At the moment, there's a big debate surrounding Marathon versus Arc Raiders, which was always going to happen since the two share the same genre. They're both huge, open extraction shooters, released just a few months apart from each other, and when Marathon confidently stated that it wouldn't give cheaters a second chance, many saw that as a dig at Arc Raiders giving cheaters three chances before getting permanently banned from the game. It's natural that a semi-rivalry would start brewing.
Of course, Marathon has now been released, and the expected discussions surrounding player counts have started. Unfortunately for those in Marathon's corner, it hasn't come anywhere near matching the numbers that Arc Raiders posted upon its release, amassing an admittedly impressive player count of 88,337 a day after release. It's good, but it's not Slay the Spire 2 good.
More interestingly, though, is the impact that Marathon has actually had on the Arc Raiders player base, or rather, the complete lack of it. You'd have thought that since both Marathon and Arc Raiders share the same genre, they'd also share the same audience, and that the player numbers for Arc Raiders on PC would dip slightly, just out...
