To put things into perspective, Steam for the Mac came out in May 2010 and now accounts for about 3% of surveyed users. And that's with the benefit of more than three times the number of compatible games, including AAA releases like Civilization V, Borderlands 2, and Left 4 Dead 2.Source: The Tech Report
The Steam survey also tallies hardware configuration details, yielding a few interesting tidbits. DirectX 11-class graphics can be found in 58% of systems, while DX10 gear accounts for 36%. Only about 13% of surveyed systems are using Intel GPUs, so the firm's various HD Graphics solutions don't sway the numbers too much.
Predictably, the most popular display resolution is 1080p, which has a 30% share, followed by 1366x768 at 20%. Resolutions higher than 1080p make up only 4.5% of the total. In a bit of a surprise, that figure is half the 9% of systems rocking 12GB or more of system RAM. CPUs are split pretty evenly between dual-core models at 48% and quads at 43%.
2 percent of Steam users run Linux
Posted on Tuesday, March 05 2013 @ 17:07 CET by Thomas De Maesschalck