Steam has announced that it will stop providing support for some operating systems. According to the statement, the decision, which will be effective as of January 1, 2024, concerns more than 1 percent of all Steam users.
Steam, the world’s most popular online gaming platform, made an important statement that concerns users. In the statement, January 1, 2024 As of now, it was stated that Steam will not work on some computers. Users before that date or changing operating systems or they will need to own a new computer.
When we look at the statements made by Steam, the decision Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 We see that it will affect its users. Gamers who have used these operating systems to date will not be able to open the Steam application as of January 1, 2024. Computers running Windows 10 or Windows 11 will have to switch.
2 percent of all Steam users will have to replace their computer
Steam Hardware and Software Survey (February 2023) results, we see that the number of users who will have to change their computers is not to be underestimated. According to this; all Steam users 1.86 percentwill have to migrate to new operating systems. Considering that the platform has at least 100 million users, more than 1 million We can say that the gamer will need a new operating system or computer.
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The statement made on Steam’s help page also explains why such a decision was made. According to the statement, the reason for the decision is Google Chromehas stopped supporting older operating systems. As such, it seems like there is nothing Steam can do.