The Vote Is In: Steam Gamers Elect Windows 11 But Windows 10 Polls Strong

It's Election Day in the United States and, following mad dashes to the polling booths, it will take some time to determine the results. In the meantime, however, when it comes to two other popular candidates—Windows 11 and Windows 10—we have some figures to share, though you'll have to decide for yourself which one is winning and which one is losing.

Why is that? Put simply, it depends on whether you're looking at the overall landscape where Windows 10 still enjoys a comfortable (albeit shrinking) margin of victory, or in the gaming segment, and specifically in the latest Steam hardware and software survey, which shows Windows 11 gaining several percentage points to claim a wider margin of victory (versus the past couple of months) over its predecessor.

Yes, it's kind of akin (though not really) to comparing the popular vote to the electoral college ...