Marathon won’t be free to play, but it won’t be ‘full price’ either

Over the weekend, Bungie finally revealed substantial details about its next game, Marathon. The upcoming extraction shooter begins alpha testing this month, before launching in September. However, it will not be a free to play game, Bungie has now confirmed. 

While Bungie did not announce its pricing scheme for Marathon, the studio did confirm after the showcase that Marathon “will be a premium title”. However, Bungie also clarifies that Marathon “will not be a ‘full-priced' title”. With that in mind, we are likely looking at a price tag around $40, similarly to last year's failed live-service shooter, Concord.

While shipping a game for less than full price can entice some buyers, we are now in an age where the biggest and most-played multiplayer games in the world are all free-to-play. Sony was unable to overcome this reality with Concord last year, but with Bungie being a ‘big name' studio, they'll stand a better chance of success than Firewalk Studios did.

Marathon will release for PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X/S on the 23rd of September.

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KitGuru Says: What did you think of the Marathon reveal? Are you interested in the game enough to purchase it, or would you only be willing to try it if it was free-to-play? 

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