There's a lot riding on Marathon, potentially even the fate of legendary developer Bungie given the current state of Destiny, which has been carrying the studio's baton for years. Now it's time to pass the burden onto Marathon, I guess, while the studio figures out what it's doing with Destiny going forward.
After divisive playtests last year, and looking not great while going head-to-head with Arc Raiders, Bungie returned to the drawing board. Naturally, this has led to a lot of scepticism over how successful the studio's next big project will be. It's too early to say for certain, but potentially quite well looking at Steam's top 100 sellers chart.
