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Are people who know of or remember Half Life even a significant fraction of the market anymore?

At this point it's like releasing a new Fred Astaire musical. A new episode of The Lone Ranger.

Why it feels like "this year will be the year of Linux desktop" didn't sound absurd enough for you so you went and upgraded the idea to "HL3 will be a Linux exclusive."

I just don't see that happening, aren't linux users only like 5% of the user base? Releasing their most anticipated title only for the minority would make them lose out on a hefty amount of money. The more realistic option I see is that they offer some exclusive content (add-on or cosmetics) for SteamOS users.