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currently there is no government or professional intervention to change this...
there is 216 days to upgrade to a supported OS to maintain your game playing ability
Let's hope so.
It is not up to Steam to decide, since they rely on Chrome, and Google chose to stop supporting Win 7/8.1 when Microsoft did. That's why Steam should uncouple with Chrome.
Source: Wayback Machine Steam Software & Hardware Survey[web.archive.org]
I'm guessing Google may be looking at another kick in the balls by the European Commission.
I understand and agree with that to some extent. But my suggestion is valid: Steam should uncouple with Google and develop their own framework, so that STEAM, not Google, can decide whether Steam wants to continue supporting a certain operating system or not.
It *is* Valves choice. And the main reason to now go for the newest version is because the userbase of Win7/8 is so low. Just as they did with XP/Vista in 2019.
Thank you for this piece of information. This was not obvious in the Steam statement on why they are discontinuing support for Win 8.1; my understanding from their wording was something like 'sorry about that but it's a Google thing, so we can't do nutting 'bout dat.' Here is the full wording of their statement:
"Windows 7 and Windows 8 Support
As of January 1 2024, Steam will officially stop supporting the Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 operating systems. After that date, the Steam Client will no longer run on those versions of Windows. In order to continue running Steam and any games or other products purchased through Steam, users will need to update to a more recent version of Windows.
This change is required as core features in Steam rely on an embedded version of Google Chrome, which no longer functions on older versions of Windows. In addition, future versions of Steam will require Windows feature and security updates only present in Windows 10 and above.
Although support won't end until 2024, we strongly encourage all Windows 7/8/8.1 users to update sooner rather than later. Microsoft ended security updates and technical support for Windows 7 in January 2020 and for Windows 8.1 in January 2023. Computers running these operating systems, when connected to the internet, are susceptible to new malware and other exploits which will not be patched. That malware can cause your PC, Steam and games to perform poorly or crash. That malware can also be used to steal the credentials for your Steam account or other services."
Be glad you have until January 2024.
Mac users still on El Capitan or Sierra only have until September 2023 to upgrade.
I can't say I've seen a single rant and gripe thread by any of them, though I could have missed it.
It's an extremely smart business decision to ensure your platform remains updated and current with modern and current technologies for all of said platform's users. Valve is obligated to do so to ensure the future of the platform remains stable and secure.
Valve should do whatever Valve thinks is best for their business and their platform. They have chosen to integrate CEF for the future, as many, many, many other apps and businesses have. Steam accounts are going no where. They will always be there unless a user egregiously breaks some rules or they themselves delete their own account.
Yes, the embedded version is Chromium Embedded Framework. Chrome is built off of this framework, and it is widely used by many different apps and platforms.
There's no correlation at all. Developers decide what games they sell on Steam, and they themselves maintain compatibility with current technology. Age of the game is irrelevant. Many of those games would not function right now without certain workarounds or patches built in to support Windows 7 and beyond. So it would only be logical to support older OSes if those OSes were also maintained and updated to work with current technologies. They are not, so they will not be supported.
Windows 12 will be launching next year, so it is doubtful that Windows 10 will still maintain a 61% usage rate. Windows 11 has already increased usage since its launch two years ago. That's the way things have worked for several iterations now. Windows 7 continues to shrink usage. Windows 10 will begin to shrink usage until it, like 95, 98, 2000, Me, XP, and Vista are deprecated by most modern technology. Most likely, as I already mentioned, Steam will continue to work on and support 10 for a few years after official EOL. And if it isn't, then most people will end up upgrading, as most people in the world have already moved to 10 and 11. Quite frankly the upgrade to 10 and 11 are some of the smoothest upgrades I have ever had with Windows. My move from XP to 7 was much more problematic and painful.
They won't drop it at 61% established userbase. Chromium and other parties only drop support when the OS is both outdated, and the userbase has dropped to a point that its not sustainable or worth it anymore.
This isn't a new thing. Support has been dropped for OS's all the time, and it always occurs when the userbase of the OS is well under 2%. Chromium isn't going to drop support for 30% of their userbase for instance.