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[j0hnnix]

Oh bungie you never fail.

 

[mathello]

Hey there is going to be a new wave of "gamers are to cheap" articles coming soon, because they are pulling the rug under us. Jeff grubb is already saying inflation adjusted mario kart is fair and what not. But people be going PC and key Sites for these reason, and they are also making piracy more attractive in the process.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

COD 4 back in the day. What a rip off! $15 for 3-4 DLC maps.

Marathon is $23 PER map just to start off, and extra $$$ needed for battle pass perks.

 

[Lambogenie]

We got so used to F2P. I'm not against the idea of paying, but the idea of also have BP and a bazillion other paid bits is off putting.

 

[Generic]

Cheaper than Mario Kart

And Mario Kart has 1 map

 

[Guardian Monkey]

 

[Dr. Samuel Hayden]

AHAHAHAHAHAHA

 

[Kittehkraken]

Don't extraction shooters have huge maps? 3-4 sounds like a perfectly acceptable number for a new game.

 

[Luipadre]

I'd be fine with $70 with no MTX, $20-40 with moderate TX or FTP with more MTX.

Feel like their needs to be a trade-off in this whole thing. But full price and probably laden with MTX? No thanks..

No mtx and bungie in the same sentence... Good one. It will be a full priced game with overpriced mtx on top. God i hope it fails hard but bungie fans are rabbid

 

[MayauMiao]

That's a lot, battle royales usually have 1 map.

Yeah but most Battle Royales are FREE.

 

[MayauMiao]

Arrogant Sony AND Arrogant Nintendo on the same gen ?!

At least Mario Kart looks like a game people want to buy.

Marathon on the other hand...

 

[Traxtech]

I thought they said it was gonna be $40?

 

[Cyberpunkd]

- 3 maps at launch
- $70
- Battle royale

Let's check the price of Fortnite…

 

[SHAKEZ]

"Premium product" With 3 maps and only one game mode, nice.
They're really just sending this game to it's death and they know it.

 

[Danjin44]

Is this Sony's big exclusive for this year?

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

Rip Men_in_Boxes

I don't understand. What's the story here?

 

[nikos]

This is a good measure to combat most cheaters.

You don't want a lot of maps in a game like this, especially at launch.

Will probably be $40-50 on key sites anyway. EDIT: That was assuming it would cost $70, which doesn't seem to be the case.

 

[HerjansEagleFeeder]

Wow. I mean i didn't like it, but i thought is has a fair chance on the market if they launch it as F2P. Do they actively want this to fail?

 

[SJRB]

Number of maps is not an issue until we know the size of the maps, but 70 bucks is a catastrophic mistake.

 

[nial]

That's a bit weird. Granted, I didn't watch the stream, but I don't see any mention of 'full price' on the official PR or the PlayStation Blog article:

Bungie Press Room - "Bungie premieres gameplay and news of Marathon in stacked showcase"

Bungie is a videogame studio based in Bellevue, Washington, dedicated to creating hopeful worlds that inspire passionate player communities and lifelong friendships. For more than three decades, Bungie has worked towards that vision, creating some of the world’s most celebrated video game...

press.bungie.com

Marathon launches September 23 on PS5, Steam, and Xbox Series X|S, gameplay revealed

Bungie reveals gameplay and more in live reveal showcase.

blog.playstation.com

You would think Sony learn their lesson after Concord, a horrible looking game, failed miserably at $40.

Yeah but most Battle Royales are FREE.

Let's check the price of Fortnite…

The fuck? This isn't a battle royale, and Concord's problem was the fact that its DIRECT competitors were F2P. Not the case for Marathon.
Looks like they read those rumors about it being a P2P game (at $40, not the $70 or $80 prices we're currently seeing) and ran with the premium pricing bit.

 

[DForce]

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

Don't extraction shooters have huge maps? 3-4 sounds like a perfectly acceptable number for a new game.

Yeah, most of the troll comments are from people who aren't familiar with the genre.

 

[DonkeyPunchJr]

That whole article sounded really lukewarm as well.

Looks like this really could be Concord 2z

 

[H From Steps]

3 maps?

 

[Badlucktroll]

 

[TerribleAtThisGame]

Don't extraction shooters have huge maps? 3-4 sounds like a perfectly acceptable number for a new game.

Hunt: Showdown launched with one and gradually added more. We're at four total. They're also dense as fuck and massive. Learning one map in and out with compounds takes a long time.

Totally depends what this game's maps offer ultimately. The number isn't really a metric in this genre. I can't laugh at it because I'm an avid Hunt player and bought that at regular price and it has all the same shit. Thing is, it's all skins. I literally sometimes just buy one here and there to support the devs.

 

[Robb]

full priced

 

[simpatico]

Well Bungie, it was a good run. Great even. Time to pull up a chair next to Rocksteady, Arkane, BioWare and the rest of the husks.

Aesthetics are uninspired. I don't see how this takes market share from the current big boys. Aesthetic is really the only thing to set them apart. Hard to get better gameplay than Apex, so that's not a meaningful path.

 

[SkylineRKR]

Full price? Rip. Thats 79 bucks in Europe if I am correct.

This could reel in some gamers at 30-39 making an impulse buy.

 

[Mortisfacio]

Wild they're charging for it considering what we've seen so far, nothing separates it from the free to play model shooters.

 

[kevboard]

full price extraction shooter... yeah... that's not gonna go well unless the game is ridiculously good somehow.

 

[hemo memo]

So its not f2p lol? Ouch. Well I have no interest then.

It will be, and it's going to be a better version of the game released as well. You're basically paying for the beta.

 

[coachmcguirk91]

Good, I'm sure it's 40$, like other Sony gaas games. Not great, but I'm willing to pay for that if game is good. Would never pay 70

 

[GrandlyBodacious]

First I'm hearing of extraction shooters but the concept of improved runs sounds fun.

Not sure it's a game I'm willing to pay full price for.

 

[proandrad]

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

"PlayStation does what Nintendo does too"

this game is so cooked

 

[nial]

Good, I'm sure it's 40$, like other Sony gaas games. Not great, but I'm willing to pay for that if game is good. Would never pay 70

Sony's current model for GAAS is either $40 (Helldivers 2, Concord) or F2P (Convallaria).

 

[TropicanaTwista]

Officially not $70

 

[Guardian Monkey]

Like how big are these maps? They have been working on this game for seven years?!

 

[ShadyAcshuns]

Yep, I knew it would be just by how much Bungie charged for expansions and battle passes on D2. No thank you.

 

[Guardian Monkey]

Officially not $70

Well yeah. Without the battle pass, with it for the year, it will be probably.

#BungieMath

 

[missiles]

It's so fucking depressing what happened to Bungie. I mean, it's fucking depressing what's happened to gaming in general, but especially Bungie.

 

[Kenneth Haight]

 

[Parazels]

They had better release a demo version, if they are confident of success.

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

Like how big are these maps? They have been working on this game for seven years?!

it was rebooted, retool or something like that. the are not holding the card, the don't have any cards

 

[Punished Miku]

Officially not $70

That makes more sense.

 

[mathello]

It is also OPT in PSN, that is a big win. Bullying corporations works guys. I think at 40 it will not be a concord, at 60-70 it is however.

 

[Madjaba]

At least Mario Kart looks like a game people want to buy.

Marathon on the other hand...

The issue now with Nintendo is not to want to buy a game but it's to be able to afford one.

 

[ByWatterson]

Bookmark this:

$20 but includes a battle pass.

 

[adamsapple]

Officially not $70

They never said $70.

$80 is the new Premium