Epic’s war with Steam means gamers in China can’t play Metro Exodus
Here's why Chinese gamers are so angry: Epic has been nabbing exclusives like Metro Exodus, hoping to tempt people over from fierce rival Steam. Instead, it just means people in China can't play those games at all. The country's authorities are, unsurprisingly, extraordinarily strict, so very few games are actually approved for sale in China -- and the games that are approved have to remove things like blood or even skeletons. That's why Steam is so popular in China: It gives gamers there the ability to explore a whole world of games that they don't have access to.