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Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month ago

Windows 7 and 8 now dead for gaming, as new Steam update pulls support

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Windows 7 and 8 now dead for gaming, as new Steam update pulls support

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Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month ago

After a recent update, Steam is no longer working on the Windows 7 and Windows 8 operating systems, and users will finally need to upgrade.

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Does it also affect SteamCMD?
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  Probably not. The main culprit is probably the bundled, Chromium-based web renderer (CEF), not Steam itself.

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