Sony are still "fully dedicated" to releasing Marathon by March, as they sigh at Bungie's money numbers

"Corrections" to the extraction shooter volition beryllium made arsenic indispensable pursuing October's tech testing

Following a plagiarism ungraded and an indefinite hold earlier this year, Bungie's firm overlords Sony person reiterated again that extraction shooter Marathon is inactive aiming to merchandise by March adjacent year. Meanwhile, Destiny 2's struggles person seen the genitor corp flatly admit that game's not doing arsenic good arsenic Sony imagined erstwhile they bought Bungie.

During an net telephone arsenic portion of the company's latest fiscal results, Sony CFO Lin Tao responded to a question astir Marathon by declaring that they are "fully dedicated to launching the rubric arsenic scheduled". That docket being by the extremity of this fiscal year, which concludes astatine the extremity of March 2026. Tao's words aren't that surprising, fixed they've been the institution enactment passim this year.

However, backmost successful August, Tao did notation that Bungie hoped to beryllium capable to instrumentality a caller merchandise day connected the crippled astatine immoderate constituent this autumn. We're by nary means retired of that model yet and things could alteration immoderate time now, but arsenic of penning nary caller date's been forthcoming and wintertime beckons. To beryllium fair, Tao revealed that Bungie are inactive "in the process of analysing Marathon's show successful presumption of gameplay and retention during October's method test, with tweaks to beryllium made "as needed".

Things being beauteous quiescent connected the Marathon beforehand isn't antithetic astatine this point, but questions'll lone intensify if it keeps inching person to March without that caller date.

Meanwhile, these fiscal results revealed that Sony's accountants person had to grounds an impairment complaint which indicates that Bungie's existent worth is astir 31.5 cardinal yen (about £155 million/$204 million) little than the fig the corp would similar it to be. That underperformance comparative to what was envisioned by Sony erstwhile they bought the workplace is being dumped firmly astatine Destiny 2's door, with Tao saying that "partially owed to the changes successful the competitory environment, the level of income and idiosyncratic engagement person not reached the expectations we had". As a result, profits person been chopped into and firm frowny faces abound, though Tao did state that the companies "will proceed to marque improvements". Hopefully that doesn't conscionable mean much layoffs.

Here's besides hoping Marathon tin debar a Concord-esque destiny whenever it afloat breaks cover.