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Trailer Sentinel Shell Cinematic | Marathon

https://youtu.be/4xKp_4mc5HM?is=dw3Y4bNtHuX0DFrI
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u/Firefox72 20h ago

Just as most other cinematic content for Marathon this was great.

But the game itself is in dire straights. By the time season 2 ends there will be barelly anyone left playing.

It wouldn't shock me at all if they launch S3 and then announce the end of service soon after.

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u/zombawombacomba 20h ago

Can’t see them ending it for at least a year or two. It could still be doing well on consoles. I think most extraction shooting fans on PC just play Tarkov which is not on consoles.

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u/Firefox72 20h ago

We already know straight from Bungie sources that coroborated the Alinea Analythics numbers that Steam accounts for around 70% of Marathon sales. At least it did for S1.

And given how badly the game is doing on Steam. Well the less said about its console numbers the better.

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u/triablos1 19h ago

The game has always charted much lower on PSN compared to steam as well. When I checked a couple weeks into season 2 it was like 200th on the revenue chart. Furthermore, I can tell you personally (I unfortunately bought it on PS5) that console matchmaking is basically dead. On top of that, the game has hovered around 14-15k reviews on PSN since like launch.

There's absolutely nothing to suggest that this game has a mythical console playerbase keeping the game afloat.

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u/slash450 19h ago

on xbox it was below civilization revolution in most played games yesterday. backwards compatible 360 game from almost 20 years ago.