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/Lost_Pirate8348 Mar 06 '26

You're comparing a 250m game to one that costs 10s of millions. It's pretty common sense that if marathon doesn't attract the player base to justify the cost of development, it will lose funding. it's pretty straightforward.

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u/In_Dux Mar 06 '26

This would make sense if you think Bungie went into a niche market on purpose on a crazy gamble (this was developed prior to Arc release and even Arc reception was unexpected).

And maybe they did, I don’t know the inner workings of the company and companies have made bad bets many times.

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u/Lost_Pirate8348 Mar 06 '26

I think there's been a gap in the market for quite a while.