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submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by pnutzh4x0r@lemmy.ndlug.org to c/linux_gaming@lemmy.ml

Back in May the Steam on Linux marketshare returned to passing the 2% threshold and remained above 2% through July. But the August 2024 survey results are out this evening and point to a drop for Linux. The August 2024 numbers show a 0.16% drop for Linux gamers, landing at a 1.92% marketshare. Windows meanwhile rose to 96.78% and macOS dropped a tiny bit to 1.3%.

As we have seen in months past when Linux takes a sizable dip, it's correlated to a rise in the Simplified Chinese use. In August the Simplified Chinese use further grew and helping out Windows at the cost to the Linux percentage.

Steam Hardware & Software Survey: August 2024

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[-] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 5 points 1 month ago

Couldn't have been me, I purged the last Windows machine from our household last week and the first thing my wife wanted to have installed was Steam.

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