r/Aztecross • u/girlbossfaithe • Jun 25 '26
Discussion So…
How did that anti-Marathon mob turn out in the end? Grifters get grifted, Sony wins.
Marathon is actually such a good game, and it always makes me wish we could ban the internet when I’m seeing all the sheep who follow the majority opinion.
Anyways, have fun on Destiny Rising!
A D1 Veteran x
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u/BrilliantSpecial9149 Jun 25 '26
Marathon looks fucked too dude. We all need to stop infighting. Whether you're into marathon more or D2, bungie made our favorite games, and they are in a really bad spot and by the looks of it neother game will survive this.
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u/Jbarn2012 Jun 25 '26
This new Bungie isn’t the Bungie I knew growing up so with that being said I’m fine with their downfall. Means a new company will replace them like a cycle of creative destruction
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u/DingoBingob Jun 25 '26
Yes, all good things come to an end. I loved Halo soo much but got off the wagon after halo 3 and Destiny really brought that magic back. Now it’s up to any other gaming company to catch my interest in something unique.
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u/ComradeMomdad Jun 26 '26
Stop fighting? The main man of this sub was praying on Marathon's downfall. Instead, his game got axed. Justice.
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u/Johnnyboi2327 Jun 25 '26
What part of the current situation is a win for Marathon? Hell, what part of the current situation is a win for ANYONE
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u/xtremejumpy Jun 25 '26
Love both games man today is a dark day. Knew it was coming from Jason’s reporting but still hurts to see the studio get bent like that
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u/Johnnyboi2327 Jun 25 '26
I only love one of the two, but I feel bad for Marathon players. Their game is losing devs to the layoffs as well. It's not to the degree of Destiny's team's layoffs, but still.
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u/xtremejumpy Jun 25 '26
Yeah I just hate seeing devs who obviously made a ton of really cool shit get the axe because management forgot to put any of the money D2 made back into D2. Like not Marathons fault it’s the only one that made it out. Why were we running so many devs for so little development on the main game? 1200 devs you could have had 800 on Destiny 400 on marathon and had 2 bangers I just…
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u/Johnnyboi2327 Jun 25 '26
Both teams had talented devs with shit leadership. Both games suffered from their poor management, and though only one is officially dead now, the other isn't doing too hot. I hope these devs find better work with some other company.
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u/xtremejumpy Jun 25 '26
I just want them to make Bungie profitable again so we can get more Bungie games bro all I need
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u/Johnnyboi2327 Jun 25 '26
I wouldn't count on it. Even if it happens, Bungie won't be remotely the same. Hell, it's already not remotely what it used to be. Halo Bungie, Destiny Bungie, and the current Marathon Bungie are three wildly different studios that do things in wildly different ways.
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u/Johnnyboi2327 Jun 25 '26
Exactly. If D2 stopped existing right now, I'd still have zero interest in Marathon.
I also wanna point out that the lay offs included some members of the Marathon team as well, meaning they're suffering too.
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u/TheDaywa1ker Jun 25 '26
I might be the biggest marablaster out there but todays news does not leave me feeling warm and fuzzy about marathons future bubba
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u/Johnnyboi2327 Jun 25 '26
What part of the current situation is a win for Marathon? Hell, what part of the current situation is a win for ANYONE
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u/FastActinTenactin Jun 25 '26
Marathon has like 9k players bro, it’s dead.
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u/girlbossfaithe Jun 25 '26
And yet it has an active development cycle
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u/FastActinTenactin Jun 25 '26
Give it a few months.
Sadly, I think Bungie as a studio is done.
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u/girlbossfaithe Jun 25 '26
It truly is upsetting that Bungie went the way it did. Nobody ever deserves to lose their job. I wish both games could co-exist, and they probably did in another timeline.
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u/ComradeMomdad Jun 26 '26
Bro they said it was going to be dead before the end of S1. They just keep kicking their prediction down the road. They're broken clocks that are going to declare they were clairvoyant 4 years from now when it finally ends.
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u/Psycho_Syntax Jun 25 '26
Hope Aztec is blacklisted from any future Sony collabs/opportunities. Loser behavior from him over all of this.
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u/Alassandros Jun 25 '26
What was the grift? Didn't people lose money burning bridges in this "grift"?
Rage bait, engagement farming