I dunno, when I took DiffEq, there was no curve. I got an A, btw. :)
But most universities have a policy that you can't just pass all your classes to earn a degree, and if your GPA drops below a 2.0 (C average), you're put on academic probation the first time, suspension the second. At Virginia Tech, you need a C or better if it's an in-major requirement, and you need a C or better in all prerequisites. You also need an in-major GPA of 2.5 to graduate.
Either way, game companies don't just hire any old college graduates. Working with these consoles to create games is a bit more involved than being someone's code monkey at Initech. :) Serious development teams ought to have at least one programmer who has made Calculus his or her bitch.
Not that I disagree entirely -- it is rather disheartening listening to so many students complain about their grades after putting in all those hours studying. But you might be surprised how many of these students either don't graduate, or switch to a less technical major. Good engineering programs often have extremely high attrition rates.
