News Steam drops Windows 7 and 8 support with the latest client — users told to ‘update to a more recent version of Windows’ to continue gaming

[Admin]

Valve released the latest Steam client version on November 5, which drops support for Windows 7 and 8. Users are advised to "update to a more recent version of Windows" to continue gaming. SteamOS should work as well.

Steam drops Windows 7 and 8 support with the latest client — users told to ‘update to a more recent version of Windows’ to continue gaming : Read more

 

[emike09]

It's about time. Windows has always been backwards compatible with the exception of off-system server requirements. You can still technically install and run old Steam builds, but sadly you can't run those old games now without upgrading your OS. Do an in-place upgrade to W10 at least and you keep your library. As the world progresses, I both love and hate to see backward compatibility. Apple is easily the worst offender here, closing out support for 2–3-year-old applications. For closed platforms, you can only expect so many years before you either have to let it go or sit with your library and enjoy what you have.

Windows 7 is 15 years old. I don't want application developers wasting their time on the 1% of people who can't leave a 15-year-old platform. NGL, I enjoy whipping up some DOSBox and getting all techy with things I grew up with in the early 90s. If you want new, you have to invest into new. If you don't, I'm glad you're enjoying your nostalgic experience, and you can sit comfortably with what you have! Unlike Apple, who forcibly blocks you from such experiences.

Any modern platform must move on from Win7. Win 8 isn't even worth mentioning. I support Steam moving forward and investing their resources into future development.

 

[8086]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQeezCdF4mk

 

[edzieba]

Do an in-place upgrade to W10 at least and you keep your library.

Or just copy the steamapps folder. After you perform a fresh OS install and steam install, restore the old steamapps folder and sign back into steam, and it will re-verify the game files without needing to download everything again.

 

[joeer77]

That sucks. I loved Windows 7. It was perfect operating system. MSFT went downhill after that.