Steam, the world’s most popular online gaming platform, has made an important statement that has users concerned. In the statement January 1, 2024 As of now, it was mentioned that Steam will not work on some computers. Users before that date or changing operating systems or they will have to own a new computer.

Looking at Steam’s statements, the decision falls Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 We see that it will affect its users. Gamers who have used these operating systems so far will no longer be able to open the Steam application from January 1, 2024. Computers with Windows 10 or Windows 11 will have to switch.

2 percent of all Steam users will need to replace their computer

Steam Hardware and Software Survey (February 2023) results we see that the number of users who have to change computers cannot be underestimated. According to this; all Steam users 1.86 percentwill have to migrate to new operating systems. Since the platform has at least 100 million users, more than 1 million We can say that the gamer needs a new operating system or computer.

The statement on Steam’s help page also explains why such a decision was made. According to the statement, the reason for the decision Google Chromehas stopped supporting older operating systems. As such, it seems like there’s nothing Steam can do.