This is the one game I actually ask for, for Christmas cause I pretty much bought everything else that came out on PS3 recently. Good to know I will have a fun new game on Christmas day.

Big question I have is whether the game is selling extremely well or if just not enough copies were made since you 2 couldn't get it.

Also, ckmlb, did you play CoD4 MP, because so far that's my top online shooter for PS3. 

I've played it on 360, it's good but I think I like this better. Edit: Forgot to mention you can install it on your hard drive and load times disappear.

Awesome, and I love hard drive installs.

So has anyone else got the game yet?
It seems like few have had the chance to find a copy

i had to buy mine from ebay
$55 bucks including priority shipping 2-3 days

so ill prolly have mine by friday. =D

Well, I got mine today after pre-ordering only a few days ago (last Thursday).  Frankly, I was surprised at how many online games were already going at 8 pm my local time.  I'd opine that it's sold at least pretty darn well, especially for it's first day. Wouldn't venture to specify a number or try to claim 100k copies or more, but it seems a good number of people had it and were online vs. playing the campaign mode.

I have to agree with the above opinion so far.  I personally wouldn't even compare UT3 to COD4.  They are so completely different, I can't see my way to compare them or how I would try.  I guess I could say that while the art styles are wildly different, the quality is at least equal, as far as I can judge from those differences.  UT is just a wild, frenetic ride, whereas COD4 is more strategy and team based it seems to me.  I still will play a lot of WarHawk too.  Again, different type of game.  WarHawk is more varied, IMO, although definitely slower paced. (and I thought WarHawk got really crazy sometimes!).  If you've experienced UT before on the PC, you KNOW it's a different sort of beast altogether.  Very fun and crisp.

I too was amazed at just how fluid all the animation is, especially considering the speed.  Although necessarily slower paced than it is on the PC, UT is definitely the fastest console shooter out there.  It will make people newly experiencing it on the console for the first time just as dizzy as it does newbies on the PC.  Definitely worth the buy (If you want a console version of UT)! 

Thanks for your impressions.  

Can't wait. I'm glad I've decided to buy UT3 over AC...