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Here is the latest instalment of Steam's Hardware Survey, as usual we do our monthly thing and compare it and talk about it and make sure you know not to use it as a hard figure.
Linux results for September 2014
Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS 64 bit 0.51% +0.08%
Linux Mint 17 Qiana 64 bit 0.11% +0.01%
Linux 3.10 64 bit 0.09% +0.01%
Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS 0.07% +0.01%
Total: 1.16% + 0.10%
Last Month: 1.06%
My thoughts on it
It's nice to see an increase even if it is small, but we are still talking about such low percentages overall. It will be interesting to see next months figures now that we have such massive releases as Borderlands 2 and The Pre-sequel.
Things to note
A minor point: Distro-hoppers will slightly mess up the statistics, Linux users are far more likely to switch between different distributions than say a Windows user due to how many we have.
Just be aware these results will probably not be that accurate as we don't know how they do their percentage results, they could be rounding up, rounding down or truncating the percentages. So a 0.5% could actually be nearly 0.6% as it could be 0.59% but they could do no rounding and simply truncate it.
Also remember it is a survey, so it won't ask every single one of you to do it. It would only be truly accurate if it did it behind the scenes, but that's not what a survey is for this is just to get a general idea.
Linux users typically shy away from any form of DRM, so you can bet there is a large bunch of Linux users who just simply refuse to use Steam.
Final Note: Look at it this way, Steam has around 100 million active users, 1% of 100 million is about 1,000,000 (1 million) people. What developer wouldn't want to hook into a market that big? Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
Linux results for September 2014
Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS 64 bit 0.51% +0.08%
Linux Mint 17 Qiana 64 bit 0.11% +0.01%
Linux 3.10 64 bit 0.09% +0.01%
Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS 0.07% +0.01%
Total: 1.16% + 0.10%
Last Month: 1.06%
My thoughts on it
It's nice to see an increase even if it is small, but we are still talking about such low percentages overall. It will be interesting to see next months figures now that we have such massive releases as Borderlands 2 and The Pre-sequel.
Things to note
A minor point: Distro-hoppers will slightly mess up the statistics, Linux users are far more likely to switch between different distributions than say a Windows user due to how many we have.
Just be aware these results will probably not be that accurate as we don't know how they do their percentage results, they could be rounding up, rounding down or truncating the percentages. So a 0.5% could actually be nearly 0.6% as it could be 0.59% but they could do no rounding and simply truncate it.
Also remember it is a survey, so it won't ask every single one of you to do it. It would only be truly accurate if it did it behind the scenes, but that's not what a survey is for this is just to get a general idea.
Linux users typically shy away from any form of DRM, so you can bet there is a large bunch of Linux users who just simply refuse to use Steam.
Final Note: Look at it this way, Steam has around 100 million active users, 1% of 100 million is about 1,000,000 (1 million) people. What developer wouldn't want to hook into a market that big? Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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Linux users are also potentially more privacy conscious than the general population so they might refuse to send data to Valve. In my humble opinion anyway ..
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thats the news i like to hear, is there anyway we can get some sales figures from valve? that would be truly interresting
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Worth notting that accordding to Valve there are about 100 milion active accounts on Steam, not "just" 75 milion anymore.Actually this might explain the trend downwards of linux
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This month we got a 0.10% rise, so its not a downwards trend.
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This rise is probably due to the CSGO port, many people stop using dual-boot due to that.
The next month will be interesting too
The next month will be interesting too
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This month we got a 0.10% rise, so its not a downwards trend.its been the first peak up in like a year... so yeah... the trend in the % is downwards
If the total number of users have increased about a 25%, that means a total number of linux users increasing as well, even if the % trend has been downwards
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I'm still have my doubts about this I never ever get the steam hardware survey anymore if this is what these percentages are based of.
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I received a Steam Hardware Survey yesterday! So my machine will be represented in next months stats. :)
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Armand Raynal Oct 2, 2014
Please Liam, create the steam groupe of people who don't buy games if they are not at least anouced for GNU/Linux.
With an article about it here, this groupe would grow fastly.
With an article about it here, this groupe would grow fastly.
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I'm still have my doubts about this I never ever get the steam hardware survey anymore if this is what these percentages are based of.
I, too, can't remember the last time I saw the steam survey come up for me. But then, I usually leave Steam running 24x7 and as I recall, it only pops up when you start Steam. *shrug*
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Please Liam, create the steam groupe of people who don't buy games if they are not at least anouced for GNU/Linux.
With an article about it here, this groupe would grow fastly.
http://steamcommunity.com/groups/OnlyBuyLinuxGames
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I'm still have my doubts about this I never ever get the steam hardware survey anymore if this is what these percentages are based of.I, too, can't remember the last time I saw the steam survey come up for me. But then, I usually leave Steam running 24x7 and as I recall, it only pops up when you start Steam. *shrug*
Most people are never asked for their voting decision either, nevertheless, the predictions ar enot bad...
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Please Liam, create the steam groupe of people who don't buy games if they are not at least anouced for GNU/Linux.
With an article about it here, this groupe would grow fastly.
I dont buy games, unless I can play them on linux right now. Being announced is not enough for me.
I dont even pay above average on humbles if that will grant me games that I cannot play. Their loss with the tier system, because I usually pay well above the top tier price when im not constrained. I just dont want to get windows games if I can help it. Its a "funny" situation, but they created it on the first place
I would not join such group, since it seems silly. I think my money will support those who support me, without silliness and talks loud enough. Maybe im wrong about it, maybe im not... I cant really tell :)
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Please Liam, create the steam groupe of people who don't buy games if they are not at least anouced for GNU/Linux.As mentioned by someone else it already exists (http://steamcommunity.com/groups/OnlyBuyLinuxGames).
With an article about it here, this groupe would grow fastly.
I won't be joining it and if the owner is reading...please stop inviting me.
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I would not join such group, since it seems silly. I think my money will support those who support me, without silliness and talks loud enough. Maybe im wrong about it, maybe im not... I cant really tell :)
I think it's like with many things: Some hundred in such a group don't make any difference, many thousands could.
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lucifertdark Oct 2, 2014
I had the survey on both Windows & Linux this time round, I declined the Windows one just to make sure. :D
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This rise is probably due to the CSGO port, many people stop using dual-boot due to that.
The next month will be interesting too
i dont think so..we will see the CSGO and BL2 effect next month.
surveys are usualy accepted in the first weeks of the month.
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