I fully agree with Epic that competition is good.<br>This, however, is not legitimate competition. This is anti-consumer, greedy, market-splitting nonsense. This benefits nobody but Epic, and maybe Metro devs if the payment for exclusivity outweighs the lost sales. Then again this is really bad PR, so only time will tell if it was worth it for them.<br>Real competition should be done with pricing, sales, features, customer service, etc. <i>Not</i> paying a dev to slap other customers in the face in an attempt to hurt your competition.<br>I hope they get sued for this. I'd argue that it is false advertising to have an advertised release date, only to take it away for a payout elsewhere. That's not the same as pushing a date back due to the product needing more work. That is a conscious, premeditated, and unnecessary indefinite removal done solely for profit.<br><br>Not only will I now wait until it is on other stores, but I am absolutely waiting for it to be on a heavy discount to minimize my support for such a shitty publisher. If not for this bullshit, I might have bought it from Epic just to save $10. Now I'm hesitant to even want to support their store that I was fairly excited about growing for good competition. I'll stick to GOG for my Steam competition, thanks.