Microsoft has been putting a lot of effort into boosting the gaming capabilities of Windows 10 and Windows 11. It has been doing a good job too, as we have seen a plethora of new updates and features added over the years. Recently, we have seen these updates focusing on Windows 11 but unfortunately, it looks like Microsoft is going to have to do more as the number of gamers switching to Windows 11 isn’t increasing very quickly. Let’s take a look at the figures.
Every month, Steam releases a hardware survey that gives insight into which devices users are playing Steam games on. It breaks down all sorts of variables including graphics card manufacturer, PC processor manufacturer, and even the number of cores the main processor chip has. One of the variables tracked is the operating system.
Here we can see that Microsoft’s efforts to make Windows better for gaming over recent years have been successful as Windows 10 is dominating the operating system list with over 71% of gamers on Steam using Windows 10 when they are gaming. The sad news, however, is that Windows 11 is still a long way behind Windows 10, with just 21% of gamers on Steam using Windows 11.
Also, it is worth noting that the number of Windows 11 is only creeping up slowly as this month there were only an extra 1.64 % of gamers over last month’s total. At this rate, it will take many many months for Windows 11 to overtake Windows 10 as the most used operating system for gamers.
The good news, however, is that, as we have already mentioned, Microsoft already has some gamer-focused features on the way for Windows 11 users. These include features like the improved Windows 11 game bar, fixes for audio bugs, and other improvements like auto HDR.
As well as gaming, however, these figures just might simply reflect the general slowdown in the adoption of Windows 11. With fewer people upgrading to Windows 11, fewer people are going to be using it for gaming. Things might start to change again soon though when Windows rolls out the first major Windows 11 update.
If you like the sound of the big Windows 11 update you should check out how to find out if you are eligible for it here.
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