{"id":1005361,"date":"2026-06-04T18:16:18","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T18:16:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1005361\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T18:16:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T18:16:18","slug":"another-marathon-mess-as-bungie-changes-misleading-ps5-store-description","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1005361\/","title":{"rendered":"Another Marathon Mess as Bungie Changes Misleading PS5 Store Description"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Another<\/a><\/p>\n

Bungie is never far away from a blunder, but I\u2019m not entirely sure where the buck stops with this latest oversight.<\/p>\n

To cut a long story short, the dev is currently running a free trial week<\/a> for first-person shooter Marathon<\/a>, designed to coincide with its Season 2 update.<\/p>\n

Those who downloaded the trial noticed they could upgrade to the Deluxe Edition on PS5 for $14.99. That\u2019s because, in the PS Store\u2019s<\/strong><\/a> eyes, they \u201cown\u201d the game via the trial.<\/p>\n

Now what\u2019s particularly pertinent here is that the product page mentions that the Deluxe Edition includes the full Marathon game, alongside various cosmetic items et al.<\/p>\n

But the reality is that fans were actually buying the Deluxe Edition Upgrade, which doesn\u2019t include the full game. (Because the PS Store thinks they already own it, via the free trial. Are you keeping up?)<\/p>\n

That page has since been updated<\/a> to clarify anyone who buys it will not receive the full game at all.<\/p>\n

The disclaimer reads:<\/p>\n

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Please note that if you have already downloaded Marathon during the Open Play Week but have not purchased Marathon:<\/p>\n

* Purchasing this product will grant access to the Deluxe Edition content only for the duration of the Open Play Week, after which accessing this content will require purchase of the Marathon Standard Edition.<\/p>\n

*The price displayed reflects only the Deluxe Edition content add-ons, not the Standard Edition price.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

I think this is pretty messy because the original description was misleading, and while it\u2019s good this has been clarified, I think Sony should honour those original purchases.<\/p>\n

At the end of the day, Marathon needs as many players as it can muster, so I\u2019m not sure why it\u2019s not just giving anyone who bought this access to the full game.<\/p>\n

At the very least, I hope anyone who spent money gets a refund.<\/p>\n

[source store.playstation.com<\/a>]<\/p>\n

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\"Sammy<\/p>\n

As the Editor of Push Square, Sammy has over 15 years of experience analysing the world of PlayStation, from PS3 through PS5 and everything in between. He\u2019s an expert on PS Studios and industry matters, as well as sports games and simulators. He also enjoys RPGs when he has the time to dedicate to them, and is a bit of a gacha whale.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bungie is never far away from a blunder, but I\u2019m not entirely sure where the buck stops with…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1005362,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[7],"tags":[6958,6957,55,53,16,15],"class_list":["post-1005361","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-bungie","tag-marathon","tag-ps5","tag-technology","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116693212103338143","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1005361","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1005361"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1005361\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1005362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1005361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1005361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1005361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}