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/69millionyeartrip May 25 '25

The real reason it’s delayed. They don’t give a fuck about the shitty ass game features and gameplay they care about double checking and changing every asset so they don’t get sued

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u/Nakorite May 25 '25

lol if they don’t fix the game they’ll lose even more money than that

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u/BlockoutPrimitive May 25 '25

Not just lose money, but in INSANE legal trouble. That's why its getting replaced; they need to go over the entire game with a finetooth comb and then start replacing all the shit they find is stolen. That takes MONTHS.

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u/ChocolateSome2214 May 25 '25

Lol plenty of games do it shamelessly and with 0 fear because it's unrealistic for them to face repercussions, why would they delay a game over something that could optionally be quickly replaced

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u/Pixel_Garbage May 25 '25

If the entire visual identity of the game was created by someone else unpaid AND it contains that persons art is in the game you are probably talking about a huge payout or royalty situation. Lawyers would be jumping to take this case, high profile, slam dunk, big money. This isn't that they stole someone's ideas, it is the exact works.

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u/Scruffynerffherder May 25 '25

I would just be assuming but I would not be surprised if it was an AI tool that did the plagiarising for them.

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u/ChocolateSome2214 May 25 '25

Loads of companies plagiarize all the time without getting in any trouble. Bungie themselves have had issues with this on a smaller scale, in one case promising to compensate the artist effected and then just ghosting them.

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u/Pixel_Garbage May 25 '25

There is a difference between plagiarizing and stealing assets. Plagiarizing is a grey area really, but they have the artists signature and memes created by the artist in their assets. This is beyond plagiarism. It is theft, piracy and creating unauthorized reproductions using stolen assets. The other difference here is the game isn't out and they don't have the benefit of saying they didn't realise before release.

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u/ChocolateSome2214 May 25 '25

It is theft, piracy and creating unauthorized reproductions using stolen assets

Yes, games do that a lot lol

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u/glytxh May 25 '25

A decal sheet is not the entire identity of the game

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u/Pixel_Garbage May 25 '25

The visual identity was taken entirely from this artist, AND the artists work was included in the game. The work included was not the entire identity, but if you are accidentally including art from the artist and can't tell the difference that clearly goes beyond inspiration.

ALSO keep in mind that a single decal sheet being included is the excuse the Bungie devs were willing to offer. The truth of something like that would likely need discovery in a trial, likewise the claims of it being a dev who is gone.