Huh. I found this tidbit the most surprising among that that list of specs: ~25% of all widescreen users supposedly a display of 27" or larger.
That does make me think that these stats aren't really representative of the more casual computer users. I would have expected the cheapo 17-19" widescreens to be much more common otherwise, and same for the 15.4" laptop screens
Anyway, something important to know for us casual developers: they don't break down the numbers explicitely, but if you look at the stats for the primary display resolutions and add up the numbers you'll see that 39.62% of the computers surveyed are using a widescreen monitor.
That number by itself clearly illustrates that you should do some serious considerations in supporting widescreen resolutions in your games... If not, up to ~40% of your players could have a sub-par experience with either stretched graphics or unused screenspace.
That does make me think that these stats aren't really representative of the more casual computer users. I would have expected the cheapo 17-19" widescreens to be much more common otherwise, and same for the 15.4" laptop screens
Anyway, something important to know for us casual developers: they don't break down the numbers explicitely, but if you look at the stats for the primary display resolutions and add up the numbers you'll see that 39.62% of the computers surveyed are using a widescreen monitor.
That number by itself clearly illustrates that you should do some serious considerations in supporting widescreen resolutions in your games... If not, up to ~40% of your players could have a sub-par experience with either stretched graphics or unused screenspace.