Steam is a massive worldwide market, and the Steam Deck isn't offered everywhere. Chinese users for example have to import it, so not many are used there.

[–] hangonasecond@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I don't think the 2% figure includes the steam deck, but I might be wrong

[–] Macros@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 weeks ago

It does include it. The article list it in detail: 36.79% of the Linux users use the steam deck. And the number is falling, which means there are more users also using Linux on desktop PC (or other gaming handhelds)

But that may also just be statistical noise.

[–] schizo@forum.uncomfortable.business 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

thought more than 2%

What confuses me is a survey earlier this year was 2.32%, so why the actual regression?

I'd have expected it to go up with more time to sell steam decks and whatnot, not regress by 15%.

[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 weeks ago

It goes up and down as people accept to fill the survey or don't

[–] trespasser69@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (3 children)

Well maybe Linux most likely to hit ~7% global OS market share and total 5%+ Steam Survey user share next 10 years (its just prediction)

[–] CeeBee_Eh@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Over 15% marketshare in India

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

thats amazing, why is that?

[–] CeeBee_Eh@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Dunno. I don't live there.

[–] KITA@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 weeks ago

Keep dreaming. Not that I hope Linux doesn't do well. But I can't imagine it'll continue to grow into the future.

[–] hanrahan@slrpnk.net 0 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I hope it languishes around 3-4% at most, if it does get 7%-10% enshitification inevitably ensues and it will grow more and get worse

[–] rbits@lemm.ee 1 points 2 weeks ago

If that happens, you can just switch to another distro. That's the point of Linux

[–] pixelscript@lemm.ee 1 points 2 weeks ago

I'd be more than happy to sacrifice a distro I don't care about like Ubuntu to the mainstream if it means Microsoft's market cap gets a sizeable chunk taken out of it.

[–] Solemarc@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

I could swear it was higher earlier this year/last year but looking at the survey results, Linux climbed to 2% this survey. I think maybe that half remembered headline was something like "Linux is higher than MacOS at 1.5% market share" or something like that instead?

[–] Ugurcan@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Deck sold well but there are billions of Steam users.

[–] CeeBee_Eh@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

~35 million concurrent active users.

[–] CMahaff@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I got the hardware survey on my Windows PC, but not on my Steamdeck. So I wonder if there is only 1 survey per user, and most people don't use a steamdeck exclusively?

[–] Davel23@fedia.io 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I got asked about the survey on both my desktop and Steam Deck.

[–] CMahaff@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Curious did you get the survey popup in desktop mode on the deck? Or does it work in "big picture"?

[–] Davel23@fedia.io 1 points 2 weeks ago

It was in desktop mode, so maybe that makes a difference.