oh, you would be surprised how many people still have machines running Win 98 / 2000
The part that surprises me is that these are the same people playing alpha versions of upcoming games.

Microsoft is going to stop all support for XP in April this year, so it's probably time to switch. Of course, Larian should obviously make their game compatible with as many operating systems as possible.
e: really hoping the patch is going to drop today, getting a little worried now that it's almost six o'clock (CET). Looking forward to starting a new run.