a but too small of an impact for a decade dont you think
just a quick reminder that most PC gamers are tech savvy enough to build their PCs, so installing Windows, Linux or a Hackintosh is a choice that they make. The pendulum could easily swing if Microsoft fucks up hard enough
Most PC gamers are
NOT tech savvy.
They buy a machine, install Steam and game....every few years they maybe maybe maybe buy a new GPU cuz thats easy enough to install.....otherwise they literally buy another prebuilt/parts picker build.
Which is the reason the 3050 is even on the Steam Survey at all, let alone being a top 10 GPU above the 2060S thats much more powerful.
Most people dont know shit!
The mystique of Linux is a huge barrier already, I know many people who think Linux is like staring at the Matrix code.
The only way Linux gains enough to make a difference(a very small difference) is from SteamOS actually gaining traction.
Hackintosh is going to be phased out sooner rather than later because Apple is moving to ARM64 based Apple Silicon.
And the number of people even using Hackintosh for gaming is borderline irrelevant in an already borderline irrelevant 2%.
In college I worked at a PC builders and I still do PC building on the side for friends and friends of friends
(Its fun and pays for my beer).
No one who didnt need Linux for mission critical work or just needed a media server has ever asked for Linux.
And the gamers of those customer dont even consider Linux as an option for their gaming machines.