Publisher Deep Silver has revealed that Metro Exodus will release on Epic Games Store on February 15th. Metro Exodus will return to Steam and on other storefronts after 14 February 2020, a year after the release.
“Later today, sales of Metro Exodus will be discontinued on Steam due to a publisher decision to make the game exclusive to another PC store. The developer and publisher have assured us that all prior sales of the game on Steam will be fulfilled on Steam, and Steam owners will be able to access the game and any future updates or DLC through Steam. We think the decision to remove the game is unfair to Steam customers, especially after a long pre-sale period. We apologize to Steam customers that were expecting it to be available for sale through the February 15th release date, but we were only recently informed of the decision and given limited time to let everyone know.”
Another intriguing detail is the change in the game’s cost. While listed on Steam for $59.99, Metro Exodus costs $50 in the Epic Store.
You can find the entire announcement and the helpful FAQ here.
“We are delighted to partner with Epic to bring the digital PC version of Metro Exodus to market,” said Dr. Klemens Kundratitz, CEO at Deep Silver. “Epic’s generous revenue terms are a game changer that will allow publishers to invest more into content creation, or pass on savings to the players. By teaming up with Epic we will be able to invest more into the future of Metro and our ongoing partnership with series developer 4A Games, to the benefit of our Metro fans.”
THQ Nordic, the parent company of Deep Silver, had stepped in to comment:
not want to categorically exclude the possibility of timed exclusives for any of our games in the future, but speaking in the here and now, we definitely want to have the players choose the platform of their liking and make our portfolio available to as many outlets as possible. pic.twitter.com/oOI52rLDAi
— THQNordic (@THQNordic) January 29, 2019
Elvoc
Hmmm not sure how I feel about this especially since I had a preorder for Steam, makes you wonder if companies will start doing the same for other games being released on steam?? This is going to become quite the headache for some of us users that have hundreds of Steam games, tough to just get up and move to another platform..