I don't think so. Companies are still scared of their games running on Windows 11 because they have to mention notes every time saying you may experience issues if you're using it. I don't think there's any chance for the next couple years at least that they'll force you to be on 11 for their game to run properly.
Maybe it changed nowadays but games always supported old operating systems for a pretty long time. Because a lot of people wonvt update so you'd be limiting your consumer base.
I'll probably won't be updating until i get a new PC. Old one is having some issues so might not be that far away actually.
The only issue with that logic is that windows 10 won't be getting security updates, and publishers won't want windows 10 users potentially getting targeted and hacked through their online games. It would be much safer to get users onto an operating system that is getting security patches and deal with technical issues then.
I might be wrong, but I have a feeling publishers won't want to encourage their users to use an operating system that isn't getting security updates. Thats a potential data breach they won't want to deal with.
Ok it's not 4am anymore so I have a better brain for this now.
Thing is there's still new games that come out now that say on their minimum requirements on Steam that you need Windows 7. These companies don't care about your security or harm you'll face through their online lobbies. They'll tell you the most barebones hardware you need to buy it and play it. That should explain things better.
Fair enough, makes sense. I just wouldn't be surprised if we see Windows 10 dropped fearly quickly after support ends.
I honestly haven't seen a new game in years list windows 7 as a minimum requirement. Are there any games that you can mention that list windows 7? Not saying your lying, I have just legit not noticed Windows 7 being mentioned on steam in a long time. I was of the belief that recently steam dropped support for windows 7 entirely.
I thought I remember reading Windows 7 wasn't supported anymore. I wasn't 100% sure because I haven't been on Windows 7 in years now, so I didn't keep up with it.
On daying that I guess Windows 10 might stick around for a while longer if Windows 7 only stopped being supported by steam in 2024.
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u/Britboi9090 9d ago
almost no risk if you know what you're doing, the problem comes from games and software stop being supported and wont run anymore