As suspected, Marathon's budget is bloated as fuck. Bungie needs a minimum of 6.25 million copies each sold at $40 to even dream of breaking even.https://www.forbes.com/sites/paultassi/2026/04/09/checking-in-on-marathon-a-month-after-launch/
Costed sounds strange.
>costed
>costedAlso how do these generic multiplayer shooters cost so muchIt's not a massive MMORPG with 23068235 quests all fully voice acted, where is the money going
If this game was so good, why couldn't organic word of mouth from the players save it?
How do you even spend that much money a multiplayer game with not enough content Eastern Europeans could've made 4, 100 hour long 8/10 games with that much money
>>736728316>>736728560Embarrassing! Forknife was f2p and CS & DotA were fucking community mods. All of these games have/had CCUs in the multimillions, yet Marathune is scrambling to keep it above 4 digits. Lesson learned is to make a standout SP entry like HL or WC with basic MP and mods and just let the community cook.
>>736728360>>736728371>>736728419holy newfags
Why did the Rook Marathon thread get deleted but this one and the other one about Bungie sales stay up
>>736728360>>736728371>>736728419you need to go back
>>736728316>ConfirmsLol that's not what confirmation is>CostedBharat_Nation still spamming /v/ thread I see
>>736728316>I can confirm>Likely
>>736732291>>736732354>~300 developers worked on Marathon (confirmed by game director Joe Ziegler)5-6 years of development (started ~2020, shipped March 5, 2026). Fully loaded cost per AAA dev in Seattle: $150K–$200K/year. Do the math: 300 devs × 5 years × $175K average = ~$262 million. The widely circulated $250M estimate checks out. And that's before marketing, which for a game of this profile could easily add another $50–100M.it really is that grim, shilloids. lmao
>>736728316That isnt accounting for Steam's cut or any other costs.
>>736730098>Why did the Rook Marathon thread get deletedit wasn't? unless you're talking about another Rook thread
>>736728360>>736728371It's British English, Americans would just say "cost".Enjoy it while you can, British anything is basically an endangered species these days with how enthusiastically the UK and Europe are handing their countries over to the 3rd world.
>>736733263kalergi plan and albert pike's letter about the 3 world wars in action
>>736733263Boo hoo nigga colour your armour for fish and chips tele loicense innit assault spoon
>>736728316>Forbes confirms>look inside>its Paul Tassi
>>736728316>I can confirmhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7l0Rq9E8MY
remember when you guys were saying $400 million in a previous thread
>>736733263>It's British EnglishIt fucking isn't.
>>736733263American cultural pressure through media like this very imageboard is the bigger killer of the king's english
>>736735027For Concord, yes
>>736735027remember when the ~$250M estimation was established weeks ago
>>736733694>>736734847>>736735070The British citizenship test has questions about Islamic theology. The idea being that you can't be British anymore, unless you're able to navigate Muslim culture.
>>736728316cant they bleed players with microtransactions?
>>736728316for the millionth time - this isn't "Forbes," it's a random person's blog, hosted on the Forbes site. Look at the URL!> sites/paultassi
>>736735027250 million is just dev salary. You have to factor in marketing and the theater cut
>>736735331cosmetics dont really work when you have a woke art style
>>736735331to a point, but if the player count gets so bad that you can barely find matches, even whales will stop buying mtx because they'll figure the game is dying soon
>>736735289no issues about questions about christian related nonsense? not even the state religion btw
>>736735289Lol, is this for real? If real how long until Sharia law in Britain?
>>736736015>The King of England is the head of the state religion>The entire culture is built from a thousand years of Christianity >That's somehow exactly the same as this
>>736732908>300 devs × 5 yearsWhat were all these people doing for half a decade? It's not like they came up with some new paradigm that would have taken a lot of time to experiment with to make work. Everything in Marathon is something that has already been established in the industry, aside from the art style. Like they don't really do anything remarkable with the extraction formula, and the gameplay is the same sprint-ADS-shoot that has been pretty standard since the late 00's. And how many maps did it release with? Like 4?
>>736736384ah glad we agree then that it's a culture based question for the main religious influences :)
>>736736015Kek, a Muslim typed this post
>"forbes">look inside>fat-nosed faggot paul tassi
>>736736503what influence did muslims have on the UK other than kebab shops, shankings, and rape gangs that it's worth requiring knowledge of their "culture" to a UK citizenship test again?
>>736735558keep coping maratroon
>>736728316CoatedEsl typing detected. Opinion Discarded.
>>736730191Nah, you're the one who can't speak properly
>>736728316JUST ENABLE PVE YOU BLITHERING IDIOTS! HOW HARD CAN THAT BE?!Seriously, it hurts to see such blatant retardation.
>>736728497Because they spent more money on bribing and paying off reviewers and streamers than doing simple effective fixes that would make this game good.
>>736728316>genuinely, what exactly is the issue?1. All weapons are hitscan.2. "Bullet magnetism".3. Aim assist on controllers and consoles being effectively an aimbot.4. Inability to disable cross-play on PC.5. Inability to disable cross-play with PC users who use controllers to benefit from aim assist.6. Thermal scopes effective at all ranges, and not being affected by rain/fog/steam/environmental heat sources.7. Sound propagation (like being able to hear someone opening doors/containers) while being 30 feet outside.8. Spawn points being too close together, especially on Dire Marsh.9. Game being too rewarding for engaging in PvP and not sufficiently rewarding for engagement with PvE (xp values and faction progression).10. Visuals (moth eating 'pillars and such) being too repetitive.11. Blue colour during loading screen being too intense.12. Combination of visuals and music can give migraines.13. No epilepsy warning.14. Exceptionally unrewarding battlepass.15. No PvE mode.16. "Experimenting" with duo mode.17. Weekend availability of Cryo and ranked.18. BattlEye.19. Cheaters and hardware hacks.20. Inability to block players while in-game. You can only do that after you've completed the run and found their name in the "recent players" tab.There. 20 reasons.
>>736736015>>736736503
>>736728316But /v/iggers told me it cost 2 BILLION dollars?
>>736728371Shitted and flopped and cummed.
>>736736403It was rebuilt or rebooted a few times, right? Like when the original director got metoo'd and Bungie hired Ziegler?
>>736738319Pve fags need to be thrown off a cliff. You're the reason I only play souls games on console. Stop hiding from me you pussy. If you want to exist prove you're strong enough.
The honeymoon period has ended.Long term players are dropping off like flies
>>736738492Shitters that still cry about aim assist in current year are only outing their skill level. Bullet magnetism is fucking cringe though. Specially since on mouse and keyboard they literally curve mid air into people's heads.
>>736738883No, /v/ has generally agreed that Marathon's dev costs were between $200m and $300m with marketing, outsourcing, and everything else being separate. Some anons try to lump in the $3.6b Sony paid for Bungie as part of Marathon's cost, which isn't accurate. Sony's still never getting that $3.6b back though, lmao>>736739290>design a game for PVP sweats>PVP sweats shit on everyone else>game becomes unfun for people who aren't doing the rapingwhat a mystery of the fuckin universe
>>736738685It’s amazing how true this is. Had a guy, self admitted lefty, once tell he thought all criminals should be released after short prison terms, even violent murderers and rapists. Said we should just rehabilitate them. There was no arguing with him.
>>736739246>waaaah noone wants to play with meThats because you are an insufferable asshole who needs to get a hot lead treatment. You want PvP so bad? Do it IRL you pussy.
Dont careSony are happy to bleed $4-5 million per month keeping marathon open just to avoid refunding 1 million retards. Dunno what the "no refund" legal timer is but after it expires they will just close the game lol EoY i bet.
Fear not. They’re in it for the long haul.
>>736738382I don't think these weirdos are paid anymore, they just outright believe it and push it for their own personal satisfaction.
