Friday, February 15th 2019
Metro Exodus Packaging Appears, Steam Logo Simply Hidden Under A Sticker
The drama surrounding Metro Exodus continues unabated. Deep Silver which has ownership over the IP, was the one that decided to pull Metro Exodus from Steam in favor of a 1-year timed exclusivity deal on the Epic Games Store. If you've been following the drama thus far this is all public information. Furthermore, it was speculated that this move was made at the very last minute considering other retailers were originally advertising preorders as being Steam keys for quite some time right up until the news of the digital platform switch broke. Lending more credence to the fact this was a disruptive switch at the last minute is the physical packaging which was not altered for the game's launch and instead has a sticker covering the Steam logo. Truly for such an outstanding game, the mess of its launch should be remembered as a great example of how not to release a game.
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67 Comments on Metro Exodus Packaging Appears, Steam Logo Simply Hidden Under A Sticker
Even the preloader is on steam hahah
to command the whole industry?
The reason why Metro Exodus is on Epic's platform? Moar money for the developer. The game's price did not budge as compared to usual steam prices. Here goes everyone's dream.
I would love the competition if it was as follows: cheaper on Epic platform, more expensive on steam. They would profit the same from both platforms, but sales would improve thanks to favorable pricing on Epic, and they would maintain the steam's playerbase at the same time. Win-win for both developer and the gamers. Right?
But no. The developers want to be the only ones profiting from the situation. Gamers? Screw gamers as long as they get more monies.
If every game would release on EVERY storefront, now that would be competition. This is not it.
You seem to have no clue of what real competition is.
EPIC game store requires "Always Online," they pulled this at the last second from Steam, and this game is also (as usual) buggy at launch. I can wait a year - even if I didn't for Last Light. Their mistake...
After all they need games to promote RTX.
After ALL OF THAT, I want RE2 for sure. This is a joke lol - too many games.
And btw, Epic store opened this very december, and needed a blockbuster to enter like a Holywood star to the scene, which they accomplished :)
Compare it to Apple. They have a closed ecosystem and a small range of authorized resellers that have to abide by a set of rules, even. But on the market for phones, they are still competing like any other company that makes phones. Its not unhealthy and its not prohibited, it is even one of the highest margin commercial businesses in the world. Perfectly legal, and perfectly healthy. If consumers don't want Apple, they can buy another phone. Same with Metro, if consumers don't want to buy Metro, buy another game. Now what you and others are REALLY doing is this: you're saying you don't like the reseller that is selling Metro, and proceed to choose not to buy the game. The only limitation here is that of your own imagination. There is not even exclusivity. Anyone can access Epic Store in the exact same way. There is only a publisher, that chooses just like Apple to limit its sales to specific stores.