WALLONN7 Posted February 3, 2017 Share Posted February 3, 2017 Stats show Windows 10 is losing share on the gaming platform The free Windows 10 upgrade promo that Microsoft offered in the first 12 months after the launch of the operating system had a massive contribution to its growth, especially in the gaming industry where the majority of users upgraded their computers. On Valve’s Steam, for example, Windows 10 improved at a really fast pace, overtaking Windows 7 as the number one operating system for PC gaming. But figures provided by the company for the month of January 2017 reveal something that almost nobody could see coming: Windows 10 has started declining just when it was so close to reaching 50 percent share. Specifically, Windows 10 dropped 0.48 percent last month to 48.49 percent, but it continues to remain the preferred desktop operating system right now on the gaming platform. Windows 7 64-bit is the runner-up with 29.74 percent, up 0.72 percent over the previous month, while Windows 8.1 64-bit is far behind with 8.14 percent, down 0.31 percent. The 32-bit version of Windows 10 lost market share as well and is currently at 1.18 percent, down 0.04 percent from December 2016. Windows 10 Creators Update to boost Windows 10 adoption Overall, Windows continues to be the top desktop operating system for gaming, and it actually experienced an increase of 0.04 percent last month to 95.79 percent. The upcoming Windows 10 Creators Update is expected to generate a new increase in terms of Steam share for the operating system, as it will bring several gaming improvements, including a so-called Game Mode that would optimize available resources for bigger frame rate. The Game Mode is already implemented in the existing preview builds of Windows 10 Creators Update, but it should only be released to everyone with the Creators Update. At this point, it’s still in its early days, so it makes almost no difference in terms of gaming performance, but Microsoft promises that when it becomes available for stable users, noticeable boosts should be noticed. In the meantime, the number of users who pick Windows 10 for gaming is apparently declining, but it’s hard to believe that Windows 7 itself would ever return to being the leading choice for Steam users. Source Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrEzi Posted February 3, 2017 Share Posted February 3, 2017 Seems that even the gamers are fed up with this buggy mess... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPECTRUM Posted February 3, 2017 Share Posted February 3, 2017 is still the most used SO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avitar Posted February 3, 2017 Share Posted February 3, 2017 Man I miss how reliable and simple and stable Windows 7 was... And it didn't keep disconnecting my Intel WiFi card every 10 seconds requiring me to reinstall the driver. F**K Microsoft and INTEL for being such sh!++y developers. Get your operating system compatible with Intel WiFi cards dammit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
straycat19 Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 Windows 10 is an almighty mess when it comes to games. I am playing games on my Windows 7 that were released 15 years ago, they install and run fine. They won't even install on Windows 10. I even run the old Microsoft Cards on my Windows 7 and that game is really ancient, but it installed and runs fine. I enjoy playing pinochle, cribbage, spades and hearts on it. So in the interest of gaming I am going to build three more Windows 7 gaming systems, call them backups, and put them away for a rainy day, just in case one of the two gaming systems I have now fails in the next 10 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D1v1n3D Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 I honestly haven't had any problems playing games on windows 10 I have been gaming since DOS and have games that are all the way back to 1990 I will say I had to add code or startup code to executable's to get them to play or a date/time change but that is the game coding not the OS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WALLONN7 Posted February 4, 2017 Author Share Posted February 4, 2017 12 hours ago, Avitar said: Man I miss how reliable and simple and stable Windows 7 was... And it didn't keep disconnecting my Intel WiFi card every 10 seconds requiring me to reinstall the driver. F**K Microsoft and INTEL for being such sh!++y developers. Get your operating system compatible with Intel WiFi cards dammit. Sorry, Intel is more than known in its philosophy of not supporting backward compatibility - In this case, a device that was not created for Windows 10. Now, coupled with Microsoft, or you upgrade your hardware to stay on Windows 10, or... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avitar Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 On 2/4/2017 at 6:24 AM, WALLONN7 said: Sorry, Intel is more than known in its philosophy of not supporting backward compatibility - In this case, a device that was not created for Windows 10. Now, coupled with Microsoft, or you upgrade your hardware to stay on Windows 10, or... Backward compatibility? Really? Well let's just sit and think about that for a while. If something is not compatible with the NEWEST operating system from Microsoft, then it's not a matter of backwards compatibility on Intel's part, it means that Intel's Hardware is now OBSOLETE. What is Intel's policy on not being able to write a driver to work on the latest OS? The Windows kernel was rewritten to EXPAND on functionality not remove any. So all the functionality is there, Intel's coders just are shitty and can't code in binary. Secondly, Microsoft's policy is all about backwards compatibility. So why can't they write an OS to support the older chips? What is it about Intel chips that work on windows 8 but not on windows 10? Seems to me that the coders at Microsoft are shitty at their job and can't write code on the level of their predecessors.. OR the coders at Intel know the functions are there in the new kernel but they know not how to code for it. Either way, both sides are bad at their job. Intel's coders don't understand the returns from the windows stack, and Microsoft's coders don't understand the returns from Intel's stack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karlston Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 39 minutes ago, Avitar said: Intel's coders just are shitty and can't code in binary. 39 minutes ago, Avitar said: Seems to me that the coders at Microsoft are shitty at their job and can't write code on the level of their predecessors Please don't blame the developers. Like most employees, developers work on what their bosses tell them to work on. If no one tells them to develop something for pre-W10 OS's, then they don't. Blame their bosses, not the developers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WALLONN7 Posted February 5, 2017 Author Share Posted February 5, 2017 2 hours ago, Avitar said: Backward compatibility? Really? Well let's just sit and think about that for a while. If something is not compatible with the NEWEST operating system from Microsoft, then it's not a matter of backwards compatibility on Intel's part, it means that Intel's Hardware is now OBSOLETE. What is Intel's policy on not being able to write a driver to work on the latest OS? The Windows kernel was rewritten to EXPAND on functionality not remove any. So all the functionality is there, Intel's coders just are shitty and can't code in binary. Secondly, Microsoft's policy is all about backwards compatibility. So why can't they write an OS to support the older chips? What is it about Intel chips that work on windows 8 but not on windows 10? Seems to me that the coders at Microsoft are shitty at their job and can't write code on the level of their predecessors.. OR the coders at Intel know the functions are there in the new kernel but they know not how to code for it. Either way, both sides are bad at their job. Intel's coders don't understand the returns from the windows stack, and Microsoft's coders don't understand the returns from Intel's stack. Once you couldn't and don't wanna read beyond the lines, there's nothin' more to say... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steven36 Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 The reason people are getting fed up is because they promised stuff they not made good on but this dont mean someone that's been using Windows 10 over a year is going to install windows 7 or windows 8.1 its going take more than this but still windows 10 market share growth over all has not stopped yet but it has slowed down because its no longer free but i think they have plans too give the cloud version away too vendors free were they can make cheap computers like Google does the fact the marketshare has not declined shows how little impact steam has on the ego system . 10 hours ago, Karlston said: Please don't blame the developers. Like most employees, developers work on what their bosses tell them to work on. I agree its not the game devs fault that Microsoft wants 3rd party vendors to build games for the universal platform and only people who makes games for Microsoft have built games for DX12.so far .. Many steam users switched to windows 10 too get games for DX 12 and steam is not delivering and its not a good thing Steam and Microsoft cant come too some sort of agreement it means technology is stalling and not advancing fast enough . All these Gamers pay money for upgrades to play games with DX12 at steam and steam is not making them only Microsoft is . This is why last quarter Windows lost money on PC gaming and done good with Console XBOX games. Its just like if you use Linux its even worse Steam makes games for Linux but Windows always gets the best Games but the games there making are all for DX 11. List of games with DirectX 11 support https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_games_with_DirectX_11_support List of games with DirectX 12 support https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_games_with_DirectX_12_support All upcoming games DX12 and there's not many are from Microsoft Windows/ Xbox One.. Still DX 11 games work OK on windows 10 but people are mad because Steam is not delivering for what they upgraded for. A. The video game industry made $99.6 Billion in 2016 https://newzoo.com/insights/articles/global-games-market-reaches-99-6-billion-2016-mobile-generating-37/ B. Microsoft didn't make but 7.25bn on games noway https://www.statista.com/topics/868/video-games/ C. And Steam only makes like between 2 to 4 billion $. a year on Games So they make less on Games http://gearnuke.com/steam-sales-2015-valve-generated-total-3-5-billion-paid-games/ D. So most of the money in gaming dont even go to Microsoft or Steam E. 30 Billion went for upgrades for hardware the latest Tech with steam is not delivering even. http://www.breitbart.com/tech/2017/01/24/copy-pc-gaming-hardware-hits-30-billion-2016/ F. I would be mad too but im no sucker and i dont Game on pc everyone spent 30 billion and bought in too the DX 12 hype and they even dont make many DX 12 games. You shouldn't count you're chickens before they hatch or believe anything vendors promise tell you see actual results in real time. http://www.dsogaming.com/news/windows-10-game-mode-tested-does-not-offer-any-performance-boost-in-its-current-state/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mantazzo Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 I don't mind the 10 fall and 7 increase, but XP??? Seriously? It doesn't even have DX10 (only unofficial versions)... Nowadays most games use DX10-11-12, it's kinda rare to see a DX9 game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WALLONN7 Posted February 6, 2017 Author Share Posted February 6, 2017 17 minutes ago, mantazzo said: ( ... ) XP??? Seriously? It doesn't even have DX10... ( ,,, ) Yeah, it does... How?! Just an example here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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