In a series of tweets, THQ Nordic stated its official stance regarding the timed-exclusive release of Metro Exodus on Epic’s digital store. According to THQ Nordic, the decision to release the game initially only on Epic’s store was made entirely by Koch Media who is responsible for Deep Silver’s games.
The decision to publish Metro Exodus as a timed Epic Store exclusive was made entirely on Koch Media’s side as Metro is their intellectual property. They are a sister company of THQ Nordic (Vienna), which is the reason why we can and will not comment on this matter. We do
— THQ Nordic SOUTH PARK: SNOW DAY! ️ (@THQNordic) January 29, 2019
not want to categorically exclude the possibility of timed exclusives for any of our games in the future, but speaking in the here and 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. pic.twitter.com/oOI52rLDAi
— THQ Nordic SOUTH PARK: SNOW DAY! ️ (@THQNordic) January 29, 2019
What’s really interesting here is that THQ Nordic does not exclude the possibility of timed-exclusive deals happening again. Now I’m pretty sure that all games that will be coming from THQ Nordic won’t be timed-exclusive to any store, however this could happen for games published by Deep Silver/Koch Media.
For those unaware, even though THQ Nordic has acquired Koch Media, the latter is free to make independent decisions regarding its titles.
Metro Exodus will release on February 15th, 2019, on Epic’s store and will be coming to Steam in February 2020!
