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Windows 7 Market Share on the Rise again at Steam
According to the latest data serving from Steam's hardware survey report for May 2017, Windows 10 has a steady base of 50.01% of the pie. 49.05% use the 64-bit version of the OS and 0.96% gamers which utilize the 32-bit version.
Compared to the April report this is 1.06 percentage lower compared to the statistics provided in the April 2017 report. When you peek at Windows 7, it is climbing upwards to 36.75% of surveyed gamers. And 1% is huge when you look at the total install base. Previously that was 35.42% btw. It is an interesting observation, as it really should be the other way around.
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#5438518 Posted on: 06/02/2017 02:40 PM
Biggest problem with the way that steam does their surveys, is they only survey a (relatively) small percentage of the people. For instance, i just got a survey request and it was the first one i've gotten in......i don't even remember how long, could be 6 months, could be 12, could be more.
If they are going to do "monthly" survey information that is accurate, they really need to send out survey requests to everyone, all the time. True, not everyone will say yes, but it'd be a whole lot more accurate then putting out a monthly survey with information that is 12+ months ago for the majority of the information.
Biggest problem with the way that steam does their surveys, is they only survey a (relatively) small percentage of the people. For instance, i just got a survey request and it was the first one i've gotten in......i don't even remember how long, could be 6 months, could be 12, could be more.
If they are going to do "monthly" survey information that is accurate, they really need to send out survey requests to everyone, all the time. True, not everyone will say yes, but it'd be a whole lot more accurate then putting out a monthly survey with information that is 12+ months ago for the majority of the information.
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#5438541 Posted on: 06/02/2017 03:48 PM
I was more surprised at the adoption rate of win10 among gamers. They really took MS up on their offer.
I was more surprised at the adoption rate of win10 among gamers. They really took MS up on their offer.
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#5438548 Posted on: 06/02/2017 03:53 PM
Maybe it's a time of the year thing. A lot of kids are free from school and some get their old computer out of the closet?
It appears like there is an increase in the usage of older hardware as well. That would go hand in hand. There's an increase in 2 core CPUs and 4GB memory owners. Dual core increased 1.35% and quad core is down 1.32%. 4GB is up 1.33% and 8GB decreased 0.42%. The rest remains stable.
There is also something else odd about this month's survey. There is an increase of 2.15% of English speakers. A handful of other languages increase 0.11% max. All other languages are either stable or decrease. There simplified Chinese leads with -1.88%, followed by Russian with -0.39%.
Perhaps this is all within the margin of error, though.
Maybe it's a time of the year thing. A lot of kids are free from school and some get their old computer out of the closet?
It appears like there is an increase in the usage of older hardware as well. That would go hand in hand. There's an increase in 2 core CPUs and 4GB memory owners. Dual core increased 1.35% and quad core is down 1.32%. 4GB is up 1.33% and 8GB decreased 0.42%. The rest remains stable.
There is also something else odd about this month's survey. There is an increase of 2.15% of English speakers. A handful of other languages increase 0.11% max. All other languages are either stable or decrease. There simplified Chinese leads with -1.88%, followed by Russian with -0.39%.
Perhaps this is all within the margin of error, though.
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#5438559 Posted on: 06/02/2017 04:26 PM
Always to be taken with a grain of salt i guess... GTX 750ti users are also up 0.54% and directX 8 GPU's are up 0.23% so could just be a little blimp, of people getting old pc's out? maybe?
Always to be taken with a grain of salt i guess... GTX 750ti users are also up 0.54% and directX 8 GPU's are up 0.23% so could just be a little blimp, of people getting old pc's out? maybe?
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Does it seem like more gamers are disappoint with new windows and going back to win7?