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[Draugoth]

via Forbes​

Marathon is not at the State of Play. No release date, nothing. Marathon is not about to be imminently discussed in some longer Bungie presentation after "going dark.", earliest we will see something more from Marathon is November, "maybe" for now

• Marathon is not at the State of Play. No release date, nothing.
• Marathon is not about to be imminently discussed in some longer Bungie presentation after "going dark."
• The earliest we will see something more from Marathon is November. And that's a "maybe," right now

"You'll hear from us again later this Fall when we can share the progress we've made, alongside the game's new release date. Thank you again for your patience and— much more importantly— your passion. Your continued feedback will help us make Marathon the incredible gaming experience we all know it can be."

 

[Flabagast]

Please cancel this shit

 

[Angry_Megalodon]

In a perfect dark, where it belongs.

 

[Dr. Samuel Hayden]

$3.6 billion btw

 

[Saber]

This is a good thing, thank god.
Just imagine the suffering of watching that cringe convoluted colorful presentation, its pure torture.

 

[clarky]

Please cancel this shit

Quite looking forward to it myself. Hopefully they can figure things out before launch.

 

[bighugeguns]

Monumental disaster, all of this. So many good potential original Playstation games sacrificed for dumb as fuck reddit-tier circlejerked greed.

 

[Gojiira]

I cant say Im quite on the bandwagon of 'hurr durr cancel it', like IT COULD be good, the setting is already pretty great and there is potential…HOWEVER, it should have been a Marathon Trilogy remake, just singleplayer,zero multiplayer to build up some goodwill for Bungie. Sigh…

 

[yogaflame]

Some goodnews from Sony side at last.

 

[Zacfoldor]

Oh look a FPS PVP online only lobby game. Yipee.

It will actually be a great buy if you ever need to ween someone off gaming or just hate them in general.

 

[viveks86]

Marathon is not at the State of Play.

I guess that means no bathroom breaks!

 

[The_hunter]

Marathon is stuck in a real awkward place, bf6 launches this winter, and GTA6 next spring.

 

[Ellis]

Just cut your losses and get back to smashing out single player titles every 12-24 months.

They can afford to take the hit. They need to.

By hit, I mean this games entire development and the Bungie team themselves.

It's a waste of time. Do away with it now before spending more money on pressing a game no fucker cares for.

 

[diffusionx]

My guess, their lawyers told them to do a deep dive on the art and found a lot of stolen stuff, from a lot more people than just the one who called them out, and now they have to redo the art. That's one of the most time intensive parts of development.

 

[begotten]

The target on Marathons' back ain't going anywhere unless they make a single-player / cooperative campaign & component to the game. The extraction shit won't and never will catch on, especially to the point where these morons think they can monetize and squeeze people like they do in Destiny 2.

Pete Parsons is gone, so fuck off for 2 years and make something people want to play.

 

[yogaflame]

Divert the funds from this crap to revive OG PS IP like jak and daxter, ape escape, warhawk, resistance, wipeout, killzone or socom.

 

[Loomy]

Good. Keep it there until it's fixed. Test it there every month.

 

[GymWolf]

In a perfect dark, where it belongs.

Hopefully it has the same fate as that one.

 

[Ellis]

Divert the funds for this crap to revive OG PS IP like jak and daxter, ape escape, warhawk, resistance, wipeout, killzone or socom.

Absolutely. You don't need a COD killer (Impossible goal anyway. Even for Battlefield), but an awesome Killzone or Resistance entry that can still sell some 10+ million is far better than keeping crap like Marothon alive.

 

[diffusionx]

Absolutely. You don't need a COD killer (Impossible goal anyway. Even for Battlefield), but an awesome Killzone or Resistance entry that can still sell some 10+ million is far better than keeping crap like Marothon alive.

do you really think resistance or killzone can sell 10 million... i have serious doubts.

I don't want to interfere with peoples' wishcasting but I think people crazily overestimate the popularity of these series.

 

[Loomy]

an awesome Killzone or Resistance entry that can still sell some 10+ million is far better than keeping crap like Marothon alive.

Neither of those games are selling 10+ million units.

 

[yogaflame]

Neither of those games are selling 10+ million units.

Maybe 5 million + which is a good number. There is hunger for killzone and resistance game for this generation. Too much gaas and gatcha games already and gamers are tired of this craps already especially with insertion of woke agenda in it.

 

[Ellis]

Neither of those games are selling 10+ million units.

Horizon Zero Dawn sold some 20 million. It's definitely possible, and definitely worth a shot compared to something like Marathon.

 

[DonkeyPunchJr]

Will Fairgame$ be there at least?

 

[Ellis]

do you really think resistance or killzone can sell 10 million... i have serious doubts.

I don't want to interfere with peoples' wishcasting but I think people crazily overestimate the popularity of these series.

Massive userbase, big marketing. They can definitely get close to that, yes.

Hell, Sony could probably buy the Halo rights from Xbox and make an entry that would sell 4-5 times what it would on an actual Xbox console.

 

[mckmas8808]

Marathon is stuck in a real awkward place, bf6 launches this winter, and GTA6 next spring.

Didn't Sony say it'll be released before March 31, 2026?

 

[Dr. Samuel Hayden]

Divert the funds from this crap to revive OG PS IP like jak and daxter, ape escape, warhawk, resistance, wipeout, killzone or socom.

Be careful what you wish for...

 

[MiguelItUp]

Unless they completely change the game's mechanics, I really don't see it succeeding. Which really, really sucks. The amount of time, money, and effort being put into this and it's very likely either not going to come out, or will be cancelled. UNLESS they DO change a LOT about the game, but at this point is it even worth doing?

 

[HerjansEagleFeeder]

 

[Loomy]

Maybe 5 million + which is a good number. There is hunger for killzone and resistance game for this generation. Too much gaas and gatcha games already and gamers are tired of this craps already especially with insertion of woke agenda in it.

Horizon Zero Dawn sold some 20 million. It's definitely possible, and definitely worth a shot compared to something like Marathon.

Neither Resistance 1, 2, 3, nor Killzone 1, 2, 3, 4 ever sold more than 3-4 million units. Based on the numbers, players are not tired of live service games. When was the last time a military FPS game not named Call of Duty sold more than 10 million?

I love both those franchises, but there's a reason they haven't come back in over 10 years.

Something like Horizon has a much wider appeal in this day and age than Killzone and Resistance. If either of these games come back, they're definitely coming back as live service MP games of some kind.

Didn't Sony say it'll be released before March 31, 2026?

That's what they said last month, but I wouldn't be surprised if that changes.

 

[EN250]

Well, the good thing about this, at least this SOP won't be that bad, still gonna be bad, but Flopathon would have made it worse...

 

[Thief1987]

This is a good thing, thank god.
Just imagine the suffering of watching that cringe convoluted colorful presentation, its pure torture.

Who is forcing you to watch it?

 

[Cert.in.Death]

Watching the Marathon tire fire makes me think Concord let Sony off easy.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

$3.6 billion btw

Add Marathon when it releases. So you can add about 5,000 more people. lol

 

[Bombolone]

Get rekt

 

[Physiognomonics]

Hulst "The more we lose billions into our pointless GAAS games, the more we learn. The whole process is very good for Playstation"

 

[EN250]

Hulst "The more we lose billions into our pointless GAAS games, the more we learn. The whole process is very good for Playstation"

mfer about to become the embodiment of the encyclopedia with the amount of learning he's getting

 

[clarky]

Marathon is stuck in a real awkward place, bf6 launches this winter, and GTA6 next spring.

Are all games fucked then?

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

People who don't like ice cream: "They need to stop making ice cream!"

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

People who don't like ice cream: "They need to stop making ice cream!"

poop ice cream, that is.

 

[Metnut]

Nice, makes me more likely to watch this SOP.

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

poop ice cream, that is.

 

[YeulEmeralda]

In a perfect dark, where it belongs.

 

[Fake]

A flop bigger than Concord.

Sony is on fire this year. Hit after hit.

 

[joey Dubs]

This is the only response they CAN and SHOULD go with right now. At least someone there has enough common sense and power to go with it.

Please cancel this shit

But also this.

 

[mitch1971]

Personally, I'm gutted. I was really looking forward to seeing this on the SOP so I could mock it.

 

[kittoo]

$3.6 billion btw

How many incredible single player or Non-GAAS games couldvbe been made with that money!

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

Men_in_Boxes

is this true?

 

[Trogdor1123]

I'm going to take a different approach to this and be thankful. It means they at least are listening to so degree. They want to make a good product. These delays give me heart it will be ok.

I get how incredibly naive this is but I'm still holding out hope.

 

[Tobimacoss]

Marathon is stuck in a real awkward place, bf6 launches this winter, and GTA6 next spring.

And Arc Raiders about to take over the extraction shooter genre.

Men_in_Boxes

is this true?

Second time this was rumored. Looking very likely now.