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About Linux growth in Steam HW surveys: don't forget chinese language is currently the biggest source of "noise" against accuracy (lemmy.ca)

submitted 1 week ago by alessandro@lemmy.ca to c/pcgaming@lemmy.ca

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When chinese language drops, Linux "grow"; but that growth seems to fall back whenever Chinese language return on top... sometime over the overall English language (temporarily making English a secondary language).

There's a constant Linux growth on Steam? Yes, but Chinese language introduce some noise (I doubt publishers are willing to make English language a secondary concern, under Chinese, after reading Steam HWs).

PS: nothing against chinese people, this is all about statistical noise: people jumping on their chair before checking the whole thing.

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[–] Subscript5676@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That makes more sense. Thank you for the explanation.

From what you’re saying though, it sounds like we’re assuming English usage translates to Western usage? But that’s not necessarily accurate though. South East Asia, for example, also has a huge population when combined, has a really big gaming scene, and gamers are frequently English speakers / users, if not just don’t mind using English in their systems, even if they don’t necessarily speak it well. That corner of the world is wholly dominated by Windows as well.

[–] Blisterexe@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

it sounds like we’re assuming English usage translates to Western usage?

that might be what OP is saying, since English users outnumber every other european language, since most people in western countries/regions that are non-english speaking set their steam to english (I would know, all my (francophone) friends do that).

But realistically most other languages have linux usage not dissimilar to english, and china stands out by being very different and a huge percentage of the total users. So that's what they're saying.

Idk man