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  1. #Marathon is cooked

    youtube.com/watch?v=UQVelZ9dYRc

    I expect #Sony announcing #Destiny3 this year, while winding down #Bungie output for this extraction shooter.

    That was a good waste of $200M. They could have fixed #Destiny2 with that money.

    #Videogames #Gaming #Games #ExtractionShooter #FPS #Multiplayer #Shooter #FPS #PlayStationStudios #PlayStation

  2. Yeah, I don't think #Marathon is going to survive.

    The game bleeds 5K gamers each week, currently 30K average.

    It sold 1.2M copies, but for the development cost, I don't think #Bungie will stay past the first expansion, unless they can pull out a Realm Reborn (they won't).

    It's obvious that Sony will push #Destiny3 into the studio given this failure.

    #Videogames #Gaming #Games #Multiplayer #ExtractionShooter #Shooter #FPS #PlayStationStudios #PlayStation #PS5 #PlayStation5

  3. Well, the guys at #InsideGames took a page of the #Marathon 1.2M copies article.

    Is it really a flop?

    youtube.com/watch?v=qFbxC2C7h9g

    On average, each copy returns $30 to Sony. If the rumored $250M investment is true, they require over 8M copies to sell to "break even", without microtransactions.

    We will see what happens in the coming months if #Sony doubles down, or goes full ahead to #Destiny3.

    #Videogames #Gaming #Games #PlayStationStudios #Bungie #Multiplayer #ExtractionShooter #FPS #Bungie

  4. Seems that #Marathon has found its players and 50K is going to be their ceiling.

    I don't know it #Sony is going to take that as a win or a failure, but given how much they poured into #Bungie for this game, I guess the latter.

    Games like #ArcRaiders and #Helldivers2 are still going strong, and #CrimsonDesert has 200K players.

    Should they stay funding Marathon?

    #Videogames #Gaming #Games #Multiplayer #Steam #PlayStationStudios #PlayStation5 #PS5 #FPS #ExtractionShooter

  5. #LauraFryer asks "Is #Marathon a success"?

    Well, that depends on Sony and their numbers. I don't think having 50K right now in PC is "a success", and less on consoles, given how much they invested.

    youtube.com/watch?v=z6mJfpERH0s

    #Videogames #Gaming #Games #Sony #Bungie #Multiplayer #ExtractionShooter #FPS #PlayStationStudios #PlayStation

  6. mastodon.social/@darkghosthunt

    Told ya.

    I'll consider steady ~80K a success for a live service below #ArcRaiders, it could have been worse.

    The problem is if #Sony overlords consider this as below expectations or not. Even then, real results will be seen in around 10 days.

    #Videogames #Gaming #Games #Marathon #ExtractionShooter #FPS #Action #Shooter #Multiplayer #Bungie #PlayStationStudios #PlayStation

  7. I'm still behind the theory that paid games have better retention than free games.

    It's called «Sunk Cost Fallacy».

    #F2P games let players uninstall the game without guilt. However, gamers will feel like losing money if they don't play a game they paid a lot, like #Marathon.

    To me, Marathon real test will be when #CrimsonDesert releases in 13 days and counting.

    #Videogames #Gaming #Games #Sony #Bungie #Multiplayer #FPS #ExtractionShooter #PlayStationStudios

  8. Well, it seems that #Marathon didn't pan out to be "as bad" as people said.

    Again, I wonder how it will live pass two weeks. This weekend seems like the first test of retention. I expect no changes in player base.

    #Videogames #Gaming #Games #Bungie #Sony #Multiplayer #PlayStationStudios #PlayStation #ExtractionShooter #FPS #Shooter

  9. We'll see if #Marathon can retain its 80K players during the weekend.

    There is some guilt of paying $40 and not playing the game. My guess is that the playerbase will stabilize after #CrimsonDesert releases in two weeks.

    Reviews say the game is good, but as we all know, "good" is not enough for a #LiveService anymore in 2026.

    #Videogames #Gaming #Games #Bungie #PlayStation #PlayStationStudios #FPS #Shooter #ExtractionShooter #Multiplayer #Sony

  10. We'll see if #Marathon can retain its 80K players during the weekend.

    There is some guilt of paying $40 and not playing the game. My guess is that the playerbase will stabilize after #CrimsonDesert releases in two weeks.

    Reviews say the game is good, but as we all know, "good" is not enough for a #LiveService anymore in 2026.

    #Videogames #Gaming #Games #Bungie #PlayStation #PlayStationStudios #FPS #Shooter #ExtractionShooter #Multiplayer #Sony

  11. We'll see if #Marathon can retain its 80K players during the weekend.

    There is some guilt of paying $40 and not playing the game. My guess is that the playerbase will stabilize after #CrimsonDesert releases in two weeks.

    Reviews say the game is good, but as we all know, "good" is not enough for a #LiveService anymore in 2026.

    #Videogames #Gaming #Games #Bungie #PlayStation #PlayStationStudios #FPS #Shooter #ExtractionShooter #Multiplayer #Sony

  12. We'll see if #Marathon can retain its 80K players during the weekend.

    There is some guilt of paying $40 and not playing the game. My guess is that the playerbase will stabilize after #CrimsonDesert releases in two weeks.

    Reviews say the game is good, but as we all know, "good" is not enough for a #LiveService anymore in 2026.

    #Videogames #Gaming #Games #Bungie #PlayStation #PlayStationStudios #FPS #Shooter #ExtractionShooter #Multiplayer #Sony

  13. We'll see if #Marathon can retain its 80K players during the weekend.

    There is some guilt of paying $40 and not playing the game. My guess is that the playerbase will stabilize after #CrimsonDesert releases in two weeks.

    Reviews say the game is good, but as we all know, "good" is not enough for a #LiveService anymore in 2026.

    #Videogames #Gaming #Games #Bungie #PlayStation #PlayStationStudios #FPS #Shooter #ExtractionShooter #Multiplayer #Sony

  14. It started, #Marathon opens to 85K players its first day.

    #Highguard opened to 100K
    #Helldivers2 opened to 65K
    #ArcRaiders opened to 260K 🔥

    Good luck to the #Bungie developers. They will need it. A whole fucking lot of luck against this fierce competition.

    #Videogames #Gaming #Games #Sony #Steam #PlayStationStudios #FPS #Shooter #ExtractionShooter

  15. Well, usually #SkillUp is right on the future of the games that he touches.

    #Marathon looks like the boring version of #ArcRaiders. That won't be enough to win players, at least not in the short term.

    Having 50k players at release sounds too optimistic.

    Look Back 4 Blood: released with 65K, dropped 40% in 1 month, and normalized from 10K to 5K.

    #Videogames #Gaming #Games #Bungie #Sony #PlayStationStudios #Multiplayer #ExtractionShooter #FPS #HeroShooter

  16. So, about #Marathon, that game barely does not look like something I want to pay $40 to play.

    I hope Sony reconsiders and gives a free tier with sane limits, and lowers the price to $20 for those that want the entire experience.

    For the sake of that developer who sits in a cubicle dealing with the shit from the leadership.

    #Videogames #Gaming #Games #Sony #Bungie #Multiplayer #FPS #HeroShooter #ExtractionShooter #PlayStation #PlayStationStudios

  17. Sir, a third #Concord has hit #Steam.

    Jokes aside, I consider 80k "healthy", but we're talking about a free weekend and 50% retention. You want grow, no abandonment.

    I highly doubt #Marathon will sell 80k copies. For the amount Sony invested in this game, expect this game to die and rapidly pivot #Bungie to #Destiny3.

    #CrimsonDesert releases after 2 weeks and will kill Marathon.

    #Videogames #Gaming #Games #Multiplayer #LooterShooter #ExtractionShooter #FPS #PlayStationStudios #PlayStation

  18. Playstation Studios haben ihre Einkaufstour in diesem Jahr fortgesetzt und mit Bluepoint Games ein weiteres Entwickler-Studio für Playstation-Games aufgekauft.
    "Demon‘s Souls" etc.: Sony übernimmt Bluepoint Games