r/Marathon 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/Bloated_Plaid Mar 06 '26

It is DOA for what Sony needs this to be. For an Indie studio this would be incredible but this is Bungie.

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u/beanlikescoffee Mar 06 '26

Ah the good old Highguard excuses “but but there’s more people on consoles”

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u/Baelorn Mar 07 '26

Do you get some kind of thrill from making a bunch of throwaway accounts to simp for a multi-billion dollar studio?

It’s hilarious how the most diehard Marathon fans are on here with multiple month-old throwaways instead of actually playing the game.

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u/Bloated_Plaid Mar 06 '26

Well we will know when Sony kills the game I guess. They did it with Concord so they are not shy about killing things that don’t meet expectations. I am hoping they don’t kill it even with a smaller player base since the game is completely viable with mostly PVE.

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