Windows 10 64bit Is the Most Popular OS According to Steam Survey, NVIDIA & Intel Still Dominant

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Mr Puggsly said:

elektranine said:
Lol this is so fake Windows is no longer the most popular OS and hadn't been for quite some time.
Linux based OS are by far percentage wise the most popular OS among users worldwide.

Steam just doesn't run on the most popular OS.

Steam is a PC gaming market place, its showing the primary OS used with Steam.

Nothing more.

Yeah, it also shows the developers how much of the Steam audience they would reach / lose with specific requirements. A DX12-only game (64-bit) could now reach 37% of the Steam users, so around 50 - 60 million PCs. A DX12-only game with additional 32-bit-support could now reach 39%... these 2% are probably not worth the effort, many AAA-games expect a 64-bit OS nowadays.  A DX11-game (64-bit) could now reach 85% of the Steam users and a DX11-game with additional 32-bit-support could now reach 95%of the Steam audience.

Of course these are only the software requirements, the hardware requirements can shrink the target group additionally.