> Microsoft are slowly letting Windows die

Considering they just announced a laptop where the sole focus is running AI locally it definitely seems like they're not interested in letting Windows die. And anyway a lot of their money comes from enterprise where they rely on Windows to continue running some shitty old software that hasn't been updated in 30+ years. It's not going away anytime soon.

> I doubt developers will do the upkeep to keep their games working on a dead platform.

They don't need to, communities make mods to make the games continue to be playable. Dragon Age Origins needs a community-made patch to stop the game from crashing on modern systems.

And now with AI you don't even need a particularly technical skillset to do fixes like this yourself.