Follow on from Steam sales, should win7 be 100% supported?

Tefal · 29 Apr 2010 at 16:22

Yes it works for others on Vista, and Windows 7.

I'm certain its my hardware related

So why in the name of all that is holy have you been banging on about it not working on vista when it does and you don't believe vista to be the issue?

platypus · 29 Apr 2010 at 16:24

Tefal said:
So why in the name of all that is holy have you been banging on about it not working on vista when it does and you don't believe vista to be the issue?

I haven't, I've been banging on about my reading the minimum software required, meeting those standards, and still not being able to get the game to work despite following all the default settings. Which in any other case, then software, would entitle me to a refund.

Tefal · 29 Apr 2010 at 16:26

platypus said:
I haven't, I've been banging on about my reading the minimum software required, meeting those standards, and still not being able to get the game to work despite following all the default settings. Which in any other case, then software, would entitle me to a refund.

But you said

platypus said:
I wonder what part of those would indicate to me that the games, installed with default settings, wouldn't work, first on Vista, then on Windows 7?

You only finally mentioned hardware when I kept pushing if it worked for others on vista.

platypus · 29 Apr 2010 at 16:33

Tefal said:
You only finally mentioned hardware when I kept pushing if it worked for others on vista.

I don't see how that is relevant? I satisfied the minimum and recommended software spec for the game. That would entitle me to a refund with any other product.

The only reason I said I'm sure its probably something to do with my hardware is because the game has been played by millions, and I used my nous to reckon that it's something to do with that particular laptop. That doesn't remove the fact that I've satisfied the minimum [& recommended] spec they have posted on their page.

Memphis · 29 Apr 2010 at 16:49

Can I just ask, does anybody actually know who is responsible for maintaining any given game page on the Steam store? Is it actually Valve who create the content, or is it the publishers who are using Steam as a content delivery system?

This whole argument (which in my opinion is utterly pathetic, but there we go) hinges rather heavily on Valve/Steam being responsible for that content.

Kenai · 29 Apr 2010 at 17:20

Amnesia said:
Windows XP 32 bit.....(0.00%) 38.99%
Windows 7 64 bit.......(0.00%) 24.29%
Windows Vista 32 bit..(0.00%) 16.55%
Windows 7...............(0.00%) 11.40%
Windows Vista 64 bit..(0.00%) 7.53%
Windows XP 64 bit.....(0.00%) 0.59%
Windows 2003 64 bit..(0.00%) 0.43%
Windows 2000..........(0.00%) 0.10%
Other......................(0.00%) 0.12%

now look at it this way....if they were votes who would you say got most votes ?

would your answer be 'everyone but xp' ?

XP got the most votes [users] but most people (which is the term you used) didn't vote for [use] it. 40% vs 60% is not the majority of people. Simple fact, accept it and move on

Changing the way you make the statement like that changes the statement itself

HangTime · 29 Apr 2010 at 17:52

Amnesia said:
so we agree then.

Nope

Just because something is the most popular/common, does not mean that most people use it.

Example: The most common surname in Britain is "Smith". That does NOT mean that most people in Britain are called Smith.

Amnesia · 29 Apr 2010 at 18:20

Kenai said:
XP got the most votes

HA! thankyou

Kenai · 29 Apr 2010 at 18:21

You said 'most people still use XP'

That statement is incorrect (according to Steam anyway). Most people use something else.

You. Were. Wrong.

Bloomfield · 29 Apr 2010 at 18:26

I really don't know why you're argueing Amnesia.

Amnesia said:
but since most people still use xp why bother.

Is what you said, and that statement is incorrect.

Amnesia · 29 Apr 2010 at 18:27

HangTime said:
Nope Just because something is the most popular/common, does not mean that most people use it.

but it does have the most users comparing it to the other operating systems individually, and my reply was to a person who said win7 is now the OS of choice so looking at that list who would you say had the most users ?

Amnesia · 29 Apr 2010 at 18:28

Bloomfield said:
I really don't know why you're argueing Amnesia.

for the fun of it ofcourse

Bloomfield · 29 Apr 2010 at 18:32

Amnesia said:
for the fun of it ofcourse

Edit - Win 7 isn't far behind anyways tho, with 35.69% of people using it compared to 38.99%, and when you add in Vista users (which is fair imo considering they're essentially the same compatability wise) it goes upto 59.77%

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james.miller · 29 Apr 2010 at 18:32

what games dont work?

Amnesia said:
but it does have the most users comparing it to the other operating systems individually, and my reply was to a person who said win7 is now the OS of choice so looking at that list who would you say had the most users ?

having the most users doesnt mean most people use it. It's only semantics but the two concepts are totally different.

Indy500 · 29 Apr 2010 at 18:35

Amnesia said:
for the fun of it ofcourse

A lot of people don't use Steam, so it isn't anywhere near a complete picture of gamers' PCs. I wouldn't split too many hairs over it