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PotentHerbs said:

gtotheunit91 said:

What a drop off in revenue! I knew Lightfall was poorly received, but I didn't think it was that bad. And The Final Shape was getting good but not great feedback either. So much for Destiny being a continuous gold mine for Sony. There's no way Marathon can get anywhere near as big as Destiny does because Destiny reaches a wide variety of players. 

NEW: Bungie laid off ~8% of staff Monday, or around 100 people, sources tell Bloomberg. Two weeks ago, staff were told they were projected to miss revenue targets by 45%. Employees were galvanized to get things on track... then came surprise layoffs https://t.co/gEdbzCzO4X pic.twitter.com/dVAko01HlB

— Jason Schreier (@jasonschreier) October 31, 2023

I think that's a bit premature to say. 

It certainly could be, but it's difficult to currently think otherwise when you consider what Destiny is vs what this reboot of Marathon is going to be. 

Destiny is a combination of MMO, PVP, PVE, and PVPVE that has story campaigns alongside extensive endgame content with Raids and Dungeons. But most of all, appeals to a very broad variety of gamers. You have hardcore PVP players that never touch PVE, and vice versa. 

Rebooted Marathon is going to be a PVP only Extraction Shooter. 

Extraction shooters while they have been getting relatively popular, the biggest ones would be Hunt: Showdown and Escape from Tarkov. Which while popular, don't blow up the player charts. Marathon will most likely be the biggest Extraction Shooter in that respective market, because it is still Bungie after all, I just highly doubt it can have the reach that Destiny has. 

Last edited by G2ThaUNiT - on 31 October 2023