Metro dev says next game won't be on PC if players boycott. EDIT: Official Statement made

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Lafiel said:

CGI-Quality said:

 As has been stated, the issue isn't simply that Metro won't be on Steam for a year. It is that said deal happened just under three weeks from release. It is a bad precedent to set and it's good that people spoke up about it.

Regarding this latest statement, it is an easy way to lose a fanbase. 

if that fanbase is pissed about the devs wanting a bit more money from their game release at no extra cost for those fans, then it's probably not one worth keeping

Bad argument. The developers didn't make the decision - it's even stated in the article. There's also no way they would ever make as much money with Epic as they would on Steam, at least not on game sales alone. It's a moneyhatting deal, very clearly. They would make more money being on both platforms.