{"id":3164,"date":"2025-04-14T10:07:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-14T10:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nichesitetool.com\/?p=3164"},"modified":"2025-04-15T06:42:52","modified_gmt":"2025-04-15T06:42:52","slug":"ps5-live-service-game-marathon-launches-this-year-with-even-less-content-than-concord","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nichesitetool.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/14\/ps5-live-service-game-marathon-launches-this-year-with-even-less-content-than-concord\/","title":{"rendered":"PS5 live service game Marathon launches this year with even less content than Concord"},"content":{"rendered":"
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How much would you pay for Marathon? (Sony)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Bungie and Sony<\/a> plan to sell the new Marathon<\/a> as a \u2018premium\u2019 product though they have promised it won\u2019t be a full price game.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s been nearly two years since Sony announced it was reviving Bungie\u2019s Marathon series<\/a>, albeit as the publisher\u2019s next crack at a live service game.<\/p>\n

After a long silence and a change in directors<\/a>, Bungie finally lifted the lid on Marathon over the weekend via a livestream, where it shared proper gameplay details and a release date.<\/p>\n

It also shared what fans can expect from the game at launch and it sounds even less content rich than Concord<\/a>, Sony\u2019s last live service game attempt.<\/p>\n

As a reminder, Concord launched last August and was meant to be the first of many first-party PlayStation live service games. However, its launch was so disastrous that Sony killed the game after only two weeks<\/a> and shut down developer Firewalk Studios<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Although other live service games have reportedly been cancelled<\/a> in the aftermath, Marathon\u2019s development has chugged along, with it slated to launch later this year.<\/p>\n

Aside from establishing how this new Marathon is a PvP extraction shooter, with players forming teams of three to gather loot, Bungie also explained that there will be six playable characters and three maps at launch.<\/p>\n

Obviously, the plan is to add more content over time (a fourth map is already confirmed), but this means Marathon is arriving with far less than what Concord offered.<\/p>\n

By comparison, Concord launched with 16 playable characters and 12 maps. It also had six different gameplay modes to try out whereas Marathon only has the one.<\/p>\n

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