Valve's console

[A Black Falcon]

I think they're entirely right, but that doesn't mean that some company isn't going to be stupid enough to buy into all of the DD hype that's out there right now and try it anyway. Maybe Valve isn't that company, but I would not at all be surprised to see it happen (like, the current Microsoft rumors say that it'll have no disc drive. I don't believe that, cards cost far too much and downloads are far too slow for big games, but I can't underestimate these companies ability to do stupid things...)

I just hope that whoever does it doesn't succeed with it. But yes, Penny Arcade has a good list of reasons why this wouldn't work in a lot of places anyway.