Just four days ago there were articles about market research suggesting Windows 8 being at just 1.7 percent by the 22nd of December, pointing out that even the extremely unpopular Windows Vista gained more market share during the same period after its release, and saying that the data indicates Windows 8 growth is already slowing down.
But why do they come up with so different numbers? The difference between 1.7% and 6.9% is huge. Well, the 6.9% is based exclusively on people using Steam, while the 1.7% is based on internet browsing in general, which of course is far more representative for the whole population.
So the really interesting part about this Steam survey is that it indicates how unrepresentative such surveys by Valve actually are. But considering that according to Steam surveys, 93% of all Steam users are born January 1st, I guess they are just very, very special people!
