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Bungie's Marathon Is A Polished Extraction Shooter, But That Might Not Be Enough

Marathon feels like it'll deliver satisfying gameplay, but the experience around it could leave a lot to be desired

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Concord 2 incoming...

Ofcourse it'll have a battle pass as well

Battle Royale? I thought this was an extraction shooter like Hunt Showdown and Tarkov.

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

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

"premium" is 70.

what is the official word from Bungie?

 

[March Climber]

Bungie isn't Blizzard.

 

[PeteBull]

90$ priced mkw looks like 10x better value from this 70$ junk

 

[nial]

Battle Royale? I thought this was an extraction shooter like Hunt Showdown and Tarkov.

It is.

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

Officially not $70

Oh we wanted to charge full price but this backlash has us going back to rethink our strat

If we were only charging half of a real game we would have gotten out in front of this now instead of this vague wait and see fuckery

 

[MDSLKTR]

So when we make bets on Bungie 2026 layoffs numbers? The winner gets in the ring with men_in_boxers.

 

[Kurotri]

How can it be a premium title and not be full price at the same time? Also why not just say it now instead of waiting for Summer? Modern gaming, man.

 

[nial]

Oh we wanted to charge full price but this backlash has us going back to rethink our strat

The 10 minutes backlash? It doesn't work like that.

 

[Jibran#one]

Ooo my
This is probably the end of Bungie.

 

[Agent_4Seven]

Are they effin' serious with this? $70? DOA.

 

[Varteras]

EDIT: Opinion on hold.

 

[Loomy]

Oh we wanted to charge full price but this backlash has us going back to rethink our strat

If we were only charging half of a real game we would have gotten out in front of this now instead of this vague wait and see fuckery

Highly doubt that.

In any case, this thread can probably be locked now.

 

[MayauMiao]

Even at $40 its probably still a hard sell and doesn't even look like a premium title.

 

[Sephimoth]

So they've learned nothing...

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

The 10 minutes backlash? It doesn't work like that.

They should have given a price especially once this premium product shit started up and just put it to bed right away

 

[TropicanaTwista]

They never said $70.

$80 is the new Premium

I am naive enough to still believe that Nintendo's plan to increase games to $80 will fail! Lets kept games at $70 maximum.

Spoiler

All games will be $80 by this fall

 

[Killer8]

Any confusion being generated here by "premium but not full price" is completely on Bungie. I gather they want to distance the game from suspicions of F2P but they literally just needed to say "it isn't free to play" in that case.

 

[near]

Are they effin' serious with this? $70? DOA.

Apparently it's not 'full priced', even though I'd still have my concerns about a game like this targeting a mainstream audience and having a retail price to begin with, it won't be DOA if it is priced fairly.

 

[Luipadre]

Highly doubt that.

In any case, this thread can probably be locked now.

What does that even means

 

[nial]

They should have given a price especially once this premium product shit started up and just put it to bed right away

They had their plans set for a summer blowout, sounds like they didn't want to change that despite the confusion, and the best they could do was reassuring the audience that it's not a full-priced game.

 

[winjer]

This is starting to have "failure" written all over it.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

Highly doubt that.

In any case, this thread can probably be locked now.

Probably doing a 180 after the reveal. Pricing managers at the office got to evaluate the pricing again.

Sounds fishy the game comes out in Sept, yet the price will be decided on in the summer? If the game has long been set at Not Full Price, then it'd be easy to tell gamers now it's lets say $40.

 

[Guerilla Munch]

this looks like a Unity game from 15 years ago, wtf happened to Bungie lmao

 

[Sgt.Asher]

Okay so it is an extraction shooter. May or may not be $70.

The better question is, how many microtransactions will be packed in?

 

[Codes 208]

Jeeez, its like they looked at Apex, fortnite and even halo infinite and said "yeah, but lets actually charge $70 for ours"

I'd HAPPILY take destiny 3 over this tripe

 

[StereoVsn]

Is there going to be an Amazon Prime Video special episode? Asking for a friend.

 

[Black_Stride]

I hope they mean itll have a premium tier that lets you like unlock all the operators or whatever, but the game is actually free to play but you are rotation locked to a particular operator.

 

[near]

What does that even means

To me it sounds like they don't want to state how much it will cost as of this moment, but it won't cost what a premium priced game would. I think if it isn't F2P which it probably isn't, they'll have a base edition and a few other editions at different price ranges.

 

[Varteras]

I retract my airplane crash meme until further notice

 

[DR3AM]

Only 3 maps? WTF is this shit for a premium title

 

[Robb]

The better question is, how many microtransactions will be packed in?

 

[ShaiKhulud1989]

Probably doing a 180 after the reveal.

Highly doubt it lol.

My bet $40 with battle pass, f2p later with season 2.

 

[coachmcguirk91]

"premium" is 70.

what is the official word from Bungie?

It depends in what context. Premium for gaas games are 40. There has never been a 70$ gaas game. I trust Tassi. He's got sources inside bungie

 

[Loxus]

What does that even means

$70 will make it a premium title, but it's not full price because the new standard is $80 because of Nintendo, is how I understand it.

 

[Throttle]

At least there's some real sexy character design in the game.
... right?

Like this?

 

[ShadyAcshuns]

90$ priced mkw looks like 10x better value from this 70$ junk

MKW isn't $90.

 

[Abysse]

They should pay us to play this shit.

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

It depends in what context. Premium for gaas games are 40. There has never been a 70$ gaas game. I trust Tassi. He's got sources inside bungie

did Sony or arrowhead use premium price for Helldivers 2 or Concord in there marketing or PR?

 

[Aenima]

Any confusion being generated here by "premium but not full price" is completely on Bungie. I gather they want to distance the game from suspicions of F2P but they literally just needed to say "it isn't free to play" in that case.

Premium just means it will be priced. F2P games are Freemium and paid games are premium. Dosent mean full price just means it will not be free.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

To me it sounds like they don't want to state how much it will cost as of this moment, but it won't cost what a premium priced game would. I think if it isn't F2P which it probably isn't, they'll have a base edition and a few other editions at different price ranges.

Bungie is afraid if they state a price now (doesn't matter if it's $40 or $70), it'll scare off gamers as they compare against other shooters or Destiny. If they had confidence in their game, they'd state the price now just like how any new COD or BF games are known to the $70 early on and gamers dont care.

Stating the price only a month or two before launch is weird.

But what they are trying to do with the reveal and more content later is wow gamers so much that when they finally reveal the price, gamers are amped up and will pay it.

 

[Mortisfacio]

Early youtube comments seem to be bad to mid reception. Dislike ratio pumping. Trashing for looking generic. Trashing for re-using Destiny animations like the Titan punch, Cabal jump, etc. then charging for it on top? With better, many free, options out there I just don't see this ending well.

 

[wvnative]

 

[DirtInUrEye]

After watching the extremely underwhelming preview vids, I'd be reluctant to give this a trial install even it were F2P.

 

[Loomy]

What does that even means

Who knows with these bullshit labels? Remember AAAA?

Probably doing a 180 after the reveal. Pricing managers at the office got to evaluate the pricing again.

Sounds fishy the game comes out in Sept, yet the price will be decided on in the summer? If the game has long been set at Not Full Price, then it'd be easy to tell gamers now it's lets say $40.

The price for this game and the battle pass has 100% been determined. It will be announced/revealed when pre-orders open. You're not going to get everything today. They need something to drip feed over the summer. Also, they're probably waiting for the beta to announce the price.

Only 3 maps? WTF is this shit for a premium title

Most Extraction shooters only have a few maps, and a lot of them launch with 1.

 

[near]

Bungie is afraid if they state a price now (doesn't matter if it's $40 or $70), it'll scare off gamers as they compare against other shooters or Destiny. If they had confidence in their game, they'd state the price now just like how any new COD or BF games are known to the $70 early on and gamers dont care.

Stating the price only a month or two before launch is weird.

But what they are trying to do with the reveal and more content later is wow gamers so much that when they finally reveal the price, gamers are amped up and will pay it.

Yeah, you're probably right. I think regardless of what they say it will put people off, including myself. But I can see them doing something like this, which is highly probable:

Base Game - $40
- Just includes the base game

Enhanced Edition - $50
- Base Game
- Starter Pack (loot and stuff)
- Battle Pass

Premium Edition - $70
- Base Game
- Starter Pack
- Battle Pass
- 1 new runner (character class)

 

[Unrivaledx88]

Where did all these bitchy kids come from that are on Gaf nowadays??? @mods
Not every multiplayer game needs to be free just because it has a battle pass included .
Sony also has a large group of players that love to play more then just single player games.

Im looking forward to the game . Gaf is dying . Yall bitch at every multiplayer game .

 

[Kerotan]

Is there a special edition controller I can buy 20 or 30 of on the Playstation website before they pull the plug?

Bro I considered a concord one but I thought it looked shit. Bad mistake!

 

[Unrivaledx88]

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[HeisenbergFX4]

Where did all these bitchy kids come from that are on Gaf nowadays??? @mods
Not every multiplayer game needs to be free just because it has a battle pass included .
Sony also has a large group of players that love to play more then just single player games.

Im looking forward to the game . Gaf is dying . Yall bitch at every multiplayer game .

This is exactly my thought , a bunch of dummies on gaf in here in 2025. Game looks lit