Steam actually kept support for windows 7 three years after Microsoft itself ended it's own support of the operating system. I can't fault them for finally calling it quits. There are no more official patches for these operating systems.

Games that worked on Windows 7 will continue to work on windows 10/11.

SteamOS is also a thing. And free I think. You might be able to limp by on that. I'm using the steam deck and pretty much my entire library is playable on whatever OS they are using.

Meh, I got bored after an hour.

Limiting to console makes it kinda difficult. That Pretty much excludes nearly every MMO and most RTS games that could be considered competitive. Like Eve Online or New World. Games that have a major focus on pvp.

On console you're pretty much stuck with FPS games or brawl/fighting games.

I guess Age of Empires 2 is out now on Xbox lol. But RTS games on a controller don't feel very good.

Chivalry 2 can be played in 3rd person and can be as competitive as you make it. Nothing more satisfying than smacking someone with a two handed hammer and seeing them rag doll.

I'm upgrading after the holiday. The tipping point for me was that gamepass games are slowly excluding Xbox One access unless they can be played via cloud gaming. It's already happening. Some newer games dont work on the Xbox one. The One served me well. Got it day one and it's still chugging along. Got my monies worth for sure.