 2021 @ 4:28am 
Has Valve announced that they're dropping support for win 7? I must have missed a memo.
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ReBoot Jan 5, 2021 @ 5:28am 
Originally posted by Crazy Tiger:
Has Valve announced that they're dropping support for win 7? I must have missed a memo.
Of course! Didn't you know that Valve will do everything as evil as possible for nother reason than to annoy entitledinnocent guys & gals?
Last edited by ReBoot; Jan 5, 2021 @ 5:28am
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derExperte Jan 5, 2021 @ 6:22am 
7 is a decrepit, dead OS from 2 (!) decades ago, most gamers have moved on and many devs aren't willing to invest time and money to make sure games that need modern hardware run on ancient software. But Valve/Steam will of course keep supporting it for a few more years so what exactly is the point of this thread? The f is OP talking about?

Originally posted by Tharon:
Originally posted by FookinRaw:
Please see https://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/Steam-Hardware-Software-Survey-Welcome-to-Steam

Steam hardware survery a bit rigged. I'm on Windows 7 and didn't had any survey from 2 years. Other people i know are in the same situation.

Same goes for Win10 users though so it evens out overall. Not rigged at all, gamers are just faster to move on than the rest of the world.
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( ( < < <🤖> > > ) ) Jan 5, 2021 @ 6:35am 
it really made me anxious knowing that win7 was no longer going to be supported...
then my win7 computer decided to blow up my sata drive ports one by one... spooky stuff

getting win10 to me was a nightmare with all the junk installed....

but now... its like win 7 never existed..... and win 10 is almost junk free...

i feel better now that i am on a supported system again... hurry up and get here win7 people :tv:
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