CliffyB is an idiot, and always has been. Epic would do well in PR to never let him interview, ever.
UT3 flopped because it paled in comparison to UT2K4. It wasn't a bad game, but you can't go from releasing an amazingly balanced online FPS with hundreds of maps and tons of gameplay modes, to re-releasing the same game with a handful of maps and fewer gameplay modes with bloom effects.
Gears flopped because they waited a year to release it and it was a horribly lazy port. To chat online at release without a headset, you had to type in the console. WTF.
I'm glad Epic is going console-only. Do it right or don't do it at all.

FYI, if I were you, I'd blur out that CD key in that image. Just to be on the safe side.
On topic:
Whatever happened to teaching kids how to spell in school? That's just sad. The irony here is that most of those kids are probably avid console junkies and just can't get their xbox/ps3 modded.

see this link
/thanks bbc!

If I may elaborate on that. Not only was it a lazy port, it was hardly a port at all. Any PC gamer who plays FPS's regularly would find GoW on PC a bit like trying to run a steeple chase with your legs tied together and one arm in a sling. I had it installed for exactly 20 minutes.
I'm guessing you mean that they "don't do it at all"? Epic has truly turned its back on its core audience. It's sad, very sad. I actually quite like UT3 (now, with patch 1.3), but if it's any indicator of where Epic is headed, I agree that they might as well leave the PC alone. For that matter, I think they might as well stop altogether, unless they want to switch genres completely. I don't have a PS3, but I can't imagine that playing any UT game on any console is a pleasant experience.

I've played it on PS3, it's not bad, I still prefer my PC, but it isn't bad on console.

Does patch 1.3 uninstall UT3 and install UT2K4?

I agree with your second point Wishbone, but these days game developers and publishers use DRM and piracy hand-in-hand and jump ship over to consoles where such piracy is not as easy to do and most don't have the know-how or the equipment.
Yes there are 360 modders out there who'll turn your console into a bootleg-game-playing-hunk-machine, but it'll cost you a pretty penny. On top of that, ICE recently cracked down nationwide on XBOX modders in general, whether or not their mods are legal or illegal.
Few companies are doing "well" in the PC era. Only ones I can think of are: EA, Activision/Blizzard, and Stardock/Impulse.
The way I see it, consoles will soon become a great haven for piraters of games. The next generation of consoles promise to close the gap between a PC and a console considerably.
I wonder if companies will turn to bait-and-switch tactics?
EA: "Here Johnny, the new Mechwarriors 9 game."
Johnny: "Cool!" (opens box) "Wait a second...this isn't Mechwarriors 9?!" (pats pocket) "Hey! My wallet! Come back!"
EA: (gets into car with wallet and drives away quickly)

You forgot about the other digital content delivery systems before and after Steam's like:
- Direct2Drive
- Stardock Impulse
;)

You already spoke about Stardock/impulse in your previous post, so I felt it necessary to just chime in with Steam. Which, Gabe Newell has been quite an outspoken force for the PC gaming community.

hahah double post

Hmm, this does bring another thought to mind: piracy is here to stay.
I'm currently in a Computer and Ethics course and we touched on the subject of copyrights and piracy. One of the (outspoken) illegal downloaders in the class asked the pointed question of "who here downloads illegally". Most of the room raised their hands.
I wish companies would quit flaunting about as if their profit margins (exponential growth in the last decade) are going down the drain because of the "piracy".
If they produce better products, support their products, work with and help their customers, I doubt piracy would become so rampant as it is now.
I'm tempted myself to completely abandon my inherit belief in the goodness in people and pirate every darn piece of software I pay for out of my pocket the last 6 years.
1) Lots of new versions, little changes between them (most are minor too)
2) Prices on these products are skyrocketing. (Starcraft 2 = trilogy, possibly $150 for all three "titles")
3) Quality? It's a big question and one that is usually answered with: "oh look how purty it is", "we g0ts great graphics!", and "our last game was GotY".

Piracy has been around for a long time, and it will never, ever end. But they can certainly lessen it. Before the internet was so mainstream, the number of people committing piracy was smaller, but it still existed, just in other mediums.

One of the very real problems at the moment is that, beyond saving money, pirates often get a better experience of the game then the customers. I think we have all played games that performed endless disk checks before starting, grinding away at a DVD drive despite all the game data being loaded onto the hard drive.
In some cases aggressive DRM creates security problems greater then what pirates get downloading cracks from websites that end in .ru
When you create a situation where you have made the experience of people infringing on your copyright more enjoyable then the customers you are punishing, your on the road to destruction.

Not through DRM, though, it seems. All such schemes have been cracked, and it's not like pirates have far more resources to devote to this than, say, EA. Meaning that they're woefully ineffective measures, at best.
Then there's the thing that lessening piracy =/= increased sales.
I'd think that no-CD cracks being necessitated for a legit copy is something at least some of us have seen as well.
It's not a pretty sight.
You have no chance to survive, make your time.