At GDC 2019 in San Francisco, Epic Games held its own conference. It was then that the head of the company's digital service, Steve Allison (Steve Allison) announced his unwillingness to repeat the situation with Metro Exodus. He promised that the company would warn about all exclusives in advance, but in a week Epic Games managed to change its mind.
On Twitter, burningphoenix asked CEO Tim Sweeney about Observation's sudden move from Steam to the Epic Games Store. The head of Epic Games responded: βAfter the GDC, we discussed various options for a long time. If developers with a publisher want to make a deal with us, they won't get rejected. The company is open to suggestions at any time, regardless of previous plans for Steam."
As a reminder, Gearbox Software yesterday announced Borderlands 3's six-month exclusivity on the Epic Games Store. And a little earlier, Ubisoft transferred its Anno 1800 city-building strategy to this service - pre-order is still available on Steam, but after the release, it will no longer be possible to buy Anno 1800 in the Valve store.
Source: 3dnews.ru