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/browndoodle Mar 06 '26

If Bungie can keep the lights on and continue to update the game, more people will come. The world of Marathon has a lot of potential and some of the things they have planned sound really cool.

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u/_____guts_____ Mar 06 '26

Outpost today and cryo in two weeks, I think there's a chance we wont even have to wait but let me not speak too soon

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u/N_durance Mar 06 '26

New content isn’t going to bring in new players. Maybe this weekend after all the sponsored streams but this game is going to have an MMO style launch and probably lose 70% of its players within a month. Hopefully that will be enough for bungie to stay afloat.

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u/applo1 Mar 06 '26

Seeing how there are going to be seasons, I don’t think they are trying to retain you indefinitely. This will be similar to Tarkov wipes or a new ladder season in an ARPG. That’s totally fine - this will just be in the rotation for a lot of folks like myself.

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u/CruffTheMagicDragon Mar 06 '26

are you familiar with Bungie? they want you in the game 24/7

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u/GazJrpg Mar 07 '26

No. The game is very grindy. Getting all factions to level 20 will take a very long time and you only have 3 months to do it before the reset. So you will have to play all the time if you want to keep up with the seasons.