Stat Extracts @StatExtracts

You’ve spent the last week putting Vault Breaker through its paces in Cryo and giving us a valuable look at how this experimental PvE mode is landing. Because of that, Vault Breaker will remain live until August 18. Thanks for investing your time, sharing your perspective, and continuing to help us learn. We appreciate the partnership and are taking your feedback with us as we keep building.

@DattosDestiny <3

Marathon's mid-season 2 update is live today! Check out the full update notes: bung.ie/4vDT1yq

crazy how the best shooter of the decade with the best art direction I've ever seen from a game can be struggling this much just because a) the average gamer cannot handle losing at all b) execs and online losers jerk off over steam charts, financial targets, and concurrent player numbers, all day long

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Hey everyone, we know we've been a little quiet out here - but, as we get closer to the mid-Season 2 update, we wanted to take a chance to get the ball rolling again. Later this week we'll be sharing a blog covering some of the mid-Season 2 updates, including balance changes, details on Vault Breaker, a few much-needed weapon adjustments, and details on a buff to Cradle progression. (This blog is just a preview, and we'll have the full list of patch notes the morning of July 21st.) But, in the meantime, our ear is to the ground. We want to know what you're feeling. What's on your mind?

Like fuck who is reading these articles. We get it marathon fucking sucks and anyone who likes it sucks and it killed Destiny 3 and Bungie is fucked and holy fuck leave the poor fucking game alone dude. Like “HELL YEAH more people are losing their jobs and the people who like this game are going to be really fucking sad” You are contributing nothing to this space and to gamer culture as a whole. Fucking figure it out

i hope the w'rkncacnter becomes a threat in nu marathon solely so i can hear people try to pronounce w'rkncacnter

Hey Marty. Fuck off.

>> SOMEWHERE IN THE HEAVENS // CONTRIBUTOR APPLICATIONS IMMINENT >>The time is almost here, Runners! Contributor apps for the Marathon fanzine will be going live THIS FRIDAY, June 26. We're looking for Writers, Merch Artists, and Page Artists! [ #marathongame #marathonart ]

CAN BUNGIE GET A FUCKING BREAK BRO OH MY GOD

Polymarket @Polymarket

a month ago

JUST IN: California drivers sue BP, Marathon, 7-Eleven, Walmart, & others, alleging they used AI to boost gas prices.

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For a game that’s supposedly “niche,” Marathon has one of the strongest and most passionate fan communities of any project I’ve worked on.

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@RiloeGaming @tobieee That hidden 7th column is such a delight

ROOK'S REVENGE - A Marathon Musical 🎶🤖🎶 My animated medley to the underdogs of Tau Ceti IV, where all the Mean Girls roam. #Marathon #Bungie #Callipeg @MarathonTheGame

Haven't seen this around yet. But we put out an ARTBLAST on artstation. artstation.com/channels/TheAr… Check out everyone's hardwork! RT/ share the love! #Marathonthegame #Marathon

No, my somewhat oblivious friend. The reason the industry is failing is because posts like this from you and others who fundamentally misunderstand the economics of the industry. So let’s do this for the people in the back: These video games you like. They are expensive to make. Real expensive. And they keep getting more expensive. “But we didn’t ask for that!” you say. Oh yeah you did. By buying the games that are bigger and prettier and not buying the games that aren’t. By demanding more content, prettier content, etc. “But Clair Obscur, Lords of the Fallen” A handful of exceptions doesn’t make a rule. So games are way more expensive to make… but they cost the same!? And when you think about inflation they are actually cheaper!? How will games make money!? Well if we sell more copies we can… and that’s what happened in COVID. But that was an anomaly. And the over hiring it caused made the economics of games even worse. The industry looked like it had a path out via social/live service, and interest rates were so low that risking your money in games was a really great idea for investors. See, games have been economically on shaky grounds for decades. Our costs to make them are going up, but because of enthusiast media campaigns, every single attempt to preserve or create a new revenue stream is systemically shit on. DLC - yall lost your shit about horse armor. Season map pass - it fractures the community. Loot boxes - we are child gambling. Xbox trying to stop used games - might as well have been the devil. Games got $10 more expensive - breathless post after post on how awful that is written by people unironically drinking $6 matcha lattes. So basically the message is - keep spending money to make these games but we wont pay you more. Well, you can see from the above why that gap between player expectations and economics has well and truly fucked the industry. Your only chance is either a mega hit or getting extremely lucky. For every Clair Obscur there is a Samson. It’s just extremely wild to me that it hasn’t occurred to most of you that the only games surviving were live service because they had consistent revenue that wasn’t capped. That’s why everyone was chasing. You scream and shout and pout every time we try to make money any other way. The rub is those live service games are the hardest to make. And then when people try really hard and spend money to make a game that you’ll enjoy - you shit on them. Highguard. Concord. Marathon. It isn’t that you don’t just play them. You take a particular glee in tearing them down and then post about your solidarity when folks get laid off. I’m not saying you are hypocrites, but no one will be going to you for any intellectual honesty any time soon. It’s funny because in Japan, that other exception to the rule that yall venerate but don’t understand, the economics are totally different. Way lower wages (but pay artists you say), retail sales are not price protected, secondary revenue streams are accepted (one of the biggest IAP markets per capita on earth because of gatcha), and the online discourse respects game creators, not tears them down. So yeah. Games are not a charity. Quit treating the people making them like they are one. You want the industry to grow up and survive out of this, you need to take a hard look at your own relationships with games and how those behaviors have negatively impacted the hobby you profess to love.

Rowye | Darkenstein 3D @roger_creus_art

a month ago

Let me try to understand. The reason the industry is falling is I don't buy enough lootboxes and 30 dollar skins?

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SteamDB gotta start charging dude a subscription fee 😂

Paul Tassi @PaulTassi

a month ago

‘Marathon’ Season 2 And Free Week Did Not Turn Things Around via @Forbes forbes.com/sites/paultass…

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LINK --> destiny.report I will need to press some buttons (import, screenshot generation, etc) when the new stuff drops today. Expect at least 30-60 mins to get everything imported and verified.

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