The_Pharoah
International Coach
and protection of the console market - PC will be widely pirated for sure.
I'm kind of glad its going on Steam. Personally I like having stuff on steam (so I don't worry about losing the keys, etc), plus its sort of an always-on DRM service - I'm sure they have ways of getting around it, buy that would surely put some people off (so they buy the game...and support the devs!).
But yes, I love modding...its amazing how talented modders out there are. They definitely extend the playable life of a game eg. BF2 (until EA decided to get greedy).