Strangely enough, Windows sometimes has the opposite problem, new OS doesn't have drivers for older hardware because the manufacturer didn't bother to write one.
Or, in the case of Epson, write one but don't release it to individual markets! I have an Epson printer/scanner, about four years old so in no way end of life, which has a US equivalent. Epson HAVE released Win 8 drivers etc for the US version, but NOT the EU version, suggesting instead I buy a new device (adding further cost to this whole Win 8 upgrade rip-off). Fortunately, I looked on the MS forums, which suggested running the original install disks in compatibility mode. This solved the issue - they ran bizarrely as Vista SP2 - but the drivers and software all work.
Epson support was quite frankly, cr@p. Another example of the IT industry trying to rip off the consumer.