50% still on Windows 10 is crazy. What is Microsoft going to tell them next year when the support runs out?
What I like more is that it looks like only half the win10 users are switching to win11
Edit: -1% win10, +0.5% win11
Does anyone know if the Steam Hardware Survey identifies your OS even in the Flatpak version? Or will it detect the Freedesktop SDK?
Awesome stuff, a consistent percentage is what we want. Sadly, I don't think we'll see developers flocking to Linux as they did when Macs had a similar percentage.
I think we‘re in a very different situation right now. Proton has become so good that it‘s just not necessary for most developers to do anything to get their game running on Linux. When Macs peaked in the hardware survey, the compatibility tools were far less powerful and developers had to actually invest time and resources, if they wanted their game running on Mac.
I also think that the Steam Deck is absolutely being recognized by many developers. Even big publishers proudly announce their games being playable on it. And having games optimized for Deck often improves them on Linux in general.
So I really wouldn’t worry about developers not specifically targeting Linux. Even without that, gaming on Linux is in the best spot it has ever been and is steadily improving.
