Overview
- PlayStation users who bought the Deluxe Edition upgrade during Marathon’s free Open Play Week were misled by a store description that implied the upgrade included the full game, though the upgrade actually did not unlock the base edition.
- Bungie confirmed late Saturday that anyone who purchased the Deluxe upgrade before the PS Store text was corrected will receive the Marathon base edition for free in addition to the Deluxe content they paid for.
- The developer extended the Open Play Week through June 11 and will deliver 50 Silk to anyone who logs in during the extended trial as a gesture for the downtime and confusion.
- Marathon’s Season 2 launch also suffered multi‑hour outages that forced emergency maintenance; Bungie restored servers, deployed patches, and is rolling out economic fixes such as reducing excess Cert container spawns in Night Marsh and raising progression costs in The Cradle by 25 percent.
- Purchases of the Deluxe upgrade after the PS Store correction will only grant Deluxe items for the duration of the trial and will require buying the base edition afterward, a change that highlights the need for clearer storefront messaging and may affect player conversion and trust.