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Live-service bets fail fast: Highguard’s collapse exposes gaming’s rush for instant profits

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Source: The Guardian
Live-service bets fail fast: Highguard’s collapse exposes gaming’s rush for instant profits
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Industry analysis argues that live-service games are treated as instant-profit investments, with Highguard’s swift demise after a Tencent-backed launch despite 2 million players; Marathon offers promise but profitability remains uncertain, underscoring a broader pattern where investor pressure and the time-to-kill metric drive whether a game survives or fails.

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  1. In the killer world of online gaming, there are no hits any more – just survivors  The Guardian
  2. Marathon – Review In Progress  Game Informer
  3. Marathon’s Time To Kill Is Unforgiving, Unfair, and Utterly Brilliant  IGN
  4. The more I play Marathon, the more it reminds me of Armored Core 6  Polygon.com
  5. The world of Marathon is too good for an extraction shooter  Digitec

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