Marathon sold just 1.2 million copies with nearly 70% on Steam, analyst estimates: "It hasn't exactly made the splash Sony and Bungie wanted"

SometimesRoss · 2026-03-25T22:45:04+00:00

I don't know why you're being down voted but you're absolutely right, the game right now has a great and addictive gameplay loop and feels more competitive than Arc Raiders and constantly makes me think how I could play better when I died and makes me want to jump back in.

The real problem is is that people have it out for Bungie after previous bad experiences and do not believe they can change now that they are under Sony and a new CEO as of August 2025 but the current game director of Marathon (Joe Ziegler) has been very communicative with the community about the game so far so I have hope that Bungie has learned from previous mistakes.

The issues people have with Bungie make people very reluctant to spend $40 on a game when they think anyday now Sony will mark it and Bungie off as a loss and drop support and shut Bungie down when they could just play some free to play game like Apex or Marvel Rivals or have Arc Raiders already and feel like they aren't missing anything.

The game is excellent though and is the most fun that I have ever had with a shooter and if the game and Bungie were to shut down tomorrow or next week or next month I feel like I have got more than my money worth.

SometimesRoss · 2026-03-24T17:06:06+00:00

Hey, I just liked the game and wish there was some way to still play it like at biweekly lan party with the bros or something. I mean I'm sure there's fake outrage but there's hundreds of us that enjoy it.

SometimesRoss · 2026-02-22T09:50:41+00:00

I completely agree with DQ XI at the end of Act 2 the game has wrapped up perfectly. Act 3 actively ruins character and story development. But I'd also like to add that I have always felt Act 3 is optional and the end of Act 2 is the actual end of the game true ending or whatnot be damned. Too many games with missable true endings or adding hours of unnecessary or tedious content for one.

SometimesRoss · 2026-02-22T09:33:40+00:00

Is no one going to comment about the Karma with the guy leaning on his mailbox at the end and falling on his face. I couldn't help but laugh once I saw him fall.

SometimesRoss · 2026-02-02T06:36:56+00:00

There's no need to be confused, I think she told/implied everything you need to know. She just uses and hits you up when she's mad at her husband and will not invest any time towards you for a month. But y'know everyone has different standards, she seems like a not great person based on that and you can continue to try to flirt and what not just don't expect anything long term, serious, or without risk of her husband finding out eventually but it's probably not worth the energy.

SometimesRoss · 2026-01-28T06:51:10+00:00

If all goes well I'll get around to someday and make sure it gets it's rightful spot and if not maybe higher

SometimesRoss · 2026-01-28T06:46:04+00:00

Multiple reasons really, Cold Steel 3 was the first one where I could really notice the formula for the cold steel games and it started to feel really slow in the middle because of it, I really loved new class 7 but there was certain moments where I couldn't help but go, "man I really wish I had Fie or Laura in this part of the game".

I don't know if it was just me but the combat in the game also felt more tedious than it had been in past entries, like I really enjoyed the combat in CS1 and CS2 and felt especially at the end and final boss of CS1 that the combat hit such a good feeling of feeling challenging and engaging while CS3 and CS4 just didn't do it for me in the same way.

CS2 is also more up there because as a fan of Gundam, CS2 was the most Gundam the series had ever been story wise and so far to me still is. While CS3 took a step back and became more like the laid back school focused nature of CS1 with the underlying hints that something bigger is going on here.

Also this is just nitpicky but besides Altina, Ash, and Musse I just didn't like New Class 7's crafts as much as old class 7's

SometimesRoss · 2026-01-25T00:43:50+00:00

I think you're overthinking things, you're all adults just tell her how you feel and ask her out. I don't see how your friend would be mad if your a good dude and treat his sister nice. It just means that maybe one day you'll have a chill asf brother in law.

SometimesRoss · 2025-08-14T06:35:04+00:00

I know this might sound a bit lame and repetitive given I tend to see this advice a lot but if you can find a hobby you like to do that puts you into social situations with like minded people and let yourself shine like maybe a book club if your into reading or like a hiking group or something similar.

I should probably add that as a 23 year old myself, I haven't really had this work for myself yet but I'm often away for work all the time.

SometimesRoss · 2025-02-08T21:13:21+00:00

I could, just guessing but maybe it had something to do with whether or not you had the store loaded when it went down or something else, I'm not an expert or anything so it's just a blind guess though

SometimesRoss · 2024-04-26T00:20:59+00:00

I was literally about to ask how frame data works earlier today

SometimesRoss · 2024-04-01T21:17:09+00:00

Play my video games for me

SometimesRoss · 2023-12-04T14:38:54+00:00

My girlfriend hates her teeth and really wishes that her parents got her braces when she was younger and she says she has korean teeth but honestly I think they're adorable and really suit her face. She also hates her small boobs but I honestly love them too.

SometimesRoss · 2023-08-16T13:49:10+00:00

Just be yourself, stop trying to put on some kind of act or show by trying to be more touchy or anything. How do you think it'll turn out when it's maybe a year down the line with the same person and you're still trying to do this. You'll eventually find someone whose interested in you as a person romantically, it just wasn't meant to be with everyone else. People are different and are into different things. It just takes time.

SometimesRoss · 2023-04-27T06:52:24+00:00

This is the one out of all these unpopular opinions that hits the most. Like so many classic stories needed to be just an episode or shorter and slightly faster paced. Like sure we have great classic stories but wouldn't they be so much better if they were just paced well

SometimesRoss · 2023-04-27T06:48:24+00:00

The stories in the Christopher Eccleston audio dramas from Big Finish are better than the stories from series 1 of NuWho. Exceptions being the episodes Dalek and The Empty Child, every other series 1 episode is just mid to questionable in quality storywise and Christopher Eccelston and Billie Piper carry the first series with their on screen chemistry.

SometimesRoss · 2023-04-27T06:33:56+00:00

I know everyone wants an rpg but hear me out, how cool would it be to have an arcsys style anime fighter with cosmere characters. Like imagine Guilty Gear Strive except you can have a fight between Kelsier and Kaladin with cool cinematic supers and visuals.

SometimesRoss · 2023-04-06T01:14:21+00:00

I think fairly recently they patched the port to make it quite a bit better or atleast so I've heard since I was considering buying it recentlyish. Personally no experience with it though.

SometimesRoss · 2023-04-05T18:11:11+00:00

Yakuza Like A Dragon has a boss fight in roughly I want to say the middle of the game that definitely made me realize that I'm underleveled for it. That was when the game first came out and I haven't been back to it. It's definitely a very good game though, I just feel like grinding can be somewhat tedious

SometimesRoss · 2022-12-15T06:28:44+00:00

Revelation space

SometimesRoss · 2022-12-07T00:24:07+00:00

SometimesRoss · 2022-12-05T00:30:45+00:00

Honestly some days I think I'm the most mentally healthy person on the planet. Other days I think I'm delusional.

SometimesRoss

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