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Steam hardware survey for February 2026. What happened? Why did it lose such a big percentage? (europe.pub)

submitted 2 weeks ago by cm0002@lemmings.world to c/linux@programming.dev

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[–] ClassyHatter@sopuli.xyz 49 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

GamingOnLinux updated their Steam Tracker with February's data: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/steam-tracker/

Linux, English Only went from January's 7.59% to 8.27%. There's a huge influx of Chinese users in this month's data.

[–] Die4Ever@retrolemmy.com 37 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Yeah looking at their history graph, Linux drops every February/March due to Chinese New Year. But looking at their English graph, Linux has gained users not lost users. There are more active Steam users right now (mostly in China) which causes the percentages to be lower.

[–] sbeak@sopuli.xyz 8 points 2 weeks ago

That's so interesting :0

[–] HereIAm@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

I see Chinese new year's resolutions are quite opposite of western. Screw workouts, more gaming!