14 DAY TRIAL // New data provided by Valve for its Steam gaming platform shows that Windows 10 is leading the way in terms of PC operating systems for playing games.
And while it’s not surprising that Windows 10 is number one, the highlight is that its market share is continuously increasing.
Living proof is the March 2019 set of data which shows that Windows 10 64-bit reached 66.92 percent Steam share, up 2.01 percent from the previous month. For comparison, Windows 7 64-bit dropped 2.13 percent, so it’s now powering only 23.79 percent of the systems used for playing games on Steam.
Windows 7 actually recorded the biggest drop of all operating systems last month on Valve’s gaming platform, but this isn’t necessarily surprising given that it’s projected to reach the end of support in January 2020.
Overall, Windows fell 0.21 percent in March, which gets it to 95.91 percent share on Steam.
No alternative to Windows
The reason most people choose Windows 10 is that there’s no compelling alternative available right now, as neither Linux nor macOS can be considered fully-featured gaming platforms.
Apple’s macOS, for example, is currently running on just 3.27 percent of the PCs used for playing games on Steam, a small 0.16 percent increase from the previous month, while Linux is even more behind with just 0.82 percent share.
Windows 10, on the other hand, is continuously improving its gaming side, and Microsoft itself has made it a priority to refine the gaming experience on the operating system.
More recently, it was discovered that Microsoft might be planning to bring Xbox games to Windows 10 with the help of a new update that would allow the same code to be used on both consoles and PCs. Details haven’t been shared on this, but expect further info to be provided as the project advances.