Steam Linux Marketshare Surges To Nearly 2% In November
Steam Linux Marketshare Surges To Nearly 2% In November
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Steam Linux Marketshare Surges To Nearly 2% In November
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I'm doing MY part!
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I want to see Linux and macOS chip away at Windows as much as the next guy but calling a rise to 2% a “surge” seems laughable
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it is when you are consistently below 1%
thats like almost twice as much and millions of users in absolute numbers
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I don’t think it’s necessarily about beating Windows. What is significant is that Linux use is slowly growing to a point where it shouldn’t be ignored. Those of us firmly in the Linux camp benefit from that and it makes it easier for newcomers to kick the tires.
Frankly, I don’t care whether people use Windows or not. Not my business, not my problem. Use what works. I’m just happy my own shit works, whether it’s 2% or 80% market share. Linux gaming has been a breeze lately - easier than I remember Windows being - and it’s awesome. We are in a really good place and I hope it keeps getting better.
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2% is more than double the usual share prior to the steam decks release.
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Which is why it's so awesome that most of Steam Deck is actually fairly open, or at least as open as running steam on desktop Linux anyway.
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The Steam Deck is a locked down environment?
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Fair point, I hadn’t even considered that. I wonder what percentage of these Linux users are in fact Steam Decks.
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Any surge also has more to do what China did or did not do that month than how many Steam Decks they sold.
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I think we'll continue to see an uptick. Speaking specifically of Linux it'll probably be mostly from the steam deck, but I believe we'll see an increase in PC gaming as well. As Linux game support and ease of use increases, and Windows becomes increasingly user hostile. I'm not talking about a mass exodus or anything. Most people don't know, won't care, or dislike Linux. But maybe we can tack several more percentage points on there in the next few years.
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Just switched from Windows 10 to Nobara this morning!
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More Linux than MacOS users, that's pretty cool.
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Some of that may as well be considered active sabotage on Apple's part.
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Yeah, their gaming strategy is laughably hilarious: forcing a new graphics API on developers, going through the trouble of copying Proton into their Game Porting Toolkit, but then not allowing devs to actually ship games with it, etc.
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