Firefly Studios announces that Stronghold Crusader 2 will launch this spring as a Steam exclusive. Marketing Manager and Miami Dolphins starting quarterback Nick Tannahill explains in this post on the official website for the siege-warfare sequel:

Our primary reason for making Crusader 2 exclusive to Steam is fairly simple then. The time required to create our own bespoke tools and systems for such features could end up delaying the game for the wrong reasons, which nobody wants, without necessarily providing better functionality. It sounds clichéd but this is win-win, we get to include the features fans of the genre expect without delaying the game or taking our focus away from core gameplay features.