Sounds just like the transfer from Steam to the Epic Games Store was a chance that paid off for Metro: Exodus.
Metro: Exodus has completed quite properly as an Epic Games Store unique. It has already bought extra copies than Metro: Last Light did on Steam throughout launch week.
During its State of Unreal presentation at GDC 2019, Epic introduced gross sales of Metro: Exodus had been 2.5 occasions that of Last Light throughout the identical reporting interval.
Deep Silver by no means offered gross sales information for the title, however within the US alone, the game surpassed lifetime retail sales of Metro 2033 in its first week.
However, the agency did present 2015 information for the Metro Redux assortment, which included Last Light and its predecessor Metro 2033: it bought over 1.5 million.
In addition, Epic additionally introduced each Subnautica and Slime Rancher every exceeded 4.5 million downloads of their two-week runs as free choices on the shop.
Also introduced throughout the GDC session, it was introduced Ubisoft has signed future exclusivity deals for the Epic Games Store. Quantic Dream can be bringing its last three titles to the shop as time-exclusives, and much more games had been introduced as retailer exclusives.
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