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Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 12 Mar 2025 07:50:53 -0700, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,
> Dimensional Traveler wrote: 

> >https://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/
> >
> >Steam does surveys of customers' hardware.  The September 2023 to 
> >February 2025 results are available at the url above.
> >
> >Some interesting categories
> >Most prevalent OS - Windows 10
> >Most prevalent language - Simplified Chinese
> >Total Hard Drive Space - Above 1 TB
> >Free Hard Drive Space - 250 GB to 499 GB
> >
> >(People need bigger hard drives.)

> Or... they need to install one or two games at a time.

> I have 65 installed. Then - if you're that kind of gamer - you need more
> than 1 TB. Aspirational play options in my case.

> My Steam games alone take up almost 700GB of space.

I try to keep one or two games installed. I don't even have time to play them. I just need to focus on one and finish it.
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