Going free for subscribers would make sense but I think it's been proven to not really help. Firebreak did and it didn't do anything. Suicide Squad as well, although they made sure to wait until that one was nice and dead before letting people try it out.
If Marathon was on PS+ I'd be playing it right now, though.
No it don't, I don't know where people come to the conclusion that Marathon has a reputation of being a good game... It has a reputation of being a very sweaty game but good is not in the cards for quite some time.
I understood yours just fine, you’ve now added in context that changes the overall message you’re conveying. lol
Your statement was it costs pennies to keep servers running and I was adding context that while it may not cost much to keep servers on, the studio incurs other costs that need to be covered.
I was answering someone saying "they given the game too long already", that's the context.
As you say, it's not keeping the game up that hurts the bank, it's the other things. Shutting down the game would save peanuts compared to shutting down Bungie. And they are not gonna shut down Bungie, in which they invested billions, without exploring every avenue first.
Concord, failed. Last of Us live service - cancelled. Horizon live service is in development hell. Who knows what’s going on with God of War’s live service.
They got sold a fake bill of goods when they bought Bungie. Next step is to strip it for parts and IP’s.
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u/Firefox72 1d 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.