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As per the latest statistics from some sources, PC gamers are showing more preference for Windows 11 than Windows 10 as compared to everyday users.
We’re talking about the Steam Hardware Survey for June, a monthly report compiled by Valve on all sorts of aspects of PC use on the platform, and StatCounter’s latest figures for June (which look at the performance of everyday users). , or represent a non-gaming audience – although there may of course be some gamers in their ranks).
So, before discussing them, let us have a look at the data for June and the recent past.
In June on Steam, 35.75% of gamers are now using Windows 11, a huge 1.76% increase from the previous month. Indeed, in May, the level of Windows 11 adoption increased by 0.6%, and in April, it increased by 11% (though this figure was an anomaly, representing a major shift in the survey’s target audience that messed things up).
Still, you can see that there is a trend of steady upward progress, and taking the above 11% disturbance out of the equation, we can see that March and April grew by just over one percent (combined, so Both the months saw similar gains) till May, effectively).
Moving on to everyday users and looking at StatCounter’s data, Windows 11 adoption is now at 23.91%, up from 22.95%, an increase of almost a percentage point — but the kicker is that in May, as we reported at the time Reportedly, Windows 11 is actually fell From 23.11% to 22.95%. So in fact, over the last three months, the increase has been a volatile 0.82% (compared to 2.36% for gamers).
Analysis: Microsoft Relying on Copilot for Take-Off Outside of Gamers?
It’s pretty plain to see that things have been pretty shaky for Windows 11 in terms of the general user base over the past few months compared to the gaming landscape, where the new OS has been steadily on the up and up.
To put it another way, then, Windows 11 is up 36% for gamers and 24% for everyday users — so adoption for the gaming world is now more than 50%. This is quite a difference.
For Microsoft, seeing that less than a quarter of the general computing public has moved to Windows 11 must be disappointing enough. Remember, the OS is not even two years old now, and over the span of its existence, Windows 10 captured 36% market share (according to StatCounter) of everyday users. (Which, funnily enough, matches the level gamers have reached so far for Windows 11).
What can Microsoft do about this? Well, fixing bugs is one thing, as reports of issues like poor SSD speeds affecting some Windows 11 users since March will be disconcerting for potential upgraders. And the other thing that immediately comes to mind is to add back features that were removed in Windows 11 (useful functionality like ‘Never Combine’ for the taskbar, which, thankfully, will hopefully be added to the OS before the end of the year.) will be inbound for).
We’re guessing that Microsoft is probably counting on a few big features to entice the average user to make the leap to Windows 11 – chief among which is the introduction of Windows CoPilot, the AI assistant on the desktop. CoPilot has just appeared in test (the Dave Channel preview build), although initially in a very limited way.
Of course, the other important thing for Windows 11 is that it has more stringent hardware requirements than Windows 10 that not every PC can meet, so some people will have to wait until they get a new PC. (Or do a fiddly upgrade, either physical – like installing a TPM module – or a workaround, which is unlikely in many cases for good reasons).
