Is Marathon headed for disaster?

[Hardstuck-Platinum]

G2ThaUNiT said:

Hardstuck-Platinum said:

Well, Bungie probably wants to have two successful GaaS franchises instead of just one. You can't just rely on the Destiny name/Playerbase forever. Sony bought them because of their success in GaaS, not because of single player. if that's the entire reason Sony bought them, it's easy to assume that Sony wants Bungie to just stick with Gaas, even if they fail. They're a huge studio + they're owned by Sony, the biggest player in the gaming industry so they don't need to play it safe with solid single player games with multiplayer components. Is bungie's financial situation really that dire as people are making out? Or are they exaggerating? 

Bungie has lost 40% of its employees since being acquired by Sony specifically because they kept missing revenue targets. By a substantial margin. And that's just with Destiny 2. 

Sony's own Chairman publicly criticized Bungie and wanted them to take accountability. Bungie has cancelled 5 projects in 5 years, a couple of them being big bets that didn't pay off. Combo that with the Lightfall expansion for Destiny 2 being a complete letdown to the point that even the follow up expansion, The Final Shape, with rave reviews didn't quite bring in the money Bungie needed. So yeah, Bungie's financial situation is getting that dire. You can't even fault Sony. This is Bungie's own doing. They conned Sony into buying them.

If Marathon fails, who knows what will happen. Your $4 billion purchase should be raking in money.

Edited

I tried to look up the numbers on google. It's 1600 pre buyout. I got 1350 but that was before the 2024 layoffs. It's 850 today. You're right. Still, it's worth taking another risk on a big GaaS game than just playing it safe

Last edited by Hardstuck-Platinum - on 27 May 2025