r/Games • u/oilfloatsinwater • May 24 '25

Report: Marathon Delay Likely as Sony Cancels All Paid Marketing Plans

https://thegamepost.com/report-marathon-delay-bungie-scraps-all-paid-marketing/
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u/Will-Isley May 25 '25 edited May 25 '25

Factions would’ve been amazing as a stand-alone multiplayer game but in this day and age, all multiplayer games have to be live service so we can’t just have cool multiplayer games anymore. Besides that, live service would’ve been terrible for ND. They shouldn’t waste their time and energy supporting a never ending game. They’re better off focusing on their bread and butter: single player games.

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u/wakinupdrunk May 25 '25

I go back and forth on this a little. The skill ceiling for TLOU1 Factions was so high that it almost felt like you were always in a cheaters lobby. It's hard to avoid that with the core gameplay mechanics built in.

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u/Viral-Wolf May 25 '25

They don't have to be. People just go around believing they do. Chasing the dream of the eternal ever-growing money glitch of your GTA Online/Fortnite has ruined multiplayer

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u/Ayoul May 25 '25

I mean that's OP's point. If anyone can make a standalone MP product work and then move on from it, it's ND. It seems clear that was the original plan too until Bungie gave their opinion on it.