Win 11 has become the most popular gaming platform on Steam. The August numbers have Win 11 on 49.17 percent of systems, pipping Win 10 at 47.09 percent. Every new PC has Win 11, so Win 10 was always going to be overtaken, but it’s remarkable that it’s taken three years. Especially as Win 11 is a free upgrade—clearly not a hugely popular one, not helped by the hardware requirements. Win 10 suffers from the ‘good enough’ problem that afflicted Win XP, which was supposed to die in 2009, but its popularity meant support continued until 2019. Officially, Win 10 has about a year to go before its EOL date. Microsoft will hopefully offer an extension.
–CL