I don't particularly like wrappers, still The Witcher II was great and also Bioshock: Infinite was/is running smoothly. So far all VP ports have been running just fine on my PC (please note for me PC == Linux).
I do also play Stracraft II with WINE, so don't want to be an hypocrite.

My philosophy is: if a game runs on Linux, awesome. If a game runs natively on Linux even better. If a game runs natively on Linux with a day 0 release (i.e. Borderlands: TPS) that's the best.

If you fear the non-native games have a lower chance to be runnable over the years, I would want to dispel this myth.
Assuming VP technology is similar to WINE, when playing a game running this mode is like playing natively, perhaps with a couple more call jumps from an API perspective (so a tiny bit slower).
If you got this fear, then you should apply to all non-opensource games then.

My 2 cents,
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