We were assured that PC games were "d0med". We were told nobody plays turn based strategy games despite the fact that Civilization 4 is a huge hit. But here we are, seeing activity at 10X the level of GalCiv I which in itself did far better than anticipated.
Things went a lot smoother than we had expected and ironically, a lot smoother than they would have if it weren't for just plain luck (we reserved a ridiculous amount of bandwidth which turned out to be just barely enough).
You can read some of the experiences we've had from the trenches these past two days at the link below.