12 votes

Windows 32-bit OS Support being dropped for Steam in 2026

2 comments

  1. [2]
    macleod
    Link
    Kind of impressive its taken this long, I can't imagine their user numbers being higher than a fraction of a fraction. Edit: should have read before commenting (the existential modern problem),...

    Kind of impressive its taken this long, I can't imagine their user numbers being higher than a fraction of a fraction.

    Edit: should have read before commenting (the existential modern problem), 0.01%, incredible its even that low, I would have had it atleast a hair higher.

    13 votes
    1. Eji1700
      Link Parent
      Eh once gaming got better at solving backwards compatibility and emulation (steam/Gog/windows/proton/wine/etc) the last holdout of the "i'll never upgrade" niche of gamers mostly died out. It's a...

      Eh once gaming got better at solving backwards compatibility and emulation (steam/Gog/windows/proton/wine/etc) the last holdout of the "i'll never upgrade" niche of gamers mostly died out.

      It's a group that already trend chases WAY too hard (NO I NEED 8 MORE FPS!) so i'm not shocked to hear that anyone bothering to use steam is also basically up on their tech.

      3 votes