Streamer TheBurntPeanut has pushed back against the wave of early criticism surrounding Bungie’s latest extraction shooter, Marathon, urging players to give new games a fair shot before writing them off based on early impressions.
“If we keep dogging on new games, what you’re going to have until you are 90 is Call of Duty 56, Halo 72. That’s what you’re going to get,” TheBurntPeanut said while responding to community reactions to the game’s Server Slam release. “Everybody says it’s the same game every year, then they trash it on day one when developers try something new. If you don’t like it, just move on. Let them cook.”
The streamer argued that constant day one negativity is exactly why major publishers keep falling back on safe sequels or remakes. He warned that if audiences continue tearing down fresh ideas immediately, the industry will be left recycling long-running franchises indefinitely.
His core message was simple: players often complain about getting the same game every year, but then aggressively criticize studios the moment they experiment. At the same time, recent multiplayer releases such as Concord and Highguard have struggled commercially, reinforcing skepticism around big-budget live service bets made by the publishers in recent times, where standing out in the crowd of successful indies and AA games has been a tough endeavour.
Marathon, Bungie’s revival of its classic sci-fi IP as an extraction shooter, has already sparked debate over its art style, UI, and live service ambitions. While skepticism is common for high-profile multiplayer titles, TheBurntPeanut argued that judging a project before it has time to evolve is counterproductive.
Players frequently call for innovation, yet new directions often face intense scrutiny. For TheBurntPeanut, that pattern risks narrowing the kinds of games publishers are willing to fund in the future.
