• Steam will stop supporting Windows XP and Vista next year

    The video game industry continues to grow and that was demonstrated in this E3 with a large number of games , some more surprising than others, and with the participation of important film or television stars who lend their image and / or their voices to characters.

     

    And the growth has been the same on all platforms , that is, not only on consoles, also on mobile devices (perhaps where it has grown the most with the power of phones), computers and even through televisions with some streaming service games Thetecnic.com.

     

    Speaking of services, one of the most popular in this market is Steam , which offers through its platform thousands of titles to enjoy, from indies and independent developers to the most important current sagas.

    Unfortunately, if you use the service on a computer with Windows XP or Vista we have bad news, and it will no longer be available for these versions of the operating system from next year .

     

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    Some limitations begin to feel
    Through a post on its support page , Steam has announced that, from January 2019 , they will stop supporting Windows XP and Vista, so the service cannot be used in any of these versions .

     

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    The reason why support will be removed is basically because the version of Google Chrome embedded in the service is not compatible with Windows XP or Vista . In addition, other future client updates require some security updates and features available only in Windows 7 and later .

     

    If you use Steam through one of these versions of the Microsoft operating system, the recommendation is to update to a newer one , because, although the game library will still be available over the next six months, some new features such as The enhanced Steam Chat experience cannot be enjoyed.

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