ChorizoPicozo
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I keep seeing about "the tutorial" but the only thing I buesñg
Half or a 1/3 of peak CCU for the launch weekOh oh Marathon bros it ain't looking good
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Marathon Server Slam CCU Watch
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Signalis
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Men_In_Boxes will be with you shortly to explain why this is a good thing. And that Marathon is the next best and big thing since Highguard.Oh oh Marathon bros it ain't looking good
And he will also remind you that no one buys or play single-player games anymore.
Last Hearth
Member
The question is if you make a game for the niche-within-a-niche audience, why would you spend $100-$200 million making it?
KimDongHwan
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Let me make it easy for him. The reasons why player count is going down:Men_In_Boxes will be with you shortly to explain why this is a good thing. And that Marathon is the next best and big thing since Highguard.
And he will also remind you that no one buys or play single-player games anymore.
* People had such a great time in the first 1-2 hours of the tutorial that they immediately uninstalled and went to pre-order the game.
* People were scared of being bombed in Iran or they were concerned from people over there and as an act of pure empathy they stopped playing the game.
* Even if the game has same numbers during launch it is a good thing because the audience will be so hardcore they will be paying for the casual rest that didn't stay.
Men_in_Boxes
Snake Oil Salesman
Signalis
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RSMan
Member
Does anyone know who composed the soundtrack for Marathon or what genre it would be classified as? The atmosphere is unreal.
Would it be classes as Dark progressive? I've been trying to find something that's similar on youtube but no go.
The track that ramps up in intensity when you ready up after pressing square is pure perfection.
Would it be classes as Dark progressive? I've been trying to find something that's similar on youtube but no go.
The track that ramps up in intensity when you ready up after pressing square is pure perfection.
neo raider
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before the server slam i was certain that it'll easily reach 150k or even 200k+
and now im not sure it'll even reach 100k
I feel like the server slam did more harm than good
and now im not sure it'll even reach 100k
I feel like the server slam did more harm than good
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Men_in_Boxes
Snake Oil Salesman
The next 3 days will be difficult, I won't lie, but I must endure.
StreetsofBeige
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I'll take a wild guess. Marathon 15,000 CCU on launch day.
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CowboyLou
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Ryan Lott. Check out his band Son Lux. There was also a vid about the soundtrack. Don't worry about the Edna Mode glasses. They can't hurt you.
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MrAlwaysRight
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This is a flop bigger than Concorde, because it's Bungie who made it, it's DOA.
RSMan
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Reckheim
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looks to be #2 on global top sellers, I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of people dropped it when they knew their progress wouldn't carry over.
I don't think it will be a huge success like ARC raiders but I think it will find its place and be successful. Probably below Sony's expectations but not gonna die off within a week like concord or highguard.
I don't think it will be a huge success like ARC raiders but I think it will find its place and be successful. Probably below Sony's expectations but not gonna die off within a week like concord or highguard.
Kacho
Gold Member
Way too pessimistic IMO. Marathon should hit the 80k-100k range if not more, though it will likely underperform relative to Sony's expectations.
The biggest question mark is player retention.
mckmas8808
Mckmaster uses MasterCard to buy Slave drives
Man HECK NAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It's gotta be a bare minimum 50,000 CCU on launch day. Literally a bare naked minimum of 50K. But should easily do over 100K, if it's going to be successful....
Hari Seldon
Gold Member
The real question is if a 50-100k CCU type of game will be seen as a massive failure by Sony, or will they put in more money to support it.
ChorizoPicozo
Member
A launch between 30k-50k CCU would be a complete disaster. 100k would be on the edge of breaking even or flopping.
coachmcguirk91
Member
Because GAAS games rely heavily on day 1 launch numbers....
50-100K is a success coming after the Concord failure, thing is, this is Bungie, not some no-name Single Player developer who's making their first GAAS MP
sainraja
Member
I believe GAF is somewhat of an echo chamber because impressions outside of here appear to be positive. If player activity remains low even after the game's launch, then the haters can rejoice. While I still find it silly to use the server slam as an indicator of anything, I suppose we shall see. Not long now.
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sainraja
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Same here and I've been playing Resident Evil: Requiem.
Branded
Member
Steam CCU isn't total player numbers or copies sold btw.
Over 40 MILLION accounts registered for Warframe, yet 'only' 50k play it on the daily. 189,837 was its highest peak about 5 years ago.
If Marathon still sits at 30k daily players on Steam alone in a year from now we gucci bb! Hell, even Rainbow Six Siege managed to turn 20k in to 100k over the span of 10 years and that game is ASS.
ChorizoPicozo
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Saber
Newd Member
If Gaf is an echo chamber, why theres people here positive about this game? Do you even read what you type?
Also anyone can find positive or negative impressions on youtube if they want. Thats how youtube works.
Branded
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ChorizoPicozo
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..Certain people:
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So Marathon was free all weekend, peaked at 143k players and then ended with about 60k players?
But ARC Raiders costs $40 and currently has about 250k players (has peaked at 482k players)
That doesn't seem great for Marathon... altho I did enjoy the game more than I expected after the tutorial stopped crashing
But ARC Raiders costs $40 and currently has about 250k players (has peaked at 482k players)
That doesn't seem great for Marathon... altho I did enjoy the game more than I expected after the tutorial stopped crashing
Branded
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It was a free weekend with limited content before the main launch of the game, nothing carried over.
Wat.
Limited content?
At launch the full game only has 4 levels and 1 level is described as a very high skill endgame level (Cryo Archive) so most people won't be playing that
The free weekend had 2 levels. So that's 50-66% of the levels that most people will be playing in the full game. Not really limited content...
