Mal

To add to what Mal said: the problem isn't that it's not on Steam. The problem is that there's no valid reason for third-party exclusives on PC. It's one thing for EA or Ubisoft to keep their own games exclusive to their own stores. I wouldn't expect Epic to put Fortnite on Steam. But throwing money around to keep titles off of Steam is anti-consumer bullshit.

By all means, Epic should run their store and put pressure on Valve but this is the wrong way to go about it. Third-party games like Metro Exodus should be available everywhere so that people can choose where they want to buy them. Competition is good, but taking choice away from consumers isn't.

I think the devs literally threatened to pull out of the PC market if we boycott them too hard. Umm, okay.

Hahahaha, yeah I heard about that. Sounds like it was a single dev as opposed to an official stance, though. Gonna have to wait and see on that one but lol, blackmail is a pretty bold strategy to win customers back. If that's what ends up happening then good fucking riddance. I love Metro but there are other devs out there more deserving of my money. Like, I dunno, those that don't act like they're entitled to my money or that don't make me jump through hoops to buy their games.