Metro: Exodus’ presale placement on Steam was a form of advertising (for which Valve will still get its 30 percent cut on copies it already sold). The decision to move from Steam to Epic Games Store seems like it might have impaired Deep Silver’s relationship with Valve. As it is, those purchasing retail copies might be in for a surprise, as the digital transition from Steam to Epic Games Store is mirrored in the boxed redemption codes.
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Reducing digital PC pricing outside the United States means potential frustration from retail partners, a need to reduce wholesale pricing, and reprinting of marketing collateral that would otherwise carry outdated pricing. However, in other parts of the world, that market still thrives. In the United States, packaged PC games are all but extinct. The price drop isn’t mirrored in other territories because of retail complications. It’s not yet clear if the discount pricing is permanent or tied to the pre-order and launch window. While some have accurately pointed out that Epic Games Store currently lacks important quality of life features, like cloud saves, others have leaned on a notion that store exclusives are “anti-consumer.” This is despite the fact that in the United States, the move to Epic Games Store comes with a $10 price drop. Steam’s decision to call the move “unfair to consumers” (along with THQ Nordic’s own self-immolating statement yesterday) helped polarize a community that wasn’t entirely equipped to evaluate Deep Silver’s choice to abandon Valve for Epic. This is despite Deep Silver honoring Steam pre-purchases, with a promise that those who committed before the announcement would be able to play Metro Exodus on Steam at launch. This is a common tactic amongst consumers who feel slighted by anything from business decisions to discounts to attention to diversity (as was the case when Harebrained Schemes’ Battletech dared to include a choice of inclusive pronouns). The previous entries in the franchise, Metro 2033 and Metro: Last Light, have been review bombed on Steam. The shift from Steam to the Epic Games Store also caught some fans off-guard, with some opting to weaponize the user review system. “I believe it’s in the group’s, and ultimately the consumers’, best interest that business decisions are made close to the market and this is the group’s consistent business model. “I fully support our sub-groups’ autonomy to run their respective businesses,” says THQ Nordic co-founder and CEO Lars Wingefors. This structure is similar to Activision Blizzard’s ownership of Activision Publishing and Blizzard Entertainment.
THQ Nordic, headquartered in Sweden, owns three different sub-groups: Deep Silver ( Saints Row, Metro, Dead Island), THQ Nordic GmbH ( Darksiders, Titan Quest, Wreckfest), and Coffee Stain ( Goat Simulator). Today, the publisher took the step to clarify its organizational structure while affirming support for Deep Silver’s decision. We do not want to categorically exclude the possibility of timed exclusives for any of our games in the future, but speaking in the here and now, we definitely want to have the players choose the platform of their liking and make our portfolio available to as many outlets as possible.”īesides the strangeness of declining to comment and immediately proceeding to comment, THQ Nordic’s pair of tweets raised eyebrows for revealing what seems to be internal strife over the matter. “They are a sister company of THQ Nordic (Vienna), which is the reason why we can and will not comment on this matter. “The decision to publish Metro Exodus as a timed Epic Store exclusive was made entirely on Koch Media’s side as Metro is their intellectual property,” the company posted on Twitter. It seems to have also been a curve ball for Deep Silver parent THQ Nordic, with two contradictory messages coming out of the publisher in the past day. Metro Exodus’ move from Steam to a one-year exclusivity agreement with Epic caught fans by surprise on Monday.
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