An image of an Epic Games sticker pasted over a Steam logo on the back of a Metro Exodus box leads some fans to question how abruptly the exclusivity decision was made.
It seems like Epic Games is ready to wage war on Steam, or at the very least introduce some competition into what has been a mostly monopolized PC gaming market. Epic has been aggressively wooing developers and publishers alike with exclusivity deals thanks to the platform’s superior revenue split that allows companies to charge less for their games and still make more money, like with Metro Exodus. However, it appears that some developers aren’t given much notice before their games are declared exclusive.
An image has surfaced on the Metro Exodus subreddit that shows an “activate on Epic” sticker placed over the Steam logo, confirming suspicions that developer Deep Silver hadn’t been given much notice about its game being an Epic launcher exclusive, a move that had been decided by Koch Media.
