G2ThaUNiT said:
Seems like they're just price-matching what the rest of the Extraction Shooter genre goes for. Arc Raiders being the success that it is at $40 is both the best/worst thing to happen to Marathon. Best in terms of it's allowed the extraction shooter genre to go a little into the mainstream, so there will be even more eyes on a new release in the genre, and with a name like Bungie behind it, should bring even more initial interest. Worst in terms of pretty much everyone that plays in the genre is currently playing Arc Raiders lol. Even Tarkov is struggling. So if Marathon is not anywhere near as good as they're presenting it, those players will just go back to Arc Raiders. |
Regardless of how good or not this game turns to be, it'll carry the Concord mark with it, at least during the first months reception. Putting it behind a $40 paywall will surely bring even more insecurity during launch.
I dunno what they could have done, but if it fails early on like Concord, even if not in the same level of failure, it'll fully consolidate a lot of people perception that Sony multiplayer = failure (even as Helldivers 2 is a massive success) and this will snowball out of control.
Being free to play would certianly be a no way back situation too, but I guess they could make it really cheaper for the first 6 months to see if they can bring an audience and plan ahead from that.
Everytime I read about this game it feels like a big failure in the making, even if it turns out to be a decent game, which Concord actually sounded like it was too.
