The Metro sequence will proceed and can proceed on PC, publishers Deep Silver have insisted. Last week, a pissed off member of builders 4A Games had instructed on a discussion board that if PC peeps boycotted Metro Exodus over it becoming an Epic Games Store exclusive, then future games would skip PC. Naw, Deep Silver say, don’t sweat it. They additionally stress that they made the choice to change to Epic exclusivity, not 4A Games, so don’t rag on 4A for it.
The 4A Games fella had responded to anti-Expicodus backlash in a publish (in Russian) on the Gameinator forums on Thursday. Along with expressing frustration that folks may go over their onerous work due to the shop it makes use of, he stated that it may need large penalties for the sequence. Should PC peeps boycott Exodus, he stated, then the hypothetical subsequent Metro game would undoubtedly skip PC and solely hit consoles.
It was clearly an overly-candid private opinion however acquired picked up and handed round this right here kettle of hellwhispers we name the Internet, prompting Deep Silver to deal with his publish.
“The recent comments made by a member of the 4A Games development team do not reflect Deep Silver’s or 4A Games’ view on the future of the franchise,” Deep Silver and mum or dad physique Koch Media (who’re all owned by THQ Nordic) stated in a statement yesterday. “They do reflect the hurt and disappointment of a passionate individual who has seen what was previously nothing but positive goodwill towards his work turn to controversy due to a business decision he had no control over. We respectfully ask that any and all valid feedback over this decision is directed at Koch Media / Deep Silver, and not the developers at 4A Games.”
4A Games are ‘only’ the builders, see, with Deep Silver offering funding and making the massive enterprise choices.
Even THQ Nordic’s publishing workplace (to not be confused with the THQ Nordic head workplace), Deep Silver’s sister firm, don’t appear to agree with their autonomous company siblings and made clear on Twitter final Tuesday that the choice was nothing to do with them. While they stated they couldn’t categorically rule out ever doing timed exclusives sooner or later, for 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.”
Deep Silver and Koch Media say their Epic deal was for the nice of the way forward for the Metro sequence, and it’ll have a future.
“Our decision to partner with Epic Games was based on the goal of investing in the future of the series and our development partner at 4A Games. We have every intention of continuing this franchise, and a PC version will always be at the heart of our plans.”
Valve declared the game’s sudden shift off Steam “unfair to customers” (I feel they meant to themselves too), whereas our John has stated this is the wrong way for Epic to try to compete with Steam.
Metro Exodus launches February 15th on the Epic Games Store. While Deep Silver stated that Epic taking a smaller reduce than Steam would allow them to go the financial savings onto us and scale back the game’s worth, they solely reduce the worth for people within the US. For many individuals in locations the place Epic haven’t but arrange regional pricing, the game truly prices extra now it’s off Steam.
