Which is is, 42% or 94%? Make up your mind; there is a rather huge difference between the two figures.

(I don't use either Windows or Steam, so there's no way I would be counted in that figure.)

its 42.94% as in almost but not quite 43%
we (ie the dutch ) usually use the comma as a seperator

That convention is very confusing to someone used to the period as separator, especially if you have a number like 3,141. (Is that number close to π, or is it over 3 thousand?)

Also, I noticed that your post isn't consistent about the choice of separator; your Windows 8 and 7 and Linux figures use periods, while your Mac OS figure uses a comma.

well its what we are used to and this is an international forum
so how about you adapt eh ?

and how about instead of complaining about how i seperate numbers how about we discuss the topic at hand

The context usually makes it clear in any event. Eg, a town with a population of 3,141 or a bicycle that weighs 3,141 kg. Or 42,94% of users :)

Some countries use a comma for decimals and . as separator, like: 3.141,0 €

educate yourself you americentrist bigot.

I'm going to take a wild guess here and say most countries use a period as a decimal point.

As for the topic, I could mention that, regarding Linux users:

Some users refuse to use proprietary software. Those users would not use Steam or GOG. (Note that this forum would not be a good place to survey such users, as they would not have accounts on this site.)

Some users are willing to make exceptions to the rule in some cases. For instance, I am willing to play proprietary games (though I would still prefer them to be open source). However, many Linux users dislike DRM, and are therefore far more likely to use GOG (and, in the past, Humble Bundle) than Steam. (This is the category I fit into.)

Then, of course, there are the pragmatists, who don't care about FOSS and the ethical issues around DRM. It is only those who, if gamers, would likely use Steam.

the hardware survey does not show up in Big Picture Mode, which means Steam OS & steam machines are not even included in the statistics

then there is another long standing bug about the the survey showing up less often on Linux in general (and in a lot of cases never)

add to that, that many linux users additionally run steam under wine which doesn't help the Linux percentage either.

so basically, you can just throw the linux statistics into the garbage bin :p

it would be a lot more helpful if valve would track game installations(ie game x installed on platform y by z users) instead of these global statistics.
But as far as I recall developers only get the platform on which the game was bought, which isn't really the most helpful stat either.

[url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimal_mark#/media/File:DecimalSeparator.svg]Nope[/url], Countries that use a period also usually still use miles, gallons and occasionally also drive on the wrong side of the road.

Not the easiest to read graph I've ever seen.

The hedgehogs have been, are and will continue to cry and eat the cactus.

The map in that article bothered me because it's people who use delimiters, not the land. Countries such as Russia, Greenland and India have outlying population densities that create confusion when representing social things like this with a standard map.

It lead me to discover this awesome cartogram map showing countries scaled (approximately) by population:

http://i.imgur.com/1plsHRL.png

Sorry to derail. Maps!

damn thing has been derailed the moment people started to bitch about periods and comma's