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Steam Survey Takes PC Gaming's Pulse

Posted by Zonk on from the what's-under-the-hood dept.

Via Rock Paper Shotgun and Primotech, the latest in Valve's ongoing PC hardware survey via the Steam service. Some very interesting stuff in there, though probably nothing too surprising. From RPS's analysis: "Vista has shown a small increase in representation, but clearly nowhere near where Microsoft would have desperately hoped. Previously 7.99% of gamers were using the latest operating system. Now it's 16.91%, with a vast 81.13% sticking with XP. Rather confirming Valve's position on DX10, and what a massive waste of time it is developing for Vista only."

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  1. Re:Having played too much TF2... by 4D6963 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I was much more fascinated/saddened/aroused by the fact that I instantly knew the TF2 screenshot from the article was in Dustbowl-- right around the corner from the final cap-- and was on to estimating that Spy's chance of survival (noticing that the sentry hasn't tracked him yet).

    Wow, yeah.. Makes me wanna stay away from that game now.

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  2. Re:MS should reconsider DX10 for XP by kc2keo · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    boooooo, I just managed to get a moderation to make my karma back to positive. Shot back down to neutral. Maybe this response I am making now will bring it down to negative. Come on I dare you!