14 DAY TRIAL // Windows 10 is very close to reaching an 8 percent market share worldwide, but in the meantime, adoption seems to be going much better on Valve’s Steam platform, which has become the leading service for buying and playing games on a PC.
Right now, Windows is the number one operating system on Steam, but there’s absolutely no surprise here, given the fact that the same rankings have been there for a very long period of time. But what’s more important is that, last month, Windows 10 was the only Windows version to gain share, while all its predecessors, be they Windows 7 or Windows 8.1, lost users.
Last month, Windows 7 64-bit still topped the charts with a share of 36.32 percent, but that’s down 1.16 percent from the month before. The 64-bit version of Windows 10 is the runner-up with 26.63 percent, which is undoubtedly impressive, given the fact that this OS was launched only three months ago.
Windows 10, the only Windows version gaining users
Windows 10 managed to increase its market share by 2.64 percent, while the 32-bit version, currently at 0.44 percent and clearly not much of an option for those who want to play games on their PCs, gained 0.13 percent.
Windows 8.1 64-bit is third with 17.62 percent and down 1 percent, and this is living proof that, in only 90 days, Windows 10 managed not only to overtake its predecessor but also to get very close to the leading position currently held by Windows 7.
As far as the non-Windows platforms are concerned, no change here. Windows 10 alone has more users than Mac OS X and Linux combined, as the former currently has a share of 3.54 percent on Steam (up 0.31 percent), while the latter increased by 0.04 percent to 0.98 percent.
If the same trend is maintained, Windows 10 has big chances to overtake Windows 7 by the end of the year and become the most-used operating system by gamers across the world.