After plagiarism scandal And indefinite delay Earlier this year, Bungie's corporate overlords Sony once again confirmed that the extraction shooter Marathon still plans to release by March next year. Meanwhile, Destiny 2The company's problems led the parent corporation to categorically admit that the game was not doing as well as Sony had expected when it bought Bungie.
During earnings call As part of the company's latest financial results, Sony CFO Lin Tao responded to a question about Marathon by stating that they are “fully committed to launching the game as planned.” This schedule is scheduled for the end of the current fiscal year, which ends at the end of March 2026. Tao's words aren't all that surprising considering they were company line during this year.
However, Tao mentioned back in August that Bungie was hoping to set a new release date for the game at some point this fall. We are not yet out of this window and things could change any day now, but at the time of writing a new date has not yet been set and winter beckons. To be fair, Tao said that Bungie is still “in the process of analyzing Marathon's performance from a gameplay and retention perspective.” October technical testwith settings that will be made “as needed.”
Things are pretty quiet on the Marathon front this is not unusual at this pointbut the questions will only intensify if it moves closer to March without that new date.
Meanwhile, these financial results showed that Sony's accountants had to book an impairment charge, indicating that Bungie's current value is approximately 31.5 billion yen (about £155 million/$204 million) less than the corporation would like. This is behind what Sony expected when they bought a studio is being decisively thrown out of Destiny 2's door, with Tao saying that “due in part to changes in the competitive landscape, sales and user engagement levels have not reached our expectations.” As a result, profits have shrunk and corporate faces have turned gloomy, although Tao said companies will “continue to improve their operations.” I hope this means not only more layoffs.
We also hope that Marathon can avoid Destiny in Concorde style whenever he comes out of hiding completely.
