Windows 8 support discontinued... time to move to Origin

[Gahad]

I won't be spending any more at Steam... I will lose my entire game library in less than a year... Good bye Steam

[Phénomènes Mystiques]

People fear the upgrade…

[lailaamell]

Wow someone who use win 8 thats rare

[Satoru]

引用自 cSg|mc-Hotsauce：

引用自 Gahad：

Windows 8 support discontinued... time to move to Origin

I won't be spending any more at Steam... I will lose my entire game library in less than a year... Good bye Steam

Origin will drop support soon as well.

:qr:

Origin stopped working outright about 2 months ago when the EA desktop became non beta.

If you had it installed, The old Origin client will load for about 4 seconds before you get a giant pop over that tells you to install EA desktop. The pop over has full focus and you can’t interact with Origin in any way. You can only close the app and you can’t edit it unless you do it through the system tray icon

EA desktop doesn’t work on windows 8 so not sure what the OP is “going” to. Unless they have a Mac which is the only platform where Origin still works. Which is itself ironic given Apple itself killed it anyway with M1 silicon

[Crashed]

引用自 wuddih：

"Origin" does no longer exist.

引用自 C²C^Guyver |NZB|：

Also Origin is dead. It was replaced by EA Desktop and I seriously doubt it supports Windows 8 either.

it does support 7/8.1 for the time being. i just would not expect that EA gives a 9 months headsup like Valve did.

atm:
EA app uses Qt5.12.2's WebEngine, which is a Chromium implementation, that this is Chromium 83 atm, from april 2020, even older than what Steam uses currently.

and lets face it, to build long-term maintainable applications, especially for cross-platform deployments ... there is nothing else to rely on for the next decade.

i guess EA can drag this a bit more out as their app has zero custom browsing capabilities provided to the user. Steam on the other hand should've been updated years ago.

Developers of Qt based apps have been migrating to Qt6 which on Windows requires at least Windows 10.

[Boblin the Goblin]

引用自 DC-GS：

Mixing two different definitions of support.

If Microsoft dropped Win7/8 support, it "just" stopped patching and adding bu... Uhm, features.
But it still can run.

If Valve dropping support, Steam will not run at all.
Was the dependency on Chromium necessary? Nope, the library would run w/o for years until they changed it.

Chromium is what their client uses for internal browsing. None of us know how integrated it is inside the client and could very well be required to launch games.

[76561199496784570]

i honestly don't think anyone has to worry about games not working on windows 7 or windows 8,

its all just a fairy tale, while support might be dropped, the software will still be compatible and there will be hot patches with the software that will allow users to continue to use windows 7 and windows 8

if you really wanted to you could most likely get steam to load on a windows xp operating system with installed direct x and VB basic, it would not play 64 bit games, but most 32 bit games would run fine.

you might have a difficult time finding hardware drivers for something like windows xp but there is no reason that a new hardware set up could not run the os, infact installation would take only a few minutes because of the processor speeds and functionality of the hardware.

im curious to try it myself an i just might, take a older desktop windows 7 pc an back grade it to windows xp, my windows 7 computer from 2015 use to run windows xp and at the time i upgraded the OS it played steam and Counterstrike 1.6 just fine.

the other case is just migrate yourself to a linux OS with Steam OS / linux compatiblity you could essentially turn your older PC into a steam Os gaming system.

remember that new updates of software just want system stats, you could upgrade a older pc very cheap with 32 gigs of ram if you can find the 8 gig sticks while the market price is low. you could also look for a memory stick stacker that would allow you to increase the over all number of memory chips with very little speed loss.

but remember with prices droping and over all markets bottoming out you should be able to get a really good system, pretty cheap so it makes upgrading worth it now a days.

[The Commendatore]

Okay. What did you hope to achieve announcing that?

[Boblin the Goblin]

引用自 my little unicorn：

i honestly don't think anyone has to worry about games not working on windows 7 or windows 8,

its all just a fairy tale, while support might be dropped, the software will still be compatible and there will be hot patches with the software that will allow users to continue to use windows 7 and windows 8

if you really wanted to you could most likely get steam to load on a windows xp operating system with installed direct x and VB basic, it would not play 64 bit games, but most 32 bit games would run fine.

you might have a difficult time finding hardware drivers for something like windows xp but there is no reason that a new hardware set up could not run the os, infact installation would take only a few minutes because of the processor speeds and functionality of the hardware.

im curious to try it myself an i just might, take a older desktop windows 7 pc an back grade it to windows xp, my windows 7 computer from 2015 use to run windows xp and at the time i upgraded the OS it played steam and Counterstrike 1.6 just fine.

the other case is just migrate yourself to a linux OS with Steam OS / linux compatiblity you could essentially turn your older PC into a steam Os gaming system.

remember that new updates of software just want system stats, you could upgrade a older pc very cheap with 32 gigs of ram if you can find the 8 gig sticks while the market price is low. you could also look for a memory stick stacker that would allow you to increase the over all number of memory chips with very little speed loss.

but remember with prices droping and over all markets bottoming out you should be able to get a really good system, pretty cheap so it makes upgrading worth it now a days.

Certain older OS cannot support above a certain amount of memory or CPU.

This is also not considering if the programs have a compatible version to run. Steam will not launch on Win 7/8 in 2024. Unless you risk downloading a modified version of the client on and OS that hasn't seen a security update is years, those games will not be playable on that system.

[76561199496784570]

well if you have a 1000 dollar steam account, i think you can afford to spend 1000 dollars for a new pc that runs steam, that only makes sense.

i am not trying to justify any argument just that there could be alternative solutions. if you value your steam account and have spent alot, it only makes sense that you better upgrade to a new operating system to get the most out of the steam account you paid for.

but it is concerning cause what happens when steam no supports steam os, or steams current hardware becomes so outdated that steam drops support for it as well. this potential hardware murdering is a issue that users need to see as something the companies have designed to force users to spend money again.

even when the hardware itself isnt broken, they have designed a way to increase the likeliness you will need to replace it by outdating the software.

[Boblin the Goblin]

引用自 my little unicorn：

well if you have a 1000 dollar steam account, i think you can afford to spend 1000 dollars for a new pc that runs steam, that only makes sense.

i am not trying to justify any argument just that there could be alternative solutions. if you value your steam account and have spent alot, it only makes sense that you better upgrade to a new operating system to get the most out of the steam account you paid for.

but it is concerning cause what happens when steam no supports steam os, or steams current hardware becomes so outdated that steam drops support for it as well. this potential hardware murdering is a issue that users need to see as something the companies have designed to force users to spend money again.

even when the hardware itself isnt broken, they have designed a way to increase the likeliness you will need to replace it by outdating the software.

Eventually the current Steam OS or Steam Deck will not be supported. Just like how an old Galaxy S8 I have is no longer supported.

That is how hardware and software works. It all is eventually aged out.

[eram]

origin.exe down a while ago, its the ea app now

[Satoru]

引用自 eram：

origin.exe down a while ago, its the ea app now

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2967147780

This is what happens if you still have Origin installed

Only the minimize/max/exit buttons work

You can't navigate anything behind the pop-over. You can't use the keyboard or mouse or anything to dismiss it. You can't get focus behind it. It will still ironically keep updating Apex Legends but you can't do anything in Origin anymore

[C²C^Guyver |NZB|]

引用自 Tito Shivan：

引用自 Gahad：

Windows 8 support discontinued... time to move to Origin

Spoiler: Origin will also drop W8 support. Then what?

This. It's not a question of if, but when.

[davidb11]

Windows 8 was hot garbage and was like a next gen Windows ME.
LOL wut, why would anyone use it?

Also, it's time to upgrade.
You can change everything about Windows 10 now.
OR almost every single thing, depending on your version.

[Satoru]

引用自 C²C^Guyver |NZB|：

Valve is dropping support for Win

引用自 Tito Shivan：

Spoiler: Origin will also drop W8 support. Then what?

This. It's not a question of if, but when.

Origin is dead on ALL windows platforms as of a few months ago. If anyone wants to keep using Origin, they need an Intel Mac