mark-t's Journal: Steam for Linux? Can it succeed?

Valve seems to think so, with its Steam Box console, but I've encountered no small number of people in the gaming industry who practically consider Valve to be a laughing stock for even thinking of this.

I know the slashdot crowd themselves are going to be a bit biased, but I'm asking people here to think outside of their own domain, and think about what the general public is likely to actually want. Are these acquaintances of mine who work in game development probably right, or is there some practical reason to think that Valve's got their heads on straight with this idea?

Seriously.... does it have any hope?