Marathon

That last point does prove that this is all relative. On the one hand, Starfield failed because it didn’t hit like Skyrim. On the other, there are still thousands playing it every day on Steam alone almost three years after its release. Most studios would kill for their single-player projects to be clocking up numbers like that so long after launch. When it comes to Marathon, there are a lot of other factors to consider. For starters, Steam doesn’t tell the whole story. In fact, since Marathon is published by PlayStation, there’s a very real chance that the majority of its player base is on PS

Marathon's new PVE mode Vault Breaker launches tomorrow, July 21, as part of a mid-season update. Answered

Live-service titles are often very expensive gambles. This is why we tend to see them be completely shuttered rather than scaled down: if the return on investment isn't massive, then the project may as well have failed completely. This doesn't just come down to raw player numbers, but overall cultural footprint as well, and Marathon’s greatest claim to fame right now is as the Destiny 2 replacement, regardless of how accurate that classification might be. It's going to be increasingly difficult for the game to compete in the attention economy, especially in the extraction shooter space, which