Yo thats awesome that’s like 1 percent higher then last year
Comment on Valve: Windows 11 market share on Steam drops to 41.61%
RogueBanana@lemmy.zip 8 months ago
Damn even with all the efforts from steam, the Linux market share is less than 2 and fairly close to mac.
K0W4LSK1@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 months ago
dumpsterlid@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I mean, I don’t know if it realllyyyy matters what the numbers are on paper right now.
The fact is, it isn’t like most gamers actually like Microsoft it’s just Mac has always been way worse with games… so gaming has developed a default preference for Windows. Microsoft has treated it as its corporate mission to destroy any brand loyalty in gamers by repeatedly shitting on gaming and just assuming the gaming industry will keep choosing to build games for windows without doing anything to actually help foster that.
Sure on paper, Linux is still a rounding error, but change can happen very quickly when it is simply a matter of a tipping point being reached, which oh boy if you like tipping points, we’ll the 2020s are going to be chock full of em.
K0W4LSK1@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 months ago
Yeah I believe the 2020s are gonna be paradigm shifting. But I think numbers do matter because the only way to get people to play on Linux is have other people play on Linux first to show them it’s good.
dumpsterlid@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I get what you are saying, my point is that we aren’t in a time where the status quo should be assumed to continue indefinitely, the status quo is entirely unsustainable so we know changes are going to happen we just don’t know what they will be.
Microsoft could lose its foothold on pc gaming in a blink of an eye and totally lose the pc gaming market. It is only a couple of wrong steps away from potentially triggering that, all Linux has to do is keep getting more polished and keep presenting a more attractive alternative. The sea of change will happen and it will happen so fast it will make our heads spin, it’s just a matter of the right trigger events.
I mean, I don’t even think Microsoft gives a shit about Windows anymore as an actual operating system (rather than a surveillance device), I don’t think it would be impossible for Microsoft to decide to shift over to a modified Linux based OS and ditch Windows entirely.
Ideally for Microsoft they would buy Steam and the Steam Deck so they didn’t have to do any work, but oh my that would be an awful timeline.
My point is, be patient and take heart, change is coming.
egonallanon@lemm.ee 8 months ago
There is a lot of inertia behind windows both in market share and user knowledge that will take a lot to get over. For example a bug part of why I stay on windows is because I’m simply a lot better at using it than Linux so troubleshooting is easier and quicker. Plus I haven’t found a distro yet that feels as idiot proof as windows as macos can be.
onlinepersona@programming.dev 8 months ago
Change is slow and there aren’t many events that convince people to switch.
saltesc@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Also most gamers either buy a PC or build and install Windows in 15 mins, install Steam, and that’s requirements met for all gaming. The most frustrating part being the minute or two to setup a Windows profile, or optionally installing a software (once) to ensure latest drivers.
Everything after that short setup is, “I want to play that.” click…wait for download… Done. Play now.
Delphia@lemmy.world 8 months ago
You have to figure in Steam Deck users. Id say that a small percentage of windows users are gamers, as opposed to close to 100% of Steam deck users.
I wonder if the Survey counts Steam OS as linux or its own os.
achille225@jlai.lu 8 months ago
asexualchangeling@lemmy.ml 8 months ago
Mesophar@lemm.ee 8 months ago
It’s sad because even my friends that are knowledgeable in using Linux, or even a few friends that daily driver Linux, aren’t committed to gaming on Linux and keep a Windows box around for gaming…
I made the switch to fully Linux when I built my new PC, recently, and I haven’t had any more issues than I had encountered on Windows in years past. Maybe a little more configuration, but I very rarely stuck to default configuration with Windows, either.
Linux gaming has come so far in the last several years that it barely even feels different from Windows
RogueBanana@lemmy.zip 8 months ago
Windows dominance isn’t surprising but I was guessing it would be more like 3 or 4% because of the steam deck but I forgot to consider that even among windows users, the gamers using steam are a small percentage so 4% of general Linux market share is expected to be lowered when it comes to steam users. But I am more surprised that macos has a similar share to Linux, I always assumed it is lower especially with steam deck around.
saltesc@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Keep in mind, 4% is 1 in 25 gamers.
randomaside@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 months ago
I agree with this. The ease of use is the biggest thing to get right.
With that being said I recently built a small form factor PC and installed chimera OS on it for my TV in the living room. It works just like the steam deck. Very low maintenance. I’ve been spending more time gaming on that than my actual PC. It’s always up to date, ready to go and I start playing when I’m ready.