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Linux market share on Steam over time (Sep 2023 - 1.63%) (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 years ago by OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/steam-tracker/

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[–] moebius@feddit.de 69 points 2 years ago (1 child)

What happened in squint eyes March 23?

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[–] moebius@feddit.de 85 points 2 years ago (1 child)

After looking at the other graphs, it coincides with a spike for simplified Chinese, which means for some reason a lot of people in presumably china were way more active on that month.

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[–] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml [S] 70 points 2 years ago

Valve screws up the survey surprisingly often. As you said, usually PC cafes (which are very popular in Asia) skew the data when that happens.

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[–] troyunrau@lemmy.ca 46 points 2 years ago

https://xkcd.com/2701/

This isn't a linear trend. Probably a slightly geomtric trend. Source: I turned my phone sideways to analyze the line.

[–] ensignrick@startrek.website 43 points 2 years ago (1 child)

I'm in this graph and I like it.

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[–] CaptKoala@lemmy.ml 10 points 2 years ago (1 child)

I will be in this graph very soon, just need to load the drive into the case and hook it up 🥳 (Soon to be) bye Bill Bing(Gates)!

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[–] ensignrick@startrek.website 5 points 2 years ago*

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[–] Decker108@lemmy.ml 28 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Are... are we the ~~baddies~~ one percent?

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[–] blindbunny@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 years ago

The smart 1%

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[–] unreliable@discuss.tchncs.de 21 points 2 years ago (1 child)

I found more interesting is already bigger that mac os

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[–] someacnt@sopuli.xyz 19 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Why is it declining rn?

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[–] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml [S] 35 points 2 years ago

Stars moved

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[–] BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world 32 points 2 years ago

It's a percentage so likely one of the other groups expanded. Guessing the dip is due to more MacOS users.

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[–] Patch@feddit.uk 5 points 2 years ago

Statistical noise. The survey isn't accurate enough to overanalyze every data point; that's what the trend line is there for.

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[–] flashgnash@lemm.ee 15 points 2 years ago

Steam deck go brrr

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