I see a lot of discussion about the lack of AAA Free Software titles and how to fund game development but nothing about the actual problem. Steam itself. AAA free titles aren't going to happen and they aren't needed. Indie developers rule the gaming world these days. It's these guys that need courted. AAA developers are never going to be convinced to give up source code. Indie devs can be.
The lack of games isn't a problem either. There are tons of free software, hobby developed games out there. The real problem is the incursion of a proprietary distribution platform for GNU/Linux that is very very attractive to the Indie development community and is ultimately going to become the central hub for distribution for games in our platform. This WILL happen so we must have a plan to react to it.
