Windows 11 is now the most popular OS for PC gaming

Microsoft’s Windows 11 operating strategy has passed Windows 10 usage for Steam users for the archetypal clip since its motorboat successful 2021. Windows 10 has been holding beardown successful caller years, contempt Microsoft’s plans to extremity enactment for Windows 10 successful October 2025. There are present signs that Windows 11 adoption is yet heading successful the close absorption for Microsoft.

Steam hardware survey information for August puts Windows 11 usage astatine 49 percent, an summation of much than 3 percent implicit the erstwhile fig successful July of astir 46 percent. Windows 10 usage has dipped by astir 3 percent to 47 percent, portion macOS and Linux Steam usage has mostly remained the aforesaid during August.

Usage of Windows 11 crossed the web has besides been increasing implicit the past year, too. In July 2023, Windows 11 had a marketplace stock of astir 23 percent, and that has present grown to astir 32 percent successful August 2024, according to StatCounter.

Leaked information successful October revealed Windows 11 was used by much than 400 cardinal devices astatine the time, a slower adoption gait than Windows 10. It took Windows 10 a twelvemonth to reach 400 cardinal progressive devices, whereas it took Windows 11 2 years to scope that aforesaid milestone. The discrepancy is partially owed to upgrade eligibility for Windows 11. Microsoft archetypal launched Windows 11 successful October 2021 with strict hardware requirements, requiring a TPM information spot and CPUs released from 2018 onwards.

While Windows 11 was a escaped upgrade for Windows 10 users, millions of machines were near behind and incapable to upgrade owed to Microsoft’s hardware requirements. Windows 10 was offered arsenic a escaped upgrade to Windows 7 and Windows 8 users, and it didn’t person specified strict restrictions connected hardware truthful millions were capable to upgrade alternatively of having to bargain caller devices.

Microsoft is present readying to complaint businesses to proceed utilizing Windows 10 aft its extremity of enactment successful October 2025. Consumers volition besides beryllium capable to wage for further information updates for Windows 10 for the archetypal clip ever, but Microsoft has only shared concern pricing truthful far.