Which is why we need this to be put on the platform it belongs to. Yes I think we have those problems of matchmaking, hacks and the possibility of shoddy console port. For matchmaking I don't whether they will continue with this or different type of hosting. With the right anti-cheats, it should cut down those hacks by considerable amount I guess. For one I think this game deserves more audiences. With added moddability it will even better I think.

Try buying Batman AC from Malaysia online, and let me know what you think of the problem 

Hint: It uses GFWL. Not supported in Malaysia

Its it wrong for me to want to keep all my games under the same library for the purpose of convenience?  See its about having options that I can choose from. You may be fine getting your games from a dozen different places, but I don't like doing that, having multiple accounts here and there for a handful of games.
Regardless, the reason why its not on Steam is because GFWL is not available here. If you're in Singapore, you'll be able to see it.

BTW, didn't some users had issues activating their Batman AC cd key?

The fact is, GFWL does NOT support Malaysia. Register an account there and you won't even have the option for that. There's absolutely no reason for this. If you want to push that piece of crap, at least make it available worldwide.

I think the main problem with GFWL is that Microsoft isn't really focused on this platform, so it might quietly die away someday. They are mostly devoted to supporting XBL.

You should just play the PS3 version though... you can find it very heavily discounted by now.

Japanese have a pretty bad record at late ports to PC.

Putting GFWL with a good game will make it a much more frustrating experience for the gamer. As someone who had a lot of problems with GFWL, no way i'll stomach it again as the problems i had is far more than all the problems Steam, Origin, Ubisoft DRM combined.

Namco Bandai manage to release Ridge Racer Unbounded PC with Steamworks, and what makes it so difficult to release Dark Souls with Steamworks too? Since both games are by the same publisher.

Steam is not perfect by any means, especially the offline mode is difficult to use and it's ridiculous policy in banning people. I had the redownloading problem and i hate it with my guts too. And the problem with sharing account, its you yourself who got into this problem. Not the platform's problem and by Steam's EULA, you are not suppose to transfer your account to anyone else. Also, comparing all the Steam problems to GFWL, Steam is by far better and easier to use than GFWL which manage to be preferred service by most gamer.

At the same time, i would say, look into the unhappy Dark Souls PC gamer's thoughts. These people want Dark Soul to be a commercial success on PC and GFWL is preventing the game from being successful. Bulletstorm was a flop on PC partly due to GFWL with it's infamous bad multiplayer NAT and region locked for most countries in the world. How are you gonna achieve commercial success if you confine your game to that selected 35+ countries chose by Microsoft? Or on a DRM/multiplayer system that barely changed since it's launch? Even the original petition had a mock up Steam store page for Dark Souls where it could be a sign where consumers wants a Steamworks version.

I dont see this as an entitlement issue, as if the product is unfit for it's purpose, such as a game that comes with GFWL that has a very high chance of preventing you from playing your game, why should anyone buy it? Consumers need to have a good product with no glaring defects, which GFWL has been failing to provide it.

I made my stand, if Dark Souls comes with GFWL, no sale for me.

I am assuming you have not played RRU. RRU is also just a port with console issues on the PC version such as 30 fps lock and a strange bug with it's multiplayer system. It wasnt even a good port like Skyrim or Alan Wake to begin with.

As mentioned by indie developers, such as Minmax Games, Steamworks is extremely easy to implement where it only took a week for Minmax to add Steamworks to their almost completed game. From Software has no reason not to choose Steamworks over dreaded GFWL, other than its a bad decision. Even Relic claimed that the porting from GFWL to Steamworks is fairly easy to do and also resulted better sales of the Retribution expansion.

No one's blaming From Software or Namco Bandai for the poor decision. PC gamers wants to see this decision changed before its too late.
There is nothing to do with the similarity of code with xbox LIVE. Alan Wake was a 360 exclusive game but the PC version does not have GFWL at all. Remedy took about 6 months to port the game over, and add PC specific features with some aid from an external studio. In the end, they manage to earn back all their investments for the PC port in a few days.

Why cant From Software do the same as Remedy? Rather than using GFWL, even if PC gamers hates it so much. Then, release Dark Souls with GFWL and could not earn back the money they spent to port the game over. After that, blaming that all PC gamers are pirates while the truth is, their DRM and multiplayer system is unfit for purpose.

Nobody wants to see that happening, which is why almost everyone wants this bad decision with GFWL be changed.
Bulletstorm did even worse on PC than consoles, due to the region lock that GFWL impose on and it's poor reputation that it has been giving since it's launch. Blaming GFWL is not scapegoating in this case, as it is just a terrible DRM and online system by any means that discourage people from buying the game.
I do not see whats wrong with the non transferable model as it is done to increase security of a game. Me and my brother have a Steam account each, and i have no problem getting single player games for 2 separate account as games do not cost that much during Steam sales.

No one is being a Gabe trooper, but PC gamers wants to see Dark Souls to be successful on PC. Putting GFWL is just trying to piss off legitimate owners while restrict the sales to a handful of countries. People are done with GFWL with countless horrible experience with Fallout 3, Dirt series, Dawn of War series and so on. They do not want to see Dark Souls being ruined by GFWL.
Majority of users who used GFWL for a while will know how intrusive or annoying is the system. There is no need for any customers feedback since GFWL is never being improved on. I do not think that the idea of not buying Dark Souls because it has GFWL is a foolish decision. In fact, the idea of ignoring the poor reputation that has been associated with GFWL for years while still buy the game is even more foolish.

The question is, have you even used GFWL? Or you are just looking from the point of view of the well implemented Xbox LIVE? Both GFWL and Xbox LIVE are completely different thing to begin with, except they share the same backend.