Linux has far more games than "25" or "165". Linux has far, far, far more developers than it has "game development studios", currently writing software for it.

Linux has far more games than "25" or "165". Linux has far, far, far more developers than it has "game development studios", currently writing software for it. The Independent Gaming scene is ripe with great stuff that will run on Linux from day one - and it doesn't just need 'mainstream studios' to get the industry kicked off. This is a ripe as any other boom market. As an Open Pandora user, I'm amused at this whole fuss about whether "its acceptable" for mainstream companies to produce stuff for the Linux market. Of course its wonderful, there is no downside whatsoever to the rising star of Linux gaming, whether it comes from Steam or somewhere else (http://repo.openpandora.org/ http://repo.openpandora.org/). The only possible downside is that an expanding and flourishing Linux gaming market will reveal the fragility of Microsoft in this scene. You don't need Windows technology to game awesome; you only need Windows technology because you've been told you need it by higher powers. Technologically: no. So why the apprehension, really? Is it really something you've got concern about, or is this some sort of groupthink/kneejerk thing going on?