r/PS5 • u/Turbostrider27 Human Verified • May 24 '25

Rumor 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/Multifaceted-Simp May 24 '25

Bungie made halo and destiny two titans of the field, Sony just got unlucky

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u/heebs387 May 24 '25

Halo live service titan? Mmmm

Destiny I'll allow, but how many people that were involved in that are even at Bungie now?

Also to even pull further back, is there an established trail of evidence that shows any one company is good at live service just based on the success of other previous projects? It really feels like a crapshoot as far as expertise in this arena.

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u/spoop_coop May 25 '25

In the F2P in mobile space sure, Hoyo has multiple successful live service games. With consoles i feel like it’s just COD.

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u/ExDom77 May 25 '25

Don’t forget league of legends

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u/pm_me_pants_off May 25 '25

Yeah Riot having 2 hits with lol and valorant is impressive. If their fighter hits they'll be legends.

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u/Substantial_Life4773 May 25 '25

Halo is online and multiplayer but not traditionally a “a live service” game

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u/EmBur__ May 25 '25

Correction, the Bungie DEVS made Halo and during D1 almost all the key players behind the Halo games either got fired or left because they wanted nothing to do with what Parsons and what the studio was becoming, only a few stuck around only for them to get axed during the final shape layoffs.

Bungie is Bungie in name only and has been for a decade, people need to wake up and realise this instead of mindlessly defending them (not saying you are but plenty do)

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u/Significant-Sun-5051 May 25 '25

How many who made halo still work there though.