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From my testing of the Wayland backend when it was still hidden behind a registry setting, it's mainly for DPI awareness. For example, I use a 1440p screen with 1.25 scaling. Currently Wine through Xorg therefor sees my desktop as 1152p high. With the Wayland driver it would still correctly identify as using a 1440p screen.
I've been using the unstable branch for this exact reason. Otherwise I'd have to change my scaling every time I launch a game.