The industry and the community of video games, has been flooded with games with similar themes and implementations, which has resulted not only in palpable fatigue, but in disastrous throws. The most remembered is Concord, Shooter who despite having the support of the Giant PlayStation, closed a few days after reaching the market.
And now, analysts and Players indicate that the recently announced Bungie game, which is also under Sony’s eaves, could have the same final. This is marathon, which in its closed Alpha phase has generated concern, with a ceiling of 6,900 users in Steam and a loss of 86% of those players, many of them asking that its launch be late.
Something totally different from what the Playtest of the independent game Arc Raiders lives, which in the last 24 hours maintains more than 21 thousand active players on the same platform.
A game that many say “nobody asked”
As we have counted before and in case you were not aware of this, we tell you that the study behind Destiny 2 presented this ambitious project a few weeks ago, which is an extraction shooter with a scheduled launch for September 23, 2025.
With quite colorful characters and maps, many players immediate
But between something else that has also caught attention, the study quickly dissipated those doubts, confirming that it will not be free and that it would cost less than $ 70, feeding the speculations that will have a price similar to that of Concord.
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This, together with the general thought that there are already several titles that are free and that they are quite similar, has led to the community of players, especially in the fans of the shooters, have little or zero interest in Marathon.
Similar indie study title, it has better numbers in test stages
As we advance, this little and nothing desire to even give a chance to the new Bungie, it has been recently reflected in its Alpha test, of which several thousand invitation codes have been delivered on several platforms, such as the Discord of the developer.
Despite that, this phase to test Marathon has generated more concern than increasing little enthusiasm, with many asking that the game be postponed until 2026. One of them is Paul Tassi, from Forbes, who says that the game presents several fundamental problems that must be solved.
In addition, he also referred to internal tensions in Bungie, pointing out the conflict between the developers’ desire to have more time and Sony’s pressure to launch the title in 2025. A thought that apparently have other players, who have tried Marathon in their Alpha, since according to Steamdb data, in a little more than a week, this phase has gone from a top of 6,919 users in Steam, to only 504.
A different situation than the one living in the extraction Shooter Arc Raiders, created by Eck who is behind The Finals, which has generated great interest. This can be seen in the numbers of the recent test phase, since during this Playtest, they have reached a ceiling of 21,000 concurrent users in Steam and 20,808 at the time of writing this note.
Different realities and contrasts that many expect the team behind Marathon to take into account so, amend the course and not end up as the aforementioned Concord, with which even several are already comparing.
Players believe that the Free-To-Play Games have made the sense of the value of things “be lost”, after complaints for marathon price
Bungie, now under Sony’s wing, has generated expectation with Marathon, an “Extraction Shooter” in the first person who promises an immersive experience, a meticulous artistic design and a highly competitive approach.
However, beyond its technical specifications and visual aesthetics, the aspect that has captured the attention of the community is its business model: unlike the current trend, Marathon will not be a free title, but will have an estimated sale price at $ 40 dollars.
The players have wondered if the economic model of current video games has changed the perception of the real value of the games and many have responded yes, blaming the “Free-To-Play” model as the main reason.
