If only I had mod points...

In my experience Bethesda develops the games for both in such a way as to make it not feel like a port. I'm not sure which platform is their main focus for Skyrim, but I wouldn't expect to see terrible control layouts. Oblivion is available for both console and PC, but has a fairly good control scheme on the PC, in my opinion. I think the only problem I would be worried about for the PC is no ability to remap controls - I can't remember if Oblivion or Fallout even had this option (I never found the need for it, anyway).

Bethesda has a very supportive and open stance on the modding community, even going so far as to provide them with the tools they need to do so. From this, you could expect that you won't see any crazy, restrictive DRM. Bethesda's no Ubisoft.

If you knew anything about Blizzard you'd know they don't announce these things until they are dead certain of them. They never announce specific dates, only time-frames like "this fall" or "next spring". When they are more certain they won't have to delay, they give a specific date, and then they announce the price.

Sure you can, on both counts. I've done it countless times when my Internet went down for any number of reasons. By default SC2 does not require the CD after installation, and you are able to play single-player offline. You just can't get achievements offline.

Agreed - this needs updated to link to the source, as well as fix the glaring grammar problems...

Please point to a case where this has happened in modern US history, as this is a very clear violation of our sixth amendment in the Bill of Rights.