We're looking in different places. Try and [url=http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3179364]here, for starters. And you're only taking the surface data from that example. Regardless of that debate, 2D Boy is still vehemently against DRM and very happy with its World of Goo sales, with its "pay what you want" events, too.
I don't define the DLC as DRM. You can feel free. A lot of the problems were misunderstood and were actually just bugs, not authentication crap. Aside from that, anyone who craps on a company for trying something progressive and trying to incentivize pirates versus what Ubisoft is doing or what EA used to do...I dunno. You're just being an arse. Dragon Age has insane amounts of content without any of the DLC, and I don't consider any of it essential. At least give them credit for trying. I've never had a problem with a Steam game. That's not the point at all.
Are you kidding? It's StarCraft. There is simply no room for question. I'm not a Blizzard fanboy or anything, it's just...it will sell huge and that's all there is to it. I'll give you a 0.01% chance it doesn't. :P

And the devs of World of Goo said it wasn't pirated any heavier than games with DRM. Games with DRM are pirated to hell and back too. DRM makes no difference and inconveniences no one but the paying customer.
I don't like Steam, so I'll be taking a pass on FO:NV. Too bad, as it was on my very small 'games to buy' list.

This entire site and the philosophy behind it is based on that assumption.

I'm not saying they will stop mods, not trying any scaremongering here. I'm just a little surprised they made that statement. I guess people are worried after the whole MW2 DLC debacle.

No, they are saying this because of the common misconception that Steam can't run mods. People still think this, even though the only times it ever has problems with "mods" is when the mods are actually hacks that involve changing the executable (just changing resources doesn't cause a problem).
Assuming that Obsidian didn't actually change everything about the engine and interface (quite possible, it IS Obsidian :p), it will load mods the same way that TES games have since Morrowind, and there won't be a problem due to Steam.

Well MW2 was quite deliberate so they could get away with massively overpricing recycled content. That was the intention from the outset.
I'd imagine there will be DLC for NV, but if F3 is anything to go by, it will be of sufficient quality so as to not have anything to worry about from mods.

Which is made all the more strange by the fact that NV isn't a multiplayer game and subsequently won't 'suffer' from VAC banning.

Meh, I passed on Fallout 3 because of the bugs (and pretty much have lost interest in it since then), I'll be passing on Civ 5 because of the Steam requirement, and if I'm willing to pass up a new entry in the Civ series then FO:NV really doesn't stand a chance. The bottom line is that there are far more interesting games out there than I have time to play, so what a game is offering needs to be pretty damn competitive in order for me to spend my money and time on it. Any kind of online activation component in a single-player game is not what I'd consider a competitive offer.
Take a close look at the site you're posting on. I think this should answer your question.

Why are you here then?

This site works on the principal that the publishers are no longer trying to meet sales targets with the games released here. Even taking that into account, it's still difficult enough for GOG to convince publishers.

Perhaps to enjoy games instead of nerd raging over them?

Time to surrender to your Steam overlords.

None of you mentioned so far that the Steamworks API is the only really workable way to implement achievements on the PC at the moment, since GFWL is a complete joke.
That may have had some impact on the decision as well. Because ACHURVMANTS ARE TEH HOT (seriously, they are).

so?

Could not care less and would prefer games not having them as any time spend on making them is taken from more important features. All so called community features are useless in single player games anyway.

I don't want Fallout new vegas on Steam I want to play it without Steam. I only use Steam when I really have to or to play CSS.
I'm not buying Fallout NV now. Not if I am forced to play it with Steam. A shame really because Fallout NV looked really good now they have ruined it by forcing people to use Steam.

Just a curious and hence stupid question over Steam. If for some reason my Steam account gets banned, will I still have access to the games over some alternate way or will they be gone for good?