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[lifa-cobex]

It doesn't even take me that long to load into Gambit, a very unpopular mode. Marathon is fucking cooked.

 

[LordCBH]

Drifter my King

 

[simpatico]

reveal yourself gaffer

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

reveal yourself gaffer

 

[Mengy]

reveal yourself gaffer

That's Men_in_Boxes secret identity!

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

That's Men_in_Boxes secret identity!

I hope this guy posts from England so we can jail his a**.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

Horizon: Fattlefields CCU thread will be epic.

 

[WX3]

As the queue times grow, Tarkov players now playing Marathon will be right at home!

 

[Plague Doctor]

reveal yourself gaffer

The Defense Force in the OT is right.

Marathon is a very special game that brings people together.

Just not for the reason that they or Bungie wanted.

 

[simpatico]

The Defense Force in the OT is right.

Marathon is a very special game that brings people together.

Just not for the reason that they or Bungie wanted.

It stirs something within for sure.

 

[MayauMiao]

Things are looking up for Marathon!

It peaked 8.63k for Thursday night!

 

[BigBeauford]

That's Men_in_Boxes secret identity!

Come to think of it, no one has dissuaded me more from playing Marathon more than him!

 

[Maxwell House]

Things are looking up for Marathon!

It peaked 8.63k for Thursday night!

July 4th day off for most people tomorrow in the US.

 

[Gamer79]

Marathon summed up in one image

 

[Conflict NZ]

Things are looking up for Marathon!

It peaked 8.63k for Thursday night!

Still down 11% week over week.

 

[Hollywood Hitman]

Come to think of it, no one has dissuaded me more from playing Marathon more than him!

Yea lol not one fucking thing that dude has said has made me feel like I'm missing anything, he doesn't even remotely act like he enjoys it just literally goes on like some Droid programmed to shill but still say absolutely fucking nothing remotely enticing

 

[Signalis]

Yea lol not one fucking thing that dude has said has made me feel like I'm missing anything, he doesn't even remotely act like he enjoys it just literally goes on like some Droid programmed to shill but still say absolutely fucking nothing remotely enticing

He's a troll and I don't think he has ever actually played Marathon to be honest.

 

[lifa-cobex]

I hope this guy posts from England so we can jail his a**.

The lady doth protest too much, methinks

 

[Zacfoldor]

Can't wait! I hope Sony doesn't cancel Whale Gatherers and FairGame$.

We are going to get some serious entertainment out of the CCU threads.

lol whale gatherers.

That's Men_in_Boxes secret identity!

Edit: I stayed up all night playing d2

 

[Roman Empire]

Drifter my King

This is an image I can hear. *Ding* *Ding* *Ding*

 

[LordCBH]

This is an image I can hear. *Ding* *Ding* *Ding*

"HIVE! BRING A SWORD!"

 

[LordCBH]

lol whale gatherers.

Edit: I stayed up all night playing d2

I got one of my last few missing raid exotics last night. Was super happy about it.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

As mentioned last night, big gainer at 8.6k vs 7.4k. Didnt bother posting as I went to ed early. lol

10 am completed hour tracking +20% too. So that 8.6k might break over 10k somewhere at 10 - 10.5k.

US long weekend and cryo effect boosting users.

 

[SmokSmog]

It doesn't make any money

 

[LordCBH]

Doesn't seem ideal. I hope PlayStation invests another $300 million into this turd and loses it all.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

Looks like a lot of us were wrong. Today's peak was Euro peak at the 5 pm est hour at 8.1k. Didnt come close to 9 or 10k.

Fell hard after dinner and never came close to the early trending in the day.

Today was tracking +20% vs yesterday before lunch. Actually ended today -6%!

 

[Hollywood Hitman]

7k in marathon, 91k in D2... Amazing

 

[havoc00]

7k in marathon, 91k in D2... Amazing

One is really fun to play one isn't

 

[StreetsofBeige]

7k in marathon, 91k in D2... Amazing

That ratio is getting bigger and bigger. Was tracking at about 10x. Now it's more.

 

[Hollywood Hitman]

One is really fun to play one isn't

Trust me I know, I had thousands of hours in destiny

 

[Conflict NZ]

Looks like a lot of us were wrong. Today's peak was Euro peak at the 5 pm est hour at 8.1k. Didnt come close to 9 or 10k.

Fell hard after dinner and never came close to the early trending in the day.

Today was tracking +20% vs yesterday before lunch. Actually ended today -6%!

Larger US crowd earlier due to the holiday that logged off early as well is my bet.

 

[Signalis]

 

[falconhoof]

Updated on the last few days. Friday got a slight bump in numbers, but still down from previous Friday showing that the game is still in decline. Only about 10K player hours, but when there's not much to lose even small amounts matter.

| Game      | Date UTC       | Avg CCU | Peak CCU | Player-hours | DAU range       | DAU midpoint |
| Marathon  | Fri 2026-06-26 |  6,299  |   9,528  | 151,170      |  50,390-120,936 |    75,585    |
| Marathon  | Sat 2026-06-27 |  7,483  |  10,277  | 179,592      |  59,864-143,674 |    89,796    |
| Marathon  | Sun 2026-06-28 |  7,572  |   9,819  | 181,725      |  60,575-145,380 |    90,863    |
| Marathon  | Mon 2026-06-29 |  5,612  |   8,742  | 134,688      |  44,896-107,750 |    67,344    |
| Marathon  | Tue 2026-06-30 |  5,479  |   8,322  | 131,507      |  43,836-105,206 |    65,754    |
| Marathon  | Wed 2026-07-01 |  5,342  |   7,883  | 128,217      |  42,739-102,574 |    64,109    |
| Marathon  | Thu 2026-07-02 |  5,232  |   7,417  | 125,573      |  41,858-100,458 |    62,787    |
| Marathon  | Fri 2026-07-03 |  5,913  |   8,543  | 141,902      |  47,301-113,522 |    70,951    |

 

[Raven117]

They probably did the math and realized it was cheaper to let the game ride for awhile than shut it down and refund.

 

[falconhoof]

I didn't realize the game had bug issues going on.

It can't be a good vibe in the walls of the Bungie office right now. Massive portion of the company gone, their cash earner killed, the remaining team required to lift a game into being a mainstream earner (something I feel is fundamentally near impossible to achieve - too sweaty, lacks social pulling power).

 

[LordCBH]

Hermen when he realizes his zealous push for marathon might be what gets him kicked out of his cushy, unearned position.

 

[Kikorin]

Doesn't seem ideal. I hope PlayStation invests another $300 million into this turd and loses it all.

The ftp week didn't just done absolutely nothing to put in new players, but dropped the reviews by a lot of points lol

I guess we'll not have another ftp week anytime soon.

 

[SmokSmog]

Hermen when he realizes his zealous push for marathon might be what gets him kicked out of his cushy, unearned position.

Don't worry, Hermen will redeem himself with Hunters Gathering.

 

[DarkShadowXI]

Haven't checked the thread in a while. Surely it got a bump from the holiday weekend.

 

[ValiantInstance]

I guess Marathon players are too busy lighting fireworks and fucking bitches.

 

[LordCBH]

Haven't checked the thread in a while. Surely it got a bump from the holiday weekend.

Compare that to D2 that's almost at 80k at 11:50 in the morning lol

 

[DarkShadowXI]

Compare that to D2 that's almost at 80k at 11:50 in the morning lol

It's only hovering near Marathon's all time peak. No big deal lol

 

[Odinnii]

It is bafflling to me that there are still people defending character designs in this trash

 

[StreetsofBeige]

Compare that to D2 that's almost at 80k at 11:50 in the morning lol

D2's 92k peak yesterday is higher than Marathons launch day of 88k. Nuts.

And that doesn't even consider D2's content drop date where it actually peaked at about 170k a month ago. So at that time, the update was almost double Marathon's launch high.

 

[DonkeyPunchJr]

It is bafflling to me that there are still people defending character designs in this trash

lol man this looks so fucking dumb it almost makes me angry.

Devs who actually want to succeed and make money: "let's sell a skin that looks really cool/sexy/badass"

Bungie clowns: "lets sell skins that look like freaky non-gendered goth people that challenge western patriarchal beauty standards"

 

[falconhoof]

D2's 92k peak yesterday is higher than Marathons launch day of 88k. Nuts.

And that doesn't even consider D2's content drop date where it actually peaked at about 170k a month ago. So at that time, the update was almost double Marathon's launch high.

Least we not forget that PC isn't D2's main platform whereas it is for Marathon.

 

[DarkShadowXI]

It is bafflling to me that there are still people defending character designs in this trash

Reminds me of the 90's when fighting games tried to copy Mortal Kombat and they came up with just absolutely forgettable and terrible designs:

 

[Sgt.Asher]

It is bafflling to me that there are still people defending character designs in this trash

I didn't want to believe there was a lower tier than Concord level, but there it is.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

It is bafflling to me that there are still people defending character designs in this trash

Still going after that gothy look hoping it catches fire on Tik Tok. Same goes for the character with the tape on her mouth like an X.

 

[LordCBH]

More people starting to complain of extended matchmaking times on Reddit.