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[duck_sauce]

So...is this another rare incel victory? I saw something on this page that kind of leads me to believe so.

What does the Game have to do with wokeness and incel victories?
God, the "chudsters" are getting as annoying as the "woke" crowd.

Sad about the game though. Always bad for gamers to see a game fail like that. Makes developers and producer more anxious to make something new and innovative. It's become and more risky.

 

[ValiantInstance]

I wouldn't go that far....yet. It certainly isn't good news that it didn't exceed 87k on its first weekend.

I do think it can stabilize eventually somewhere in the 25k-50k daily peak range down the road. However, that likely doesn't make Sony happy because this game had a very high budget(including significant marketing)

Also, we don't know numbers on consoles, but i wouldn't be surprised if Steam numbers are actually significantly better than PS and Xbox.

It is nonexistant on both the Playstation and Xbox stores, so safe to say Steam is the biggest platform.

 

[Tams]

Remember a couple of weeks ago when a few here were saying it wouldn't be another 'incel' victory?

pepperidgefarmremembers.jpg

 

[SnapShot]

b-but concord 3 and high guard 2 ((

 

[calico]

Europe peak was 7k higher (likely because it was easier for Americans to contribute to it on a Saturday afternoon than a Friday afternoon.)

US peak was 5k lower.

 

[Memati187]

No tits, no buy.

 

[Emmy Ator Best]

b-but concord 3 and high guard 2 ((

 

[Antony1992]

The game is dead

 

[MMaRsu]

What does the Game have to do with wokeness and incel victories?
God, the "chudsters" are getting as annoying as the "woke" crowd.

Sad about the game though. Always bad for gamers to see a game fail like that. Makes developers and producer more anxious to make something new and innovative. It's become and more risky.

But this isnt new or innovative its just another gaas slop

 

[TheAnt]

5'11" vs 6'0"

 

[PeteBull]

After that terrible saturday pefromance durning US prime time and 75k 24h ccu peak bungie devs got those note put at each desk:

 

[duck_sauce]

But this isnt new or innovative its just another gaas slop

Come on, this game is definitely not slop. Sometimes it feels like the word "slop" has lost all meaning on Gaf.

The 100th simulator or anime puzzle game is slop only developed as a cash grab but not marathon.

Some of you guys seriously have lost the plot with critiquing every game that doesn't cater to personal preferences.

 

[MMaRsu]

Come on, this game is definitely not slop. Sometimes it feels like the word "slop" has lost all meaning on Gaf.

The 100th simulator or anime puzzle game is slop only developed as a cash grab but not marathon.

Some of you guys seriously have lost the plot with critiquing every game that doesn't cater to personal preferences.

Nobody wanted this from Bungie tho, as evidenced by player numbers.

 

[SnapShot]

 

[PeteBull]

Bro, be srs, every1 can see sky is blue, its 12:34 eurotime on sunday and marathon sitting(slowly climbing from) at 35k ccu right now
3rd day after launch xD

 

[KyoZz]

Cry harder

Come on, this game is definitely not slop. Sometimes it feels like the word "slop" has lost all meaning on Gaf.

The 100th simulator or anime puzzle game is slop only developed as a cash grab but not marathon.

Some of you guys seriously have lost the plot with critiquing every game that doesn't cater to personal preferences.

Nah, I won't encourage mediocrity. We've been doing it for far too long and it's time these devs get a wake up call. And no, pointing other stupid games won't save it.

You can like Marathon but you need to realize you are in the minority. You should go post in the OT, enjoy it while it last.

 

[hyperbertha]

What does the Game have to do with wokeness and incel victories?
God, the "chudsters" are getting as annoying as the "woke" crowd.

Sad about the game though. Always bad for gamers to see a game fail like that. Makes developers and producer more anxious to make something new and innovative. It's become and more risky.

Ah yes, that new and innovative live service trend chasing extraction shooter GAAS. Such a shame its crashing and burning. Whatever will the innovative developers do? Especially these 3 billion dollar AAAA studios like bungie...

 

[winjer]

Consider that the player count dropped during the first weekend. During the days of the work week it's going to be a blood bath.

 

[EN250]

So...is this another rare incel victory? I saw something on this page that kind of leads me to believe so.

Aside from a character with the broccoli head as a questionable design, that game wasn't pushing anything weird like a morbidly obese, peg leg redhead or something absurd like that

It was just a run of the mill, average af looking hero shooter in a sea of average af hero shooters, it didn't do anything new, innovative or better than any game from the same genre on the market before it

Not everything is going to fail for being designed for the nonexistent "modern audiences", if it's shit, it also going to fail, haha

 

[PeteBull]

Consider that the player count dropped during the first weekend. During the days of the work week it's going to be a blood bath.

 

[Gaiff]

Consider that the player count dropped during the first weekend. During the days of the work week it's going to be a blood bath.

Their only hope is for the positive reception to spread through word of mouth and build up the player base. However, given that this is a high profile game with a huge marketing campaign behind it, this is unlikely. If tens of millions of $$$ in marketing couldn't carry it, then I don't think word of mouth can either.

 

[MMaRsu]

I expect 15-20k on weekdays

lulz

Im reinstalling Halo 3 & Reach , need some good OG bungie games

 

[Moridianae]

I believe that it has less to do with "woke" in this instance.

This game didn't have a lot going for it and outside of a smaller group, the overall feedback was it was fairly "eh".

The fact that it was $40 is also a factor, as it seems folks weren't quite as apt to spend on this game(in addition to battle passes) once the final game came out.

$40 isn't $70, to be certain, but money is *tight* these days for a LOT of people, so when it comes to entertainment choices, your game needs to be adequately *worth* that money or it may be left aside.

They now face an uphill battle of maintaining an audience with no Endgame for at least 2-3 more weeks and no major update until "April"(no specific date).

That is a long time to leave an audience waiting on a GAAS game when you're trying to grow a playerbase or even maintain one.

 

[Sakura]

Come on, this game is definitely not slop. Sometimes it feels like the word "slop" has lost all meaning on Gaf.

The 100th simulator or anime puzzle game is slop only developed as a cash grab but not marathon.

Some of you guys seriously have lost the plot with critiquing every game that doesn't cater to personal preferences.

It's not slop. It's a better game than Concord or Highguard I'm sure. And I would agree that the game itself isn't particularly woke.
But let's be real.
It's a gaas extraction shooter. It's not new or innovative. It's literally them trying to chase trends to make a bunch of money, throwing in the name Marathon as a little bit of extra insurance to garner interest from people.

 

[MMaRsu]

It's not new or innovative. It's literally them trying to chase trends to make a bunch of money, throwing in the name Marathon as a little bit of extra insurance to garner interest from people.

Thats why its corpo slop

 

[ShadyAcshuns]

What does the Game have to do with wokeness and incel victories?
God, the "chudsters" are getting as annoying as the "woke" crowd.

Sad about the game though. Always bad for gamers to see a game fail like that. Makes developers and producer more anxious to make something new and innovative. It's become and more risky.

Ending paid gaas is the best thing that could happen to gamers.

 

[EN250]

I believe that it has less to do with "woke" in this instance.

This game didn't have a lot going for it and outside of a smaller group, the overall feedback was it was fairly "eh".

The fact that it was $40 is also a factor, as it seems folks weren't quite as apt to spend on this game(in addition to battle passes) once the final game came out.

$40 isn't $70, to be certain, but money is *tight* these days for a LOT of people, so when it comes to entertainment choices, your game needs to be adequately *worth* that money or it may be left aside.

They now face an uphill battle of maintaining an audience with no Endgame for at least 2-3 more weeks and no major update until "April"(no specific date).

That is a long time to leave an audience waiting on a GAAS game when you're trying to grow a playerbase or even maintain one.

It has nothing to do with being woke at all, the art-style being the way it is doesn't help the game, but "ugly" games are everywhere and not every ugly game is woke

I don't think being F2P would help either, sure it'd have more people at first, but then it needs to sustain that audience and for what I'm reading, it doesn't have all that much to offer and the next update isn't guaranteed to serve much, unless it's so big you'd think why the hell release a month earlier if you could get everything needed all at once a month later

 

[Fake]

35k holyshit

 

[Neofire]

Damn this turned into a bashing thread quick lol.

 

[Elios83]

Numbers are ok.
They have avoided a Concord scenario and they have found an audience, user reviews are really positive.
After the reception of the alpha and a hate campaign that lasted a year this was not a given.

But if the expectations were to turn this into a big hit then they need to work a lot.
They should add new contents as quickly as possible, listen to feedback and find ways to make the game interesting to a more casual audience.

 

[Angry_Megalodon]

This game could have been a great single player FPS with an intriguing sci-fi story and later on add it a multiplayer mode. That was the way to go.

As for celebrating its failure, I beg your pardon, high posturing ones, but wasnt Bungie the one advicing the canning of Factions because it didnt have a good business model?

Karma is a bitch.

 

[MMaRsu]

I read theres no way to earn currency for the battle pass system either, its just fuck you pay me money

Classic Bungie

 

[KyoZz]

A friend in my Steam family bought it, should I give it a try?

Spoiler

I kid, already tried for free and it's shit.

 

[Instant_Classic]

Not looking good, it never peaked past 88k.

As expected, these games usually either start off hot and rise day by day, or fall dramatically.

Marathon appears to be the latter.

 

[MidGenRefresh]

35k holyshit

This is pretty much the same as Slay The Spire...

The first one

 

[Instant_Classic]

This game could have been a great single player FPS with an intriguing sci-fi story and later on add it a multiplayer mode. That was the way to go.

As for celebrating its failure, I beg your pardon, high posturing ones, but wasnt Bungie the one advicing the canning of Factions because it didnt have a good business model?

Karma is a bitch.

There's no guarantee the game would have succeeded as a single player FPS, nor would it have been cheap to develop.

Outer Worlds 2 never surprised 18.5k CCUs for example.

 

[diffusionx]

There's no guarantee the game would have succeeded as a single player FPS, nor would it have been cheap to develop.

Outer Worlds 2 never surprised 18.5k CCUs for example.

Bungie "new single player game" would have way more hype than Outer Mid 2, and they spent over $200 million on this...

 

[Branded]

Sad to see people want a genuinely good game with a fresh take on the genre to fail so much.

 

[Instant_Classic]

Bungie "new single player game" would have way more hype than Outer Mid 2, and they spent over $200 million on this...

You're assuming today's Bungie is capable of making a single player AAA game, that will meet expectations.

Today's Bungie isn't the Bungie of 20 years ago.

 

[coachmcguirk91]

35k holyshit

It is pretty much exactly where it was yesterday at this time. Player base is stabilizing. Game ain't going nowhere

 

[Orbital2060]

 

[Kokoloko85]

Damn this turned into a bashing thread quick lol.

Same certain haters..

 

[PeteBull]

There's no guarantee the game would have succeeded as a single player FPS, nor would it have been cheap to develop.

Outer Worlds 2 never surprised 18.5k CCUs for example.

It should have been halo3 spiritual succesor, new ip obviously but manly masculine blockbuster singleplayer campaign, i linked few times e3 2007 halo3 gameplay trailer here and not afraid to do it again, on ps5pr0 it would look in the ballpark of re9:


Targeted towards hc audience, so manly masculine brutal, hero's journey, honor, duty, gore, fucking few hot bitches along the way, thats what we wanted

 

[Branded]

They can't catch a break, the negativity will continue. The fake positivity will vanish after the next 2-3 week... Just pure raw facts and hard truths

Man the hate boner you have for this game is quite something. Seems very healthy and reasonable.

 

[Gaiff]

It is pretty much exactly where it was yesterday at this time. Player base is stabilizing. Game ain't going nowhere

Literally. It's going nowhere.

 

[duck_sauce]

Ending paid gaas is the best thing that could happen to gamers.

Im not arguing that. My point was that blaming woke and claiming a incel victory is kinda deranged.

 

[coachmcguirk91]

Literally. It's going nowhere.

I am glad we agree the game isn't going to shut down like so many here predicted. Bungie has shown a great ability to listen to community feedback and evolve the game over time. Just like they did with Destiny

 

[ShadyAcshuns]

Im not arguing that. My point was that blaming woke and claiming a incel victory is kinda deranged.

People use that term to mock the stupid idealism that the woke media uses to describe most of us gamers, so we use it against them. Those individuals have some real unmitigated gall to take our money while hating us, our political choices etc. tbh they don't deserve anything and should find a new career path, or at least a different industry for their soap boxing.

 

[OGM_Madness]

when do reviews hit? Is there going to be a Vault of Glass moment with Marathon in a week or two?

 

[Saber]

when do reviews hit? Is there going to be a Vault of Glass moment with Marathon in a week or two?

Suppose they don't agree with Bungie asking them to not review the game(IGN might have agreed though, not sure yet), it shouldn't take that long.