Steam's latest monthly report indicates that the Windows 10 user base on the gaming platform is stagnating while Microsoft's relatively older OS, Windows 7, is continuing to climb upwards.
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Valve's monthly hardware report regarding the Steam user base for July 2017 is now live. It shows a slight decline in the usage of the 64-bit version of Windows 10, and growth for Windows 7.
The latest browser market share reports by various firms once again paints a miserable picture for Microsoft, as the company's Edge browser fails to gain traction among Windows 10 users.
The latest Steam hardware survey indicates that the Windows 10 user base on the gaming platform has remained more or less stagnant, compared to the statistics from the previous month.
According to Steam's report, Windows 7 regained some of its user base, while Windows 10 usage fell to 48.77%, a significant decline keeping in mind that it peaked at over 50% a couple of months ago.
Microsoft's latest operating system is finally being used by more than half of all Steam gamers, 17 months after its official launch. All other iterations of the company's OS have seen a decline.
Valve has released the latest stats for hardware and software usage, indicating that Windows 10 usage continues to rise, now commanding a user base of 46.52% as Windows 7 continues to decline.
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