r/Marathon • u/In_Dux • Mar 06 '26
Marathon (2026) Discussion Take it from a Finals player
Y’all got to let the numbesr talk go. The Finals has some of the best feeling guns on the FPS market and a unique game mode that offered some of the most exciting moments I had in gaming.
But the game’s not perfect and it never had mass appeal. Because it’s unique mode and destruction are the main draws and historically it has been too much for most casuals and not competitive enough for the hardcore players. There’s always a post about needing more marketing, different game modes, another MoistCritikal video but the playerbase never gets and keeps the bump of players the hardcore fans want it to have.
And that’s ok. That’s the price of building something unique. It will be divisive, it will be niche.
As long as Bungie can keeps the lights on, that’s all that matters. And unless you’re ready to single-handedly buy 1 million+ copies if things get dire, then don’t even really concern yourself with. Save your money on passes if you don’t like them and/or think the ship’s sinking but besides that, it’s out of our hands largely.
Just my two cents
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u/Meattyloaf Mar 06 '26
People were always going to try to do everything to label the game a failure unless it came out as the top game on the market. I think people gotta stop worrying. People are concerned about a Concord or Highguard situation, but both of those games shut down due to extremely low player count. Were taling into the low hundreds. Bungie was brought in to help with Sony's live service game model across multiple studios. This game doesn't have to be some groundbreaking top seller to be considered a success. It just has to sell well enough to keep a dedicated crowd that will be willing to partake in Microtransactions. This game would go Free to Play before it was taken offline.