all you'd have is the beautiful artwork.... title doesnt need to be slapped on the spine, front, j-card and discs. one on the box is enough for anyone.
Not all artwork is beautiful . . . as I'm sure you'll agree . . . and where there's space for a title on a steelbook front (without messing with the artwork) it's surely not a bad thing and I'd say that the majority of titles on steelbook fronts look just fine.
Also, there's the different ways in which front titles can be treated - something not possible with spine titles - as in spot-glossed and/or embossed / de-bossed. This is a big plus for collectors and a selling point.
You will notice more often than not that the only part of the steelbook that is 'bossed is the title on the front (lol).
In addition to that front titles can also be treated creatively such as on BRONSON, THE MIST and GHOST RIDER: SPIRIT OF VENGEANCE as just a few examples.
Titles also useful to fill "dead space" in the artwork.
What does bug me however is excessive print on the front - as in cast names etc.
Just a few random recent example of . . .
(a) Steelbooks that would look better without front titles
(b) Steelbooks with creative front titles
(c) Steelbooks that look fine with front titles
(d) Steelbooks that look fine without front titles
(e) Steelbooks with excessive and unnecessary front print
(all just IMO, of course)
II
V