You might be making some assumptions about the hardware survey and the need for 100% accuracy.

At the very least these concerns get raised by every other user who noticed some detail not meeting their standards. Valve doesn't seem to be concerned or require perfection. So either it's just for funsies or a general idea what trends are.

I don't think hardware manufacturers are relying on the Steam hardware survey as much as you assume. Especially since its roughness isn't a srcret.

oh my bad for not being more clear, I was thinking more VR game developers and less about hardware manufacturers, I figured if it's something more common than just mine not showing up then possible devs could look at a lower number of VR users, or even Valve themselves, and decide not to invest time and money to developing a VR game they might otherwise make.

The same goes for developers.

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You might be making some assumptions about the hardware survey and the need for 100% accuracy.

At the very least these concerns get raised by every other user who noticed some detail not meeting their standards. Valve doesn't seem to be concerned or require perfection. So either it's just for funsies or a general idea what trends are.

I don't think hardware manufacturers are relying on the Steam hardware survey as much as you assume. Especially since its roughness isn't a srcret.

No, but i believe microsoft uses the steam hardware survey for analytics. I read about this on one of those gaming news sites. They use it to gauge how good steam is doing and who is using what type of pc. It could influence what games are made for which OS by game developers.

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Oprindeligt skrevet af nullable:

You might be making some assumptions about the hardware survey and the need for 100% accuracy.

At the very least these concerns get raised by every other user who noticed some detail not meeting their standards. Valve doesn't seem to be concerned or require perfection. So either it's just for funsies or a general idea what trends are.

I don't think hardware manufacturers are relying on the Steam hardware survey as much as you assume. Especially since its roughness isn't a srcret.

No, but i believe microsoft uses the steam hardware survey for analytics. I read about this on one of those gaming news sites. They use it to gauge how good steam is doing and who is using what type of pc. It could influence what games are made for which OS by game developers.

Ok, so are you claiming that the Steam Hardware survey is wholly inaccurate? Or do you just think approximates aren't good enough? If only VR had another 0.3% that would tip the scales for a flood of VR development? Or what?

If something is borderline and some fraction of a percent makes or break it, it's already on thin ice and the decision is inevitable anyway.