Metro Exodus Becomes a Timed Exclusive to Epic Store

[Peh]

Ljink96 said:
This will most likely hurt them in the long run, the money they'll be saving from Gabe's 70/30 cut will probably not make up for the backlash and potential lost customers. Like at least wait until your next title to switch to Epic, have some class.

I don't blame them for doing what they're doing but the timing was just awful.

It actually gets worse from here on. 

30% / 70% from 60$ are 18$ / 42$ on Steam.

12% / 88% from 60$ are 7,2$ / 52,8$ on Epic Store. 

The game in the US Epic Store costs only 50$ where in Europe (Germany for example) it is still 60€.   

So 12$ / 88% from 50$ equals 6$ / 44$ 

So they get on the Epic Store 44$ for each copy they sell where they would get 42$ if they sold the game on Steam for 60$.

That's only a 2$ difference for the US market.

 So, which has the bigger userbase between the two and how many potential buyer would you get? 

Is it really worth it? 

 

Do you guys think they will sell the game on Steam for 60€ in 2020? Who the hell would even buy it after a whole year for the same price as it is now. Or even more expensive as it is on the current US Epic Store? What are they thinking?