That’s a good point. There are a heck of a lot of people primarily on game pass, now, especially.

I also wonder if they account for people who dual-boot Linux and Windows, and who game only on Windows or who use both depending on the game.

Does a steam deck owner with a Windows desktop gaming PC turn up twice in these numbers, in both the Linux and the Windows users count, do you think? Because then the Linux number would go up 1 without the Windows number going down.

Edit: aside from this, SteamOS and desktop Linux distros aren’t necessarily comparable enough to be throwing together in the same category. A lot of the things that make SteamOS a smart choice for the deck, where they can control and optimize for the hardware, don’t apply to desktops the same way.