Valve have released the Steam Hardware & Software Survey for March 2025, and as expected with the Simplified Chinese language dropping the Linux stats have shot back up.
I was on my Windows disk temporarily and still accepted. Felt bad afterwards, but also I wanted game devs to know there are still people using 6 core CPUs lol
In the past I’ve counted for both Linux and Mac OS though. I’m chaotic
Ah yeah I don’t know anyone with under 8 which is why I’m trying to keep the 6 cores represented while I’m still using it. Keep the averages low so devs don’t start optimizing everything for 12 or more cores lol
I did my part, I declined the survey because I was temporarily on a Windows partition when it asked.
I was on my Windows disk temporarily and still accepted. Felt bad afterwards, but also I wanted game devs to know there are still people using 6 core CPUs lol
In the past I’ve counted for both Linux and Mac OS though. I’m chaotic
Are we looking at different surveys? 6 core CPUs ate literally the most popular choice RN
Ah yeah I don’t know anyone with under 8 which is why I’m trying to keep the 6 cores represented while I’m still using it. Keep the averages low so devs don’t start optimizing everything for 12 or more cores lol
True, each os is counted each time. Not sure if my own custom build is interesting to them. Think they care about 8 hard drives? Lol
Surely the average user has 3 SSDs too