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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Dev wrote on Jan 30, 2019, 09:03:
Beamer wrote on Jan 29, 2019, 07:34:
We all read the Starbreeze article yesterday, and 4A is even more dependent upon its games being hits than Starbreeze was. There's zero diversification.
They actually still have money coming in. Their problem is more that they squandered all their money because of a "visionary" CEO that turned out to be more of a dud CEO. Expensive secondary HQ's in places like LA, heavy investment in VR that didn't pan out. Buying up studios that were weird choices (like the one making a semi competitor to payday) and then releasing that game themselves, etc. Basically the dude had money coming out of his ears and burning a hole in his pocket and rushed to spend it everywhere in things that weren't their core competency, and spread themselves too thin.

Almost a little like star citizen. Except in that case, they still have tons of people throwing wallets at them so they are going to survive for a while more. If that stops at any point, then they are only a few months away from bankruptcy at their burn rate. If that income continues until release, we might get a game. Not sure if it will be a good game though.

You're not entirely wrong. Like I said in that thread, there was so much hubris from the CEO, and while his diversification efforts weren't necessarily bad ideas (they mostly were bad ideas, but not necessarily so), they were ideas bigger than his company. He needed more dependable revenue in their core business. The money coming out his ears was somewhat earned, and also equally much borrowed, which is a problem. And the games he invested in seemed less a good investment and more sharing the wealth with buddies.

You're right, though, they had income coming in, in the form of Payday 2. That's a luxury that 4A doesn't have, meaning 4A is even more vulnerable to a one game failure. I highly doubt they have enough reserves to keep going if they have a true flop, like Overkill's The Walking Dead was.
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