Comment on Windows 7 and 8 now dead for gaming, as new Steam update pulls support
Maggoty@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Pulls support or bricks the program on those systems? There’s a difference.
Comment on Windows 7 and 8 now dead for gaming, as new Steam update pulls support
Maggoty@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Pulls support or bricks the program on those systems? There’s a difference.
toddestan@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
Valve pulled support for Steam at the start of January 2024 for Windows 7/8. I thought that was the end, but apparently it actually just meant “Steam may still run but we don’t support it in any way”. Which surprised me when I booted up the old Windows 7 PC a few months ago and discovered that Steam still ran and seemed to work.
Apparently this update is actually incompatible and now Steam won’t run at all.
Maggoty@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Oof
Blackmist@feddit.uk 5 weeks ago
It’s probably the inbuilt browser component that seems to be in everything these days.
Chrome pulled support for Win 7 and 8 ages ago, so anything that relies on an up to date browser is sure to follow.