Nail in the coffin for everything before Windows 10, Steam shuts down support

[Grim5]

Effective 1 January 2024 the Steam client will no longer be able to run on any version of windows older than an update to date copy of Windows 10

The reason for these changes is because Steam uses parts of Google chrome to run and Google will stop doing support and giving security updates for old versions of Windows.

An out of date Windows 10 is also not compatible; effective 1 January if you have Windows 10 you must be on the newest version with all security updates applied otherwise Steam will not run either

Steam Support :: Windows 7 and Windows 8 Support

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[Rroff]

Not surprised but will likely cause a massive outcry due to the number of people playing older games - Ubi, to their credit, recently backtracked, for now, on doing the same to their launcher after an update broke support for anything older than an up to date Windows 10 install (I suspect they will probably follow on behind Steam though - as that seemed to play a large part in their equation for returning Windows 7 support).

Realistically you can't continue support forever but the launcher/store platform should be the last thing really that requires a newer OS as a minimum requirement and given how meh Windows 10 onwards are I find it a silly decision.

Not a realistic hope but here is hoping MS finally slap the developers around the head and/or fire them as they really deserve and get some people in to make an actual good OS before 2024... I mean the dumb ***** can't even make a compelling and properly working store system which developers would want to actually embrace for their software to be deployed and where appropriate sold from, etc.

 

[throwaway4372]

2024 was the rumoured year for windows 12.

2025 in the planned end of support for windows 10.