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Wasn't it Statcounter that first said Chrome overtook IE in web usage and then Microsoft tried to muddy that by pointing to some other statistics site? It's har

Wasn't it Statcounter that first said Chrome overtook IE in web usage and then Microsoft tried to muddy that by pointing to some other statistics site? It's hard to believe they're making things up to favor MS after that blog battle. What about Steams' statistics? http://winsupersite.com/windows-8/windows-8-thunders-past-mac-os-x-steam http://winsupersite.com/windows-8/windows-8-thunders-past-ma... Would you trust that or is Gabe who famously said Windows 8 is going to be catastrophe is now faking stats?

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dvanduzer 14y ago
Gamers are notorious early adopters. Only 5% adoption of Windows 8 by Steam users sounds extremely low to me. And your link says OS X share may be only of the Steam market is 3.3%, and OS X share of the total desktop market is between 6% and 10% depending on who you ask. Using some terribly sloppy, but not entirely unreasonable math, OSX-Steam has captured 30-50% of the available market in two years. That sounds wildly successful.
k3n 14y ago
I don't think the Steam figures are indicative of anything other than the fact that gamers prefer Windows because it's still the only viable platform for mainstream PC gaming. And was Gabe explicitly commenting on adoption rate of Win8? Or perhaps was he referring to the fact that developing games for Win8 will likely lead to fewer and lower-quality games on that platform?