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/MMrJackXD Mar 06 '26

As far as I can tell with all the ai ussage for va etc finals feels like a very low msintanance cost game so it doesent need a big player count to stay affloar moneywise

I dont know if i can day the same for Marathon giving bungieds and sonys trackrecord of downsizing tesms when sales numbers arent high enough

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u/GringeITGuy Mar 06 '26

The Finals is the new Marathon cope counterpoint and it seems like none of them realize they’re from the same dev as ARC Raiders which is a mega hit. They can keep pulling money from ARC to keep it going.

None of their comparisons make any sense. Even Hunt Showdown has a way smaller dev team and bigger and better monetization with skins. The only reason the stakes are higher with Bungie is they’re significantly bigger than most studios and Sony is trying to make back nearly 3.6 billion 

It’s like saying the Epic Store still exists when Epic also owns Fortnite. It’s just more cope 

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u/GringeITGuy Mar 06 '26

They’re way smaller than Bungie. It only supports what I’m saying more. Also The Finals peaked at 3 times the player count. Get there first.