As of January 1 2024,Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 operating systems. After that date, the Steam Client will no longer run on those versions of Windows

[mp2]

so steam actively shuts me from playing my old games on my old systems like wtf Ive lots of games that run fine on my old win 8.1 systems and I am not gonna update any of them just to run the bloathed steam app? will there be a way to keep playing all the games i bought on steam after jan 2024 or does steam just says ♥♥♥♥ u costemers we got your money and now we decide u cant play no more unless you update your total computer system guess we should organize a class lawsuit in that case. Steam is going to sabotage fully working games when stopping the steam app running on win 8.1

[Chesmu]

Yeah I think it will be very difficult to keep using Steam on 7/8/8.1, even impossible. They (corrupt tech overlords) are very dedicated to shun the poor or those who they see as poor by their own elitist standards, and to screw them over for real this time.

XP to Windows 7 was tolerable, Windows 7 to 8 to 8.1 and even to 10 is also tolerable, but the real pain is when you have to install windows 11 and above, absolutely not Windows anymore.

[Blueberry {JESUS IS LORD}]

Originally posted by Chesmu:

Yeah I think it will be very difficult to keep using Steam on 7/8/8.1, even impossible. They (corrupt tech overlords) are very dedicated to shun the poor or those who they see as poor by their own elitist standards, and to screw them over for real this time.

XP to Windows 7 was tolerable, Windows 7 to 8 to 8.1 and even to 10 is also tolerable, but the real pain is when you have to install windows 11 and above, absolutely not Windows anymore.

im poor and have no trouble upgrading to win11 and 12

[Dr.Shadowds 🐉]

If you seen Steam client as bloated, why you even here to begin with instead of Gog? Just asking a legit question because we both know that not the real complain.

You got these easy options.
A) Upgrade to Windows 10 for free.
B) Switch to Linux for free.
C) Dual boot

[Ogami]

Its quiet simple. Microsoft will stop support for Chromium on Windows 7/8 at the beginning of next year.
The Steam client runs on Chromium as does its browser as does 99% of gaming clients nowadays.
Its the most common server and browser backend in the world.

So the Steam client will no longer work on Windows 7/8 come next year because Chromium will no longer work on Windows 7/8.

So you can go and complain to Microsoft and GOOGLE.

Also, good luck with that "class action lawsuit" so many people LOVE to throw around.
Its literally baked in the Steam TOS that they may change the system and OS requirements for using Steam in the future.
You have to AGREE to that when making an account.
So good luck explaining that in court.

[AmsterdamHeavy]

I guess someone else just logged in for the first time in a couple weeks? new update?

[captainwiseass]

You couldn't have posted in one of the other 47 threads about this topic?

[Chesmu]

Originally posted by Blueberry {JESUS IS LORD}:

im poor and have no trouble upgrading to win11 and 12

I know, that's why not upgrading is not about being poor.

[Your Mom's Oshi]

You're games aren't being taken away. Your licenses are still valid. You are just choosing to not use a supported operating system. That's 100% on you.

[rawWwRrr]

Oh look... it's another one of these discussions. Sure would be nice if the moderators could start sweeping all these up into one big megathread.

[76561198062598690]

Originally posted by Idontexist:

You're games aren't being taken away. Your licenses are still valid. You are just choosing to not use a supported operating system. That's 100% on you.

Steam could at least, do the effort to offer us a Legacy system that will still work on our prefered system.. Stop forcing us to do things we dont want damn!!

Forced Mask, Forced Vaxx, Forced to changed Operating system for something Dump or not friendly users ( Linux).

For real Valve are doing jerky move here.. i will no longer buy any game on steam now. why bother with them anymore?..

[Ogami]

Originally posted by Sooh:

For real Valve are doing jerky move here.. i will no longer buy any game on steam now. why bother with them anymore?..

I hope you realize that Chromium, the reason why Steam will force the update is used by nearly all major gaming clients. GOG Galaxy, EPIC, EA APP, UBISOFT CONNECT and so on.
Meaning all those services will discontinue Windows 7/8 support in the future.

[76561198346836306]

They earn billions each day, and still refuse to hire a couple more programmers to keep things going, I myself can do this for free, lol, after all how dare they to have monopoly all over game stores, unbelievable

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Originally posted by 76561198346836306:

They earn billions each day, and still refuse to hire a couple more programmers to keep things going, I myself can do this for free, lol, after all how dare they to have monopoly all over game stores, unbelievable

Valve doesn't earn billions each day.

Valve is worth about 8 billion right now.

Your numbers are more in line with Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, Alphabet... Trillion dollar companies.

[Your Mom's Oshi]

Originally posted by 76561198346836306:

They earn billions each day, and still refuse to hire a couple more programmers to keep things going, I myself can do this for free, lol, after all how dare they to have monopoly all over game stores, unbelievable

Lol. Hire a couple programmers to keep a discontinued version of Windows safe and keep a stable version of chromium working on it. Good one. If you could actually do that yourself then you should be a billionaire. Nobody can do that.

And billions a day? You keep delivering the good jokes.

[Stiletto]

Originally posted by Blueberry {JESUS IS LORD}:

im poor and have no trouble upgrading to win11 and 12

Now, stop and think about that for a second. Microsoft used to make rather considerable amounts of money from sales of Windows OS. But now...you can just install it, and that's it. They're basically giving it away.

Why do you think they're being so generous?