There were shocked faces all round when Metro Exodus was suddenly declared to be exclusive to Epic’s increasingly pugnacious new store yesterday. The Fortnite bunch have been making a play to turn their store into a serious Steam rival for a few weeks now, but the much-anticipated third Metro game was a hell of a scalp to take from Valve.
More startling was that it happened while Metro was just a fortnight (ohhhhh) from release, as opposed to Epic making eyes at a mid-development game. It’s for that reason that Valve are now claiming that the Metro Exodus about-face is “unfair to customers.”
There’s a lot to unpack there.