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. Going by a recent notice on Metro Exodus’ store page: Valve definitely does not feel good about it since the company just recently found out. The same goes for any additional content and DLC if players obtained special editions of Metro Exodus. Metro Exodus is just the latest in a long line of games switching stores.Īs mentioned in the official announcement, pre-orders will be honored and the game can still be downloaded on Steam. Meanwhile, Ubisoft also made the huge decision to turn The Division 2 into an Epic Games Store exclusive. The Walking Dead: The Final Season moved stores even after Telltale Games’ fall and Skybound’s eventual handling of the IP. It’s seen a number of titles jump ship to become Epic Store exclusives in their own right. Assuming that these games use the Unreal Engine, the company even covers the 5 percent engine royalty. Epic’s business model which provides an 88 percent cut for developers is surely enticing. The Epic-Steam rivalry has been going on for months now. Players who’ve pre-ordered already on Steam need not fret, however, as these purchases will still be honored. The ability to purchase the game from Steam will be removed later today. According to a recent announcement on the game’s Steam store page, the publisher Deep Silver and Epic have reached an agreement to sell Metro Exodus solely on that platform. That’s because Metro Exodus, the latest from 4A Games and the continuation of Artyom’s story, will become an Epic Games Store exclusive. The previous Metro games will also be added to the retailer later in 2019.Īs for Metro itself, I recently played the majority of its summer level and liked it a lot, a few pacing issues aside.Epic Games are truly enticing more developers to their distribution platform.
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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." The price in the UK remains unchanged at £50, though.īoth the regular and gold editions will be available for purchase on the Epic Games Store, if you enjoy soundtracks and digital art books. "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. "We are delighted to partner with Epic to bring the digital PC version of Metro Exodus to market," comments Deep Silver CEO Klemens Kundratitz. Epic's competitive revenue split of 88/12 is hinted to be the reason behind the leaner price.
Intriguingly, the game will cost $50 on Epic's store in the US, when it was originally listed on Steam for the usual $59.99. 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." We think the decision to remove the game is unfair to Steam customers, especially after a long pre-sale period. 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.
You'll find this notice now: "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. You can currently preorder on Steam, but not for long it seems.
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