It’s All On ‘Marathon’ To Float Bungie And Sony’s Live Service Plans Now

InnovationGamingIt’s All On ‘Marathon’ To Float Bungie And Sony’s Live Service Plans NowByPaul Tassi,Senior Contributor.Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. News and opinion about video games, television, movies and the internet.Follow AuthorJun 11, 2026, 10:06am EDTMarathonBungieDestiny 2 has released its final update, Monument of Triumph, which will be the last content addition to the game, as live updates will cease. Sony is walking away from the franchise, and Bungie will now face a number of challenges from here. Hopefully not insurmountable ones, and the biggest needs to be making Marathon a success.The main issues now are:1) Bungie does not have another game besides Marathon greenlit yet for devs to work on.2) The shuttering of Destiny 2 is very likely to lead to significant layoffs.3) Many devs have already been moved over to Marathon, but they are starting from behind the 8-ball.Much ado has been made that this recent update rocketed Destiny 2’s playercount well above Marathon’s all-time metrics, at least on Steam, though the comparison at Monument of Triumph launch is a bit different, as the update was free and you would, of course, expect the final update of an 11-year-old game players have played for thousands of hours would draw a crowd.In truth, Destiny 2 has already been outperforming Marathon for a while now, due to the fact that Steam metrics don’t tell the whole story. Even if the visible numbers are even, Destiny 2 has a 4:1 console playerbase while Marathon is 2:1 in favor of PC, so it’s even more skewed.Play Puzzles & Games on ForbesFEATURED | Frase ByForbes™Unscramble The Anagram To Reveal The PhrasePlay NowPinpoint By LinkedinGuess The CategoryPlay NowQueens By LinkedinCrown Each RegionPlay NowCrossclimb By LinkedinUnlock A Trivia LadderPlay NowMarathonBungieThis, of course, has spawned a lot of anger among Destiny fans who believe that it was “killed” in favor of Marathon, and while there is certainly some...