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Everyone has upgraded from windows 10 with the exception of like 3 people who are the same people who stayed on windows XP until their favourite game didn’t run

Everyone has upgraded from windows 10 with the exception of like 3 people who are the same people who stayed on windows XP until their favourite game didn’t run on it.

0xTJ 1y ago
That is factually wrong. According to [1], Windows 11 has only just about caught up to Windows 10 in marketshare. [1] https://www.pcworld.com/article/2834970/windows-11-has-nearly-caught-up-to-windows-10-with-market-share-spike.html https://www.pcworld.com/article/2834970/windows-11-has-nearl...
- wordofx 1y ago
  And then there’s steam which sits at ~60% for windows 11. Or are we not talking about gaming?
  - 0xTJ 1y ago
    Your original comment did not specify gaming, but rather "everyone". Regardless, over 1/3 Windows users of Steam still being on Windows 10 is not "3" (even figuratively). Even that 60%, while a majority, isn't overwhelming.
CyMonk 1y ago
35,69% of steam users run windows 10 in june 2025 . https://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/ https://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/
- wordofx 1y ago
  Thanks for proving my point.
  - 0xTJ 1y ago
    They very explicitly disproved your point.
freehorse 1y ago
I don't think the XP->Vista upgrade is a good example for the argument you make. Vista is ubiquitously considered a failure and disaster. Its adoption was slow and many who adopted early were disappointed, even though microsoft was running ad campaigns to get people to upgrade. People started upgrading only after windows 7. Similarly, windows 8 failed to get traction. Most people upgraded with windows 10 (and prob a lot of them due to eol fears). Should we also mention windows 2000? There is definitely sth with microsoft failing completely every 2 OS generations since then. Maybe they need the feedback to make sth that people wanted to use. I am less optimistic about the future, though, because I doubt they will double down on bloatware and monetising users, too much money at stake.
- wqaatwt 1y ago
  Windows 2000 was pretty good, though? Basically XP with the old Windows 9x UI. MS just decided primarily target Millennium to consumers which wasn’t that great..

Everyone has upgraded from windows 10 with the exception of like 3 people who are the same people who stayed on windows XP until their favourite game didn’t run on it.

0xTJ 1y ago

That is factually wrong. According to [1], Windows 11 has only just about caught up to Windows 10 in marketshare. [1] https://www.pcworld.com/article/2834970/windows-11-has-nearly-caught-up-to-windows-10-with-market-share-spike.html https://www.pcworld.com/article/2834970/windows-11-has-nearl...

wordofx 1y ago
And then there’s steam which sits at ~60% for windows 11. Or are we not talking about gaming?
- 0xTJ 1y ago
  Your original comment did not specify gaming, but rather "everyone". Regardless, over 1/3 Windows users of Steam still being on Windows 10 is not "3" (even figuratively). Even that 60%, while a majority, isn't overwhelming.

CyMonk 1y ago

35,69% of steam users run windows 10 in june 2025 . https://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/ https://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/

wordofx 1y ago
Thanks for proving my point.
- 0xTJ 1y ago
  They very explicitly disproved your point.

freehorse 1y ago

I don't think the XP->Vista upgrade is a good example for the argument you make. Vista is ubiquitously considered a failure and disaster. Its adoption was slow and many who adopted early were disappointed, even though microsoft was running ad campaigns to get people to upgrade. People started upgrading only after windows 7. Similarly, windows 8 failed to get traction. Most people upgraded with windows 10 (and prob a lot of them due to eol fears). Should we also mention windows 2000? There is definitely sth with microsoft failing completely every 2 OS generations since then. Maybe they need the feedback to make sth that people wanted to use. I am less optimistic about the future, though, because I doubt they will double down on bloatware and monetising users, too much money at stake.

wqaatwt 1y ago
Windows 2000 was pretty good, though? Basically XP with the old Windows 9x UI. MS just decided primarily target Millennium to consumers which wasn’t that great..