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I was deeply troubled with the fact that Steam does not really offer any options to get older games running on very capable computers, and with them stopping Wi
by vkaku 3y ago
I was deeply troubled with the fact that Steam does not really offer any options to get older games running on very capable computers, and with them stopping Windows 7/8 support early this year, and Windows 10 support going away in a year, people will add their computers to the landfill soon.
However, being able to run old applications and games, whether from Archive.org or GOG.com could prevent it. Even an ESR version coming from Valve could really help mitigate this issue.
How do you think people could prevent/slow down this disaster from happening?
- coldacid 3y agoThis is the first I'm hearing that Steam's dropping Windows 10 support, got a source on this?
- vkaku 3y agoThey dropped Windows 7/8 support earlier this year. It is likely they'll do the same when Windows 10 is EOLed next year. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/announcements/windows-10-22h2-end-of-support-update https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/announcements/wi...
- coldacid 3y agoIn other words, you're simply making an _assumption_ that Valve will instantly drop support at Microsoft's EOL date.
- vkaku 3y agoIt's not merely an _assumption_ I wish Valve actually spoke up against this EOL date, yet what they've done is just follow that date so far.
- coldacid 3y agoSteam's end of service on Windows 7 and 8 is based on CEF, just as it was for XP and Vista. I don't see Google/Chromium dropping Windows 10 support at Microsoft's EOL especially given how much market share Win10 still has -- it would be shooting themselves in the foot. In the meantime, instead of ditching Steam, ditch Windows. Steam works amazing on Linux, and with Proton, the vast majority of Windows games Just Work(TM). You don't even need SteamOS (although it helps).