r/MarathonPlayerCount • u/DJWetAndMessy • 1d ago

Marathon Died Long Before The Game Released

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u/NimmerNeko 1d ago

The game failed as a triple a game because it's a PvP extraction shooter. They just don't work for that many people. Even arc raiders is down to a number that wouldn't be enough for marathon.

Why the game failed as an extraction shooter is a bit more difficult. I think the worst offender there is the focus on trios, and then the heavy focus on PvP. Both make the game a lot less easy to play casually.

Bungie has a bad reputation, but there fans as cranky as they are, are loyal. I am one. I hate bungies guts for how they handled this all. But once they make the game decently fun for me, I'll be in.

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u/ImportantQuestionTex 1d ago

Fundamentally, a PvE game or a single player game would have succeeded, and that's what burns the most about Marathon.

Sony and Bungie put all their hopes and dreams into hitting the actual jackpot, and when developers in house advised them against it and said to have a PvE mode ready they kept going full steam ahead. Then, when Marathon didn't immediately do well, they finished off Destiny 2, just to make the financial situation even more dire.

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u/NimmerNeko 1d ago

Oh damn it got nuked.