Marathon will be a premium, paid - but not 'full price' - Extraction Shooter with 3 maps at launch

What is this new shit meta of "let the customers talk about price because we are afraid to commit"? They are absolutely hard for variable pricing and trying to milk every dollar out of people for the base game, for extra content they planned for after the game, and to keep asking for money for as long as people are playing the game with new time gated exclusive content.

This really looks derivative, but not in any positive way. Bungie a complete shell of its former self.
 
Men_in_Boxes said:
It's not. Bungie is likely collecting data on buzz / interest that will let them find a more effective price.

We don't matter. If anything, they probably want people online clamoring for a price because it keeps the game on the front of the publics mind.

The market isn't afraid of a price point. This game will live or die based on how fun it is, and how often it'll get friends to beg friends to play. This is made up drama.

Nothing new under the sun.
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It goes against every other pricing model of any other large game similar to to this being a team based shooter, Counterstrike, Warzone, Fornite, Overwatch, and Apex are all FTP. They make the money after the fact. Why intentionally minimize your player base. Did we see anything today that separates it enough to warrant it enough? Look at the reactions for your feedback..
 
Insolent said:
Ugly shit
Modern devs are incredibly dull
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Got it

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Tiago Rodrigues said:
Why is everyone assuming this will flop? Helldivers 2 is also not f2p and we all know how well it did and still does.
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Helldivers 2 came out of left field, nobody had any expectations for it, BUT it already had some very important things going for it that made it stand out on its own from the rest.
The first game was not very successful but it already had the template in place and was doing things, no other game offered.

The change of perspective from top-down to 3rd person was the most obvious and important change from the first one.
It is essentially the Starship Troopers game that everyone always wanted, complete with the satirical fascist state.

It's funny, engaging, has terrain deformation and does things with its physics that most MP games never do. Helldivers 2 stands on its own in this regard, the nuances elevate it greatly.
 
Guardian Monkey said:
It goes against every other pricing model of any other large game similar to to this being a team based shooter, Counterstrike, Warzone, Fornite, Overwatch, and Apex are all FTP.
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Escape from Tarkov and Hunt Showdown are the two biggest Extraction Shooters on the market. Both are $40 dollars.
 
Jesus Christ, they're being... very bold. For that price tag alone, I don't really know if I'll get into it. The only reason I would is if it blew me away, but I'm really not getting the vibe that it will...

But full price, plus a battle pass, plus a strictly extraction shooter experience sounds.... not enticing whatsoever.

I'm sure some people are excited and all in, and I'm happy for them. But for me, the amount of content and for that price is very concerning.

I hate that it feels like we're continuing to go in a direction with games where they're getting lighter and lighter in content. I miss when paid games (especially FPSs) included a campaign, along with coop, and multiplayer with a variety of game modes. It was such a standard in the 90s and early 00s.

I mean, in a world of a ton of free to play (or much cheaper games) that offer more content and experiences, why would you even bother? I mean, I know it's not "the new Marathon game", but come on man. At some point you have to draw a line and question if paying full price for a game is actually worth it.
 
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Lmao they actually think launching with 3 maps is enough? I hope Sony shuts Bungie down after this flops and erases all profits from Destiny going back to the launch of that game
 
There is no way this is $70. If it is, DOA. What is happening to Sony?

Overpriced TLOU collection remake.
PS Plus increase in other regions again.
Concord
Fairgame$
Marathon?

Hasn't Concord taught them anything?
 
adamsapple said:
As ho-hum as the initial reactions are, there's no way in hell this will be a Concord. That's a once in a millennium kind of thing and Bungie's name holds enough cache for it to be a modest success.
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It's just the association with Concord and the bad PR that entails.
Bungie enable that studio to release that shit. well, now they have to deal with the consequences.
 
Insolent said:
Got it

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When they prioritize the pronouns first than their roles (in the game development) for the presentation pretty much sums up all that we need to know about the current Bungie. Like I said, a 3.6 billion dollars cam.
 
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Bumblebeetuna said:
Bungie will monetize the ever loving shit out of this just like Destiny, but charging per class would be stupid and they won't go that far.
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I think they could do it.

Have we seen any content creators switching shells at their hideout? If the hideout is attached to the shell, the pay for shell idea has more likelihood.
 
Even if it's "only" $40, there's no excuse for an online-only extraction shooter to launch with a pathetic three maps at that price point. Especially for a premium game by a triple-A studio who's been working on this title for literal years.

I know it's an "Old Man Shakes Fist At Cloud" moment but I miss the days when shooters came with a bunch of different gameplay modes and a metric ton of maps to support all those modes.

Edit: Also... Destiny PVP updates basically died for this? What a sad state of affairs at Bungle. Bingle. BUNGIE.
 
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Nydius said:
Even if it's "only" $40, there's no excuse for an online-only extraction shooter to launch with a pathetic three maps at that price point. Especially for a premium game by a triple-A studio who's been working on this title for literal years.

I know it's an "Old Man Shakes Fist At Cloud" moment but I miss the days when shooters came with a bunch of different gameplay modes and a metric ton of maps to support all those modes.

Edit: Also... Destiny PVP updates basically died for this? What a sad state of affairs at Bungle. Bingle. BUNGIE.
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"I know it's an "Old Man Shakes Fist At Cloud" moment "

I think you're doing yourself a disservice. The tail wags the dog these days and everyone is apparently supposed to go along with it.

No.
 
adamsapple said:
As ho-hum as the initial reactions are, there's no way in hell this will be a Concord. That's a once in a millennium kind of thing and Bungie's name holds enough cache for it to be a modest success.
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Yeah, I agree. Concord's gameplay was just... not special. At all. I played a couple of matches of the public beta and that was enough for me. It gave me no feeling of, "Man, I really want to play that again." or just being interested in the game when it releases.

Extraction shooters alone still have a success in their gameplay loop that remains to be pretty fresh for a lot of people. Adding Bungie to the mix of that screams an outcome that will be more successful than Concord across the board. How large that success will be... I can't say. Hell, none of us can. There's definitely a lot of "ho-hum" going around with these previews which isn't a great sign, but things could change for the better. It just depends on so much.
 
nikos said:
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.
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cod is the most greedy and mtx hungry franchise on the market, and apparently it is infested by cheaters as well.
 
Witts continued: "We're taking some pretty big swings for what the middle and end of the season looks like and we're already starting to think about what's happening in the world? What are some consequences? How does that manifest into the decisions that players can make, interesting ways on the mercenary fantasy and all the different ways that happens? Am I just getting something and getting out?"
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They're starting to think about these things? This is stuff they should have thought about long ago, but haven't.
 
SONY PAID $3.6 BILLION DOLLARS FOR THIS.


Let that sink in.

I hope that at least it finds an audience. Otherwise, this will be another short lived Sony live service game.
 
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At $40 I bite. If those 3 maps are medium/ small no way José. Unless the maps changes radically with weather or such. I need to see more. $70? nope. I prefer to save for the inevitable $100 gta6
 
GermanZepp said:
At $40 I bite. If those 3 maps are medium/ small no way José. Unless the maps changes radically with weather or such. I need to see more. $70? nope. I prefer to save for the inevitable $100 gta6
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They are small. Not COD small but small.

Watch the Luke Stephen's video and skip to the part he talks about maps later in the video.
 
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StreetsofBeige said:
They are small. Not COD small but small.

Watch the Luke Stephen's video and skip to the part he talks about maps later in the video.
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Well if that's the case I'm out. Maximizing profits 📈 it's the name. I'm sorry, I'm old school, or in boomer territory perhaps.. If I'm pouring 100hs in a multi-player game I want more at first. They can shovel the gamepass for what is worth
 
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