AMD loses traction and Windows 7 is back, baby: Steam survey June 2022 results

Good things die difficult, as can be evidenced by Windows 7'south surge in PC gaming market share over the course of June 2022, according to Steam's latest survey results. The 64-bit version of the long-since-relevant operating system yet commands 4.88% of the Steam userbase ecosphere, thank you to a 2.91% increase over the course of June. That means virtually 5% of gamers (or one out of every xx) are hellbent on sticking with Windows 7 through thick and thin, even though Windows 11 is officially out in the wild.

In less positive news for underdogs fighting to maintain their standings, AMD has lost its 30% share of the market against Intel in the CPU sector, dipping down to 28.41%.

Other interesting results from the hardware survey's June info include a mysterious spike in the "other" section of the VR category. "Other" went from a footling over 1% in May to 14.48% in June. Meanwhile, the Oculus Quest 2 saw an xi.80% dropoff, signaling odd trends, odd stat tracking, or both in the VR sector.

It remains to exist seen whether AMD will be able to reclaim its 30% and hold onto that figure for more than a month on the CPU terminate of its operations. Its stats are still nowhere near its primary competitor on the GPU side, hovering effectually 15%, while NVIDIA commands a hefty 76%. However, that's not a strict indicator of the quality of both companies' offerings; AMD and NVIDIA both brand some of the best graphics cards, whether you want something similar an RTX 3060 Ti or Radeon RX 6800.

Post-launch roadmap for Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker revealed

Future plans for FFXIV

Post-launch roadmap for Concluding Fantasy XIV: Endwalker revealed

The latest Letter from the Producer livestream has just aired, and it comes with a plethora of news for Final Fantasy Xiv. This includes plans for updating all the main scenario quest dungeons, improving the graphics, implementing new sidequests, and much more than.