I went looking for a record of the statistics, but I know that the Humble Indie Bundle 9 had a larger gross revenue share from Linux than Mac, plus significantl

I went looking for a record of the statistics, but I know that the Humble Indie Bundle 9 had a larger gross revenue share from Linux than Mac, plus significantly higher per-user average payments from those who claimed Linux. But yeah, Steamboxes will make Linux a viable sales platform for games. Without it, you are basically looking at an OS that users have to manually install unless you buy from one of the three Linux pc boutiques online or the specific Dell / HP laptops with Ubuntu, and then you still only have Ubuntu as a distro option. If Linux ends up in stores, especially on the cheaper end playing all the Indie games, running SteamOS at least, the market will explode. I want to say I'm disappointed id is becoming effectively dropping the platform, especially when it has higher adoption numbers now than it ever did when they released any other game for it. Their games probably represent 90% of pre-Humble Bundle / Steam hours played on Linux, considering all the mods and such.