Over half the PC gamers on Steam are now using Windows 10

The December 2016 Steam Hardware and Software Survey shows that more than half of Steam’s reported users are now using Windows 10.

50.35% of Steam users are now using Windows 10, with only 33.87% of gamers still using Windows 7.

Windows users are no longer able to upgrade to Windows 10 for free, but it seems that gamers are still adopting the newer operating system in favour of Windows 7, albeit at a slower rate.

Below are the complete statistics for Windows operating system popularity according to Steam’s Hardware and Software Survey:

• Windows 10 64 bit – 49.10%
• Windows 10 32 bit – 1.25%
• Windows 7 64 bit – 28.60%
• Windows 7 32 bit – 5.27%
• Windows 8.1 64 bit – 8.49%
• Windows 8.1 32 bit – 0.27%
• Windows XP 32 bit – 1.15%
• Windows 8 64 bit – 1.15%
• Windows 8 32 bit – 0.10%
• Windows Vista 64 bit – 0.06%
• Windows Vista 32 bit – 0.13%

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