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Also, suggesting that Soulstorm may now be the second game in the Quintology is silly. The character of Abe was only a fifth of that story - counting Soulstorm as another fifth would mean something else would have to be left out.
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Not another fifth, merely the second part of the story. My argument is that there probably isn't a story with five parts anymore, hence my opinion concerning the archaic term "Quintology" (or "Penology" if you want to get technical). With Soulstorm being rewritten to be more relevant, there doesn't need to be a strict adherence to the five-part plan and five heroes. Nothing has to be let out, per se, it just has to be reworked into a more streamlined, character-centric narrative (probably focusing heavily on Abe).
Consider the Quintology like a mosaic. Each instalment would have represented a new tile in the mosaic. The core five games of the Quintology revealed the salient image, and the bonus games fleshed out some of the finer detail, though without them, the salient image would not be tarnished. The bonus games merely offered you a larger view of the world and some juicy scenery to chew on.
That original mosaic, however, was abandoned with Munch's Oddysee. With New 'n' Tasty, Oddworld Inhabitants have started creating a new mosaic, except this time, Exoddus/Soulstorm is a tile that belongs to the salient image. It is not an outlier anymore; it is a part of the core experience, suggesting the final picture has changed.
Okay, let me rephrase the question, because I suppose the heart of all of this is: Do you believe Soulstorm is a bonus game, or the bona fide second entry in the new story?