Windows 10 is not well accepted by Steam players who prefer Windows 7 as their operating system

Windows 10 in its PC version is working great for Microsoft. It has a high market share and the acceptance by the general public has been good The figures have shown this over time since it arrived at the market.

However, for some time now something is changing in the realm of the Redmond operating system The situation has changed from be idyllic and with clear skies, let's see how some clouds appear on the horizon.Very few, everything must be said, but there they are.

And the fact is that the growth of Windows 10 has slowed down in the month of February that has just ended. A slowdown in its growth that, however, has seen as a counterpart an increase in interest in Windows 7. Some data that leads us to think about what is the reason for this situation.

And the key is Steam gamers, who, according to the data published by the platform itself, are preferring Windows 7 as an operating system before Windows 10. Thus, the figures that speak of the slowdown of Windows 10 are reflected in a drop in market share of 0.78% in the 64-bit version, while the 32-bit version loses 0.12%.

On the opposite side of the scale we find Windows 7, for many the best version of Windows to date, which looks like in its two versions, 64 and 32 bits, it has experienced a growth that is 1.67% in 64 bits and 0.03% in 32 bits.

Windows 7 thus becomes the only version of Windows experiencing growth within the Redmond platform, since Windows 8.1 , the bridge version between Windows 7 and Windows 10, also drops in market share, specifically 0.45%.

In this way we see how the market share of Windows 10 went from 25.30% to 25.19% in February while which in the case of Windows 7 has risen from 47.2% to 48.41%. Some figures that are provided by NetMarketshare

The key to this slowdown remains to be found which can be caused mainly by the cost of switching to Windows 10 ( although it still can be updated for free). The new computers that are sold come equipped with Windows 10, so everything seems to indicate that a large part of the market for this version of Windows came mainly from the transition to it from previous versions.

Microsoft has put all its efforts into Windows 10 and wants users to move to this version of the operating system, a version that On the other hand, it has much more room for the future than, for example, Windows 7, whose expiration is already set for the year 2020 (the next year after the departure of Windows Vista).

In this way It seems difficult for Microsoft to reach the figure they had set From Redmond they intended to close the year 2017 with a billion devices running Windows 10. It remains to be seen how the market evolves in the coming months, as we have just started the year as it says.

In addition, this figure may be reversed due to factors such as the incompatibility of AMD Ryzen and Intel Kaby Lake processors with Windows 7 , a forced incompatibility due to the lack of necessary _drivers_.

For now we are left with the figures we have seen from Steam, at least those referring to users of the video game platform and We are waiting to see if this trend changes in the coming months.

Maybe the arrival of the Creators Update in April to Windows 10 is the incentive that the current version needs to attract more users. And if this was not enough, from Microsoft they already have another update prepared for the end of the year. How will Windows 10 evolve? Hopefully it will grow again, but that is something that only time can tell.

Via | Steam