Rockstar Games have ended support for Windows 7 and 8 across their titles. The company announced this decision back in October 2023 but has come into effect as of Tuesday 30th January.
Old platforms are not a viable platform worth supporting. That’s why they’re old. This is different from old hardware support, like where Linux supports older hardware really well. Linux still does not support old versions however.
But this is not a case of the games now unable to run, they specifically gated out old OSs from running a game they could otherwise run. They don’t need to support the games anymore for old platforms, and they could still run on them at the users discretion.
Old platforms are not a viable platform worth supporting. That’s why they’re old. This is different from old hardware support, like where Linux supports older hardware really well. Linux still does not support old versions however.
But this is not a case of the games now unable to run, they specifically gated out old OSs from running a game they could otherwise run. They don’t need to support the games anymore for old platforms, and they could still run on them at the users discretion.