Metro Exodus an Epic Store Exclusive - What This Means for Steam Preorders

An announcement from Deep Silver on Steam reveals that Metro Exodus will be a timed exclusive for the Epic Games Store until February 14, 2020, one year after the planned February 15, 2019 release of 4A Games' first-person shooter sequel. The wrinkle with this plan is that Metro Exodus remains available for pre-purchase on Steam for the moment, and has already been preordered there by a number of customers. Preorders will end at some point today, but word is everyone that they will receive their game as expected. This is not preventing Valve from complaining about this, as they say: "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." Here's Deep Silver's take on the topic:
Epic Games and Deep Silver today announced a partnership that will see the digitally-distributed PC version of the highly anticipated Metro Exodus release on February 15th 2019 solely through the Epic Games store.

The ability to purchase / pre-order from Steam will soon be removed

However, any customer with an outstanding pre-order for Metro Exodus on PC through Steam will receive their game as expected.

For more information, please view our FAQ below :

I already pre-ordered Metro Exodus on Steam. What happens to my order?
Your pre-order on Steam will be honored, and you will be able to download and play Metro Exodus on release day (15th February 2019).

If I pre-ordered the Gold Edition on Steam, will I still get my future Expansion Pass on Steam?
Yes, your Expansion Pack content will become available for download via Steam, when released.

Will I still get my pre-order bonuses - the Digital Artbook and Official Soundtrack on Steam?
Yes, your pre-order bonuses will be honored and delivered by Steam.

I ordered the Standard Edition - will I be able to purchase the Expansion Pass in the future on Steam?
Yes, if you own the Standard Edition on Steam, you will be able to purchase the Expansion Pass or standalone DLC on Steam when it releases in the future.

Does the Epic Store have any exclusive or timed exclusive DLC?
No. All future DLC for Metro Exodus will be released simultaneously on all platforms.

Are there any differences in content between the version on the Epic Games store and the version on Steam?
No, they have the same pre-order bonuses and in-game content. All future title updates, patches, and free and premium DLC will be released simultaneously across both versions.

Will Metro Exodus ever return to Steam?
Yes - Metro Exodus will return to Steam and on other store fronts after 14th February 2020.
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Jan 28, 2019, 20:05
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Jan 28, 2019, 20:05
 
This game looks great! I don’t care which launcher I have to use. I’ve given Gabe enough money to shovel into his fat face anyway. Time for some competition.
What came first, the chicken or the egg?
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Jan 28, 2019, 20:04
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Jan 28, 2019, 20:04
 
Supporting the Epic store with their crazy low cut for devs is pretty much the best thing you can do for yourself and the gaming industry at this moment. Sure it's a small inconvenience to support many launchers, but come on, not a reason to cry.

I'm not sure I understand why Metro decided to go with Epic store only though. Clearly they'll lose a lot of sales. Perhaps they struck a deal with Epic. I thank them for their sacrifice!
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Jan 28, 2019, 20:04
 
Whelp, wasn't going to buy at release anyway. I was going to buy after a while, once my backlog has been pared down a bit, but now I will just wait until it is below $10 on a Steam sale.
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Jan 28, 2019, 19:59
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Jan 28, 2019, 19:59
 
hahaha I just read the comments about this news on Steam, now close to 2000!

I love most of them read:

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I wonder if I should do the same, but I'm usually not that rude.
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Jan 28, 2019, 19:58
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Jan 28, 2019, 19:58
 
Pathetic to do this a mere two weeks before release. Not big into this series but now I have no interest in this on principle. Maybe in two years when its on a deep sale on GoG with no drm I'll pick it up.

You just know though that when they release it on steam etc. in 2020 they'll try selling it for $60.
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Jan 28, 2019, 19:53
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Re: Metro Exodus an Epic Store Exclusive - What This Means for Steam Preorders Jan 28, 2019, 19:53
Jan 28, 2019, 19:53
 
Not buying from the Epic store, period. And yeah the DRM doesn't help them convince people to buy either. Guess I won't be playing this game anytime soon.
“With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censured, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably." - Aaron Sati
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Jan 28, 2019, 19:48
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Jan 28, 2019, 19:48
 
They wanted to get more money of every sale. simple as that as we know Epic pay developers a revenue share of 88% while it's 70% for Steam.

I was looking for that game but then came Denuvo and now I would need to install Epic installer only for this game? I'll pass for release, maybe later when they remove Denuvo the game will be more widely available, and prolly at a lower price too so all good. I'm not addicted in getting any game on release day anymore. Must be that I'm getting old.
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Really dumb considering it's all but still there on Steam, they're just turning off the store front for a while.

That'll confuse the fuck out of everyone who doesn't follow sites like this one.
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Jan 28, 2019, 19:25
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Jan 28, 2019, 19:25
 
The silver lining is it's only 49.99 now, but still a bad move imo.
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Jan 28, 2019, 19:21
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Hahahaha nice one!
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