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
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The problem isn't "Exclusive" or "Steam monopoly".
It is their extremely poor execution of pulling off the steam page without sufficient time for customers (and potential customers) to buy (or you could call it "pre-order") the game on steam.
People don't like being forced to use something they are not familiar with.
Those wanna argue "It is just another launcher, no big deal".
Remember, "On steam" is considered as a part of the product and a part of advertisement.
Imagine what would happened if Metro Exodus only available via physical DVDs.
Customers (and potential customers) received all those advertisement from day one had to put "On steam" in mind while making their buying decision.
This "Exclusive" move ripped off people's buying decisions and forces them to buy a different product (Yes, "Game + Steam" and "Game + Epic" should be considered different products).
Not to mention the drama afterwards by 4A devs.
In this case consumers receive no benefits.
Consumers received false advertisement for all those days.
Consumers are forced to buy a different product.
Consumers are forced to install an inferior launcher, which has multiple security issues, some of them even violate EU laws.
Consumers are forced to install fortnite.
This is so anti-consumer.
Why would somebody defend them?
I'm all for competing games launchers, don't be me wrong. However, I'm very much against games having any type of exclusivity. Put the game out on every platform, let the consumer decide which platform they want to buy it on. And if, for example, Epic gives the developers/publishers a better deal and they want that to be their primary launcher, price the game accordingly on that platform. Make the game 10% cheaper on Epic. The lower price might entice more people to use it, and also make up for the lacking features of that platform.
PC gamers had enough of the pre-order BS like No Man Sky.
Majority of people just wait for the game, watch the reviews before buying it.
Whole switch from steam to epic games store is so rushed and AFTERthought this is beyond reasoning.
Then again I wait 2 years later until the same game is like $10, with all patches released and the drivers optimized. I'm in no hurry. Heck, 3rd party key site Epic game keys of this will probably be $5 in 2 years.
Plus, these things have a habit of launching at Windows startup. Not an issue for you and me, but the average user would just stand there waiting for Windows to load.
Kazakhstan is under the greater influence of China than Russia, so the Russians in the game are invaders and man-eaters.
I did not even think that the game could be so fishy.
What's new, this thread should of had no option for any one to post in and just been locked from the start.
Like my old Asus P6T SE which just had a sticker over on its P6T marking on its PCB.. well, I flashed it to P6T.
Sadly you can't make this a Steam game. :/