The (Arch Linux-powered) Steam Deck was launched in February of 2022 — and Phoronix stories that is serving to Linux’s market share on Steam. “Whereas July was at 1.96% for Linux, the August numbers [from SteamPowered.com] present a 0.14% dip to 1.82%.
Curiously, macOS dipped by 0.27% to 1.57% whereas Home windows rose by 0.4% to 96.61%. For these questioning why the Steam Linux numbers dropped whereas the Steam Deck continues to be very talked-about, it is presumably once more one other month impacted by giant swings in Chinese language site visitors… SteamOS Holo that powers the Steam Deck gained one other 2% marketshare to now commanding round 44% of the reported Linux avid gamers.
Amongst Linux avid gamers, AMD CPUs energy round 71% of the programs. Partially because of the Steam Deck being powered by an AMD APU. In the meantime Steam on Home windows has the AMD CPU marketshare at round 33%.
