Update (5/2/2023) – FM
Windows 11 is still far from becoming the most widely used version of Microsoft’s operating system, but in slow steps, the platform is gaining more popularity before reaching its third anniversary, as users abandon Windows 10.
Last Monday (1st), Valve updated the statistics obtained by its survey of hardware and software most used to access Steam services. According to the new data, the Windows 11 achieved a historic leap in adoption and it is present in 33.39% of all computers running the gaming platform.
It is worth remembering that the company’s latest analysis, published in early April, indicated that Windows 11 was losing popularity among gamers after falling 25.3% in market share. On the contrary, Windows 10 had grown by 10.49%.
The latest data shows a new spike in Windows 11 adoption. 10.98% increase in the share of users using the latest version of the operating system from Microsoft. Windows 10, in turn, retracted 12.74%.
This phenomenon is in line with trends observed in data from the statcountera market research service that found an increase in the number of Windows 11 installations proportional to the reduction in the number of Windows 10 and Windows 7 users.
One cause of slow adoption is Windows 11’s minimum requirements. The operating system requires 8th generation Intel Core or AMD Zen 2 (or better) processors, plus a TPM 2.0 security module. There are ways to install software on computers that don’t meet the requirements, but there is a higher risk of driver bugs.
And speaking of hardware, Valve’s research indicates that Intel’s processors are still the most used by Steam gamers. The most widely used graphics card today is the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650, which beat the massive popularity of the GeForce RTX 3060.
Original text (02/04/2023)
Windows 11 shrinks in share among Steam users, says Valve
Valve released its monthly report on the Hardware and Software Survey this weekend, which raises statistics on the use of the Steam platform. According to data from the last month of March 2023, Windows 11 has reduced its participation among players.
The latest edition of Microsoft’s operating system has shrunk from 30% to 22.41%. In turn, Windows 10 made the opposite move and increased its share to 73.59% – an increase of 10.49%.
When combined, Windows versions 11 and 10 account for a combined 96.36% of Steam users. There is still a small amount of gamers who have Windows 7 and 8.1, but together they are around 1.31%. Valve is expected to drop support for these two older editions soon.
The report is in line with Microsoft’s own PC participation figures. According to the survey by the Redmond giant, the most recent version of its operating system jumped from 19.13% to 20.95%.
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On the hardware side, Intel processors are still the absolute preference of users, with a presence of 76.18% (+9.01%). AMD has already reduced its share and maintains 23.80% (-9%).
Among graphics cards, the most used is the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060, with a 10.44% share (+6.9%). The podium is completed by two others that showed an increase: the RTX 2060, with 7.89% (+3.67%); and the GTX 1060, which registered 7.69% (+2.59%).
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