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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Darks wrote on Jan 29, 2019, 12:27:
I think this pretty much explains why Steams the better platform and its pretty convincing.

Steam--- Epic Store

Cloud Saves--- Yes--- No
User Profiles--- Yes--- No
User Reviews--- Yes--- No
Forums--- Yes--- No
Mod Distribution--- Yes--- No
Friends List and Chat Yes--- Yes
Groups Yes--- No
Item Trading--- Yes--- No
Library Sorting--- Yes--- No
Account Sharing--- Yes--- No
Streaming to other devices--- Yes--- No
Broadcasting--- Yes--- No
Screen-capture Sharing--- Yes--- No
User Created Guides--- Yes--- No
Wish List--- Yes--- No


Yup. you have a good list. Epic is lacking a lot. But to everyone angry, Epic is trying to build it. In order to build it, they need time and money. In order to have money, they need to sell things. The only advantage they have to offer is higher publisher revenue, and potential exclusives. So they're doing what it takes to get a critical mass of users that warrants more investment.

They could have just invested in a true Steam competitor now. Except Steam has a 15ish year lead, which is very hard to compete against. It also has billions in annual revenue, and therefore the type of dev team that affords. It would be a huge, huge investment to build something to compete with that (which is why no one has.) Epic is trying to do it, but can't do it overnight, and wants revenue to prove it, and help fund it, instead of dropping a few hundred million into a Steam competitor that could die overnight.

If you have the choice between Steam and Epic, it's kind of a no-brainer today. So Epic is removing that choice in some places, to get the users it needs to prove that there's even a point in competing with Steam.

And while, yeah, I get being annoyed, I just don't get people who went from "I was so excited for this, but now it's on Epic and not Steam and I won't buy it unless it's super discounted." Just seems to hurt yourself by helping ensure no future Metro games. Unless you need some of the things marked "No" here, why care?

Some people think exclusives will be the future. Possibly. Not sure why it really matters, Steam prices are set by publishers, so it isn't like something being on Steam and on Epic means we'll have a lower price - prices lower when the publisher decides, and the publisher will guaranteed keep price parity across platforms. Also, the reason we have an exclusive is because Epic has exactly one card to play, so they're playing it. Once they're closer to feature parity, they'll have more cards to play, and will be less interested in playing the one-time use card that costs them a good chunk of cash.
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