Path: ...!local-1.nntp.ord.giganews.com!Xl.tags.giganews.com!local-3.nntp.ord.giganews.com!nntp.earthlink.com!news.earthlink.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2025 00:08:07 +0000 From: ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) Subject: Re: Steam hardware survey Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action References: <06h3tjllg10ce0van7a0b4uk61f67tsfh0@4ax.com> User-Agent: tin/2.6.4-20241224 ("Helmsdale") (Linux/6.12.15-200.fc41.x86_64 (x86_64)) Message-ID: <6f2cnVSa1pN6vE_6nZ2dnZfqn_U3WUFU@earthlink.com> Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2025 00:08:07 +0000 Lines: 33 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 47.180.143.226 X-Trace: sv3-82rFYapcHu0cX5DF3IOsYcJYHHkYFrmuifz+2Ocplj6vt95eRX935nSXo5GXhwcjXaPSkpLqN7e1aA2!siaqRK40OgaAh5CXg6axED5FDeo4q+2XM1iRWeU7b0KJlEi23tWiSQTUZiFp/asRu9lBTVhn4NPI!MZcu8PG40i+mtKk5MYdw3NRbpENPtC47 X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 Bytes: 2431 Zaghadka 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. -- "All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. God is our merciful Father and the source of all comfort." --Corinthians 1:3. Slammy humpy day after an updatey Tuesday? Still app updates! Note: A fixed width font (Courier, Monospace, etc.) is required to see this signature correctly. /\___/\ Ant(Dude) @ http://aqfl.net & http://antfarm.home.dhs.org. / /\ /\ \ Please nuke ANT if replying by e-mail. | |o o| | \ _ / ( )