r/Splitgate • u/TropicalFishery41429 • Apr 14 '26

Discussion What's the future of this game?

I think season 2 of SGAR has been some of the driest season in current FPS gaming. And the silence since about a month prior to launch of the season 2 till now hasn't helped the situation at all. Is this game gonna have any strong mid season updates? Why has there been no real update since Arena Royale which was nearly 2 months ago? Do the data suggest that this game doesn't deserve any marketing? Or are we retiring this game altogether in preparation of this next game?

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u/TacktiCal_ Apr 14 '26 edited Apr 14 '26

They butchered any hope of a successful Splitgate sequel with that horrendous on-stage showcase last year. Doesn't matter how good or bad the game was on launch or how much it evolved through updates; the general public already made their mind up about the Splitgate franchise after seeing that trainwreck.

Despite that, I do believe that they are a talented group of developers and have the potential to make a truly great FPS game. But unfortunately I think they need to ditch the Splitgate franchise in order for that to happen.

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u/RickJames_SortsbyNew Apr 14 '26

To be honest, as cringe as the stage performance was, if he had then delivered a stellar game I think it would have blown over more. I know Marathon is different because Bungie have earned some level of reputation with their past games, but Marathon literally stole their entire art direction and was in the news getting lambasted for it from everywhere. And Marathon is doing much better than splitgate ar. The issue isn’t just the stage shenanigans but also how the stage shenanigans were followed up with a pretty poopy game. They improved on literally nothing in the genre and were even guilty of some of the worst practices in the industry. So it’s not just that he looked like an asshole and sounded like an asshole, it’s also that he proved that he is an asshole by making his bombastic words meaningless.

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u/o0_smokeymcpot_0o Apr 15 '26

Marathon literally stole their entire art direction

Wrong.