No more Steam for Windows 7 8 holdouts.
@BrikoX I look forward to the removal of Windows 10 and 11 support next.
Steam drops Windows 7 and 8 support with the latest client — users told to ‘update to a more recent version of Windows’ to continue gaming
Submitted 5 weeks ago by BrikoX@lemmy.zip to gaming@lemmy.zip
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ExiledKing@mastodon.gamedev.place 5 weeks ago
frunch@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
What makes you think they’d possibly do that?
/s
jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 5 weeks ago
I switched to mint because ms won’t even let me upgrade to 11 if I wanted to. Other than some initial hurdles installing it, and losing some hd space because I kept windows on the other partition, it’s been fine. Proton and Wine are pretty low maintenance
SynopsisTantilize@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
I’ve got goofy Intel/NVIDIA switchable graphics in my laptop that make it a pain in the ass to use my VMs and steam. But I wouldn’t trade Mint for windows ever.
AudraTran@fosstodon.org 5 weeks ago
"upgrade to Linux to continue gaming"
If only they had figured out SteamOS...
SynopsisTantilize@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
I’ve been waiting since the first Steam Machines in 2011 to get steamOs. Best I can do is big picture mode.
grue@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
It ought to tell them to upgrade to a more recent OS instead of being Windows-centric.
Romkslrqusz@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
Steam
Windows Centric
You do realize what platform/company we’re talking about, right?
grue@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Yes, we’re talking about Valve, which has a vested interest in pushing gamers towards Linux in order to protect itself from anti-competitive behavior by Microsoft.
AndyMFK@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 weeks ago
I think that’s exactly their point. Why would Valve tell users to “upgrade” to a more recent version of Windows? Tell them to upgrade to Linux
JackbyDev@programming.dev 5 weeks ago
But they’re using Windows. It isn’t telling this to Mac/Linux users.
tomcatt360@lemmy.zip 5 weeks ago
I mean… Windows 10 came out -what?- 9 years ago at this point. Gee, I’m getting old