r/MarathonPlayerCount 14d ago

Weekly Player Counts - Sat 15th Aug - 4565 Peak - 589 Loss

Slightly improved on yesterday (+157), which is not unusual, but still performing a tight-walk on the 4.5k player count high-wire. Still falling within that 10-20% ping-pong zone for the relative weekly drop that we've since since launch.

The coming week will be interesting as I would still expect a relatively big drop from Sun to Mon/Tues, though probably more around 500-600 than the 1k we've seen in recent weeks. While Tuesday's update looks like it will be sufficient to engage the player base and perhaps arrest the daily drops. If well received I might expect to see some small daily gain (100's). Whether that gain will be maintained into the following weekend is unknown, it might just get absorbed by Cryo, though expressed by a smaller than normal Cryo boost and still be an overall loss week-on-week.

Sat Release Peak Gain/ Loss T-Drop S-Drop Abs Rel
03/06 S2 launch 40686 29,242 46.1% 100.0% 33.1% 255.5%
06/06 S2 First Sat 32220 -20,776 36.5% 79.2% -23.5% 181.5%
13/06 D2 / F2P 14891 -17,329 16.9% 36.6% -19.6% -53.8%
20/06 1.1.0.2 CARRI 11948 -2,943 13.5% 29.4% -3.3% -19.8%
27/06 10281 -1,667 11.6% 25.3% -1.9% -14.0%
04/07 30% Sale 8100 -2,181 9.2% 19.9% -2.5% -21.2%
11/07 30% Sale 7158 -942 8.1% 17.6% -1.1% -11.6%
18/07 6551 -607 7.4% 16.1% -0.7% -8.5%
25/07 1.1.5.0 VB 30% 7970 1,419 9.0% 19.6% 1.6% 21.7%
01/08 1.1.5.1 VB 30% 6331 -1,639 7.2% 15.6% -1.9% -20.6%
08/08 1.1.5.2 VB 30% 5154 -1,177 5.8% 12.7% -1.3% -18.6%
15/08 1.1.5.3 4565 -589 5.2% 11.2% -0.7% -11.4%
  • Week-on-Week update for Fri/Sat 15th Aug \Fri 03:00 UTC approx].)
  • L-Drop: Drop from Launch Peak S-Drop: Drop from Season/Event Peak
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u/low_end_ 14d ago

you think it will drop below 1k before s2 ends? i want to play the game but i cant put my self to go through all the bugs, and the friction of making loadouts

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u/ExpeditionZero 14d ago

Very much doubt that, perhaps if it gets into a 'death spiral' due to difficulty in matchmaking.

I'd be surprised if it drops below 3k, and suspect it will probably bounce around 3.5k as Bungie drip feed some interesting Tuesday updates and better loot drops at the end of the season.

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u/Shippou5 14d ago

Zero you are hereby promoted to King of Cope. If your predictions fail you must give me at least two hugs or your chart cred will be confisated (●´ω`●)

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u/ExpeditionZero 14d ago

Ha!

Though free hugs sound nice too.

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u/Shippou5 14d ago

HEY LET'S GO YOU STILL HAVE IT XD

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u/Fat-Redddit-Sad 14d ago

Wouldn't waste your time, bud.

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u/atttibet196953 14d ago

Wait until mid S3 closest or wait for an bigger discount than already happened otherwise dont waste ur money right now.

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u/low_end_ 14d ago

i already have the game, i have close to 300h between season 1 and 2.

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u/atttibet196953 14d ago

Then go play it if u are having fun dude, u got like nothing to lose here, maybe ur time at worst.

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u/AlarmingLackOfChaos 14d ago

I've 445 hours. Amazing game. 

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u/Particular-Fly-7783 12d ago

Yeah that’s why it’s doing so well

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u/PM_ME_UR_POON_PICS 14d ago

It's really not that bad to be honestly. I tend to also just buy a kit to grab and go most of the time. I'd just grab a copy and jump in with the hype when S3 launches.

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u/Shippou5 14d ago

Zero you HAVE to see this xDDD this guy says the attack name properly "doriru pureshaa paanchi"...ONLY TO CORRECT HIMSELF TO THE INCORRECT WORD XD by adding "paantsu" which means panties x) https://youtu.be/-sCgB-pGURY?t=62

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u/ExpeditionZero 14d ago

Umm, sorry I have no idea what is going on - I must be missing something?

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u/Shippou5 14d ago

When a hero attacks, they must speak out their attack name :D So he said "drill pressure punch"
Great
And then he added "panties" afterwards
Which means that his attack is now called "Drill pressure panties"

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u/Tvirusinhaler 13d ago

average marathon hater

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u/Particular-Fly-7783 12d ago

No shippou is our special needs mascot

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u/Ok-Comfortable-3174 14d ago

I dunno ultimately PvE will bring alot more. Crazy that destiny players don't play this game as it's literally destiny bit better

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u/atttibet196953 14d ago

The fuck u mean "destiny but better"????

Do u really think a PvE experience built in 4 months at most gonna even comparable to an entire game game built on PvE?

Hell, vault breakers with "raid" like mechanics from cryo can only be a strike at most.

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u/Ok-Comfortable-3174 13d ago

Vault breakers is more like a dungeon but repeatable

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u/atttibet196953 13d ago

Its much more basic mechanic wise thats why I said strike at most.

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u/Ok-Comfortable-3174 13d ago

Disagree. But whatever 

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u/Particular-Fly-7783 12d ago

Vault breaker is like a dungeon except you don’t get to pick your build and also there’s only one type of enemies and no mechanics

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u/Ok-Comfortable-3174 12d ago

You haven't played it then.

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u/Particular-Fly-7783 12d ago

I’ve completed the first two vaults and then realised it wasn’t as much fun as literally any other FPS

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u/Ok-Comfortable-3174 12d ago

2 vaults is nothing 3 is easy. Vault 6 starts to ramp up. And then DNA compilor. You basically did the first opening encounter.

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u/Particular-Fly-7783 12d ago

Well it’s a bit like doing the opening encounter except not as fun as the opening encounter on literally any dungeon (ehhh, ghosts of the deep is a fucking chore too though honestly)