mark holroyd

@falolaopeyemi3 @ManUtd I wouldn’t worry too much, how many other 26 year olds are Multi-millionaires and set for life?

@ManUtd I am sincerely concerned about his career. He’s hasn’t been playing regularly despite having the potential to attain to much. I pray he find himself again this new year.

Jadon Sancho turns 26 today! 🎈

@MbarkCherguia Always money

Men, be 100% honest… $50,000 cash right now or HER? 😅💰

@superhys @alineaanalytics The game is amazing - they will not double down on D3 at the expense of Marathon. There is too much potential and cost associated with Marathon. That said, it would be great for them to develop D3 in parallel.

Marathon has sold 1.2M copies across Steam, PS5, and Xbox (@alineaanalytics estimates). It hasn't exactly made the splash Sony and Bungie wanted, even if the game underneath the surface is a MASTERWORK of design. Looking at the split between Steam, PS5, and Xbox, Steam is clearly the main platform for Marathon, accounting for a little under 70% of the audience (800K copies sold). Meanwhile, PS5 takes about 19% (217K) and Xbox (including console, PC, and cloud) accounts for a bit over 11% or 133K. Marathon is technically a first-party Sony title, so seeing the home console struggle to break 20% of the volume is a notable data point for the ongoing platform-agnostic debate. PlayStation Studios online games will almost certainly continue being multiplatform (despite Sony reportedly pulling back on PC releases). One topic that came up in a lot of conversations at GDC this year was why Marathon hasn’t hit the same stratosphere as Arc Raiders. On paper, they’re both extraction shooters, and Marathon has the Bungie pedigree – the house that built the gold standard for gunplay in Halo and Destiny. My answer: Players understand the Arc Raiders loop within 30 minutes, while Marathon's UI acts as a massive filter, chewing up newcomers and spitting them out before they can experience the depth of Bungie’s signature gunplay and Marathon's awesome gameplay loop. The Steam copies sold during each game's respective Server Slam paint a picture there. Arc Raiders saw a massive 80% jump in copies sold during its three-day Server Slam. Marathon, meanwhile, saw a 49% increase in the four days following its Slam (Day -7 to -3). Despite the friction-heavy start, the data suggests that those who survived Marathon’s onboarding are loving life. We’ve been tracking cross-platform DAUs, and while there’s the expected post-launch leakage, many players are sticking with it. After peaking at 478K total DAUs on its first Saturday, Marathon has settled into a respectable rhythm, holding 345K DAUs as of yesterday and averaging 380K DAUs across the weekend. On Steam, Marathon’s average playtime has climbed to 27.8 hours, significantly outpacing the console averages on PS5 (16.5h) and Xbox (17.3h). Even more telling than the averages: 22% of the Steam audience has surged past the 50-hour mark, and nearly 7% have already logged over 100 hours. PlayStation and Bungie are at a crossroads here. They can: 1. Double down on Marathon with a long-term Rainbow Six Siege- or No Man’s Sky-style recovery plan, which is something I heard @ChrisRGun smartly mention last week on Sacred Symbols. While this could be a sunk-cost fallacy in action, it could eventually yield the audience the game’s mechanical depth deserves. 2. Shift focus toward the inevitable Destiny 3 or another project, mitigating the escalating opportunity cost and cutting their losses, so to speak. Doing both is an expensive proposition, given the high overhead and burn rate of operating out of Bellevue, Washington. With Sony recently demonstrating a lower threshold for underperforming studios and projects, the margin for error has vanished. Whatever happens, the next six months will determine whether Marathon becomes a cornerstone of Sony’s live-service portfolio or a cautionary tale of vision exceeding accessibility. I’m hoping it’s the former, because Marathon fucking rocks. Big analysis on the free Substack, with lots more data and thoughts (link in bio)

@Mr_Husky1 This cannot be real. If it is then DONT AGREE. If he truly loves you, he will understand. You can still enjoy the money, maybe spend some together but don’t move it to a joint account.

I’m about to get married, and my fiancé knows I have an inheritance that was left to me by my grandparents. It’s in my name only, and I’ve been saving it for years. Now he’s saying that before we get married, I should put the entire inheritance into a joint account so we can “start fresh together,” or he doesn’t think we should go through with the wedding. I’m 36 already and this is something my family worked hard to leave me. I’m torn between wanting to build a life together and feeling like I’m being pressured to give up something important to me. What do you think I should do? By isitmeaitah

@JayViperTV What a loser - why are you so obsessed. Stfu.

Marathon fans are left wondering "what happened?" as the Cryo Archive event that they expected to reignite the community has resulted in Marathon's worst weekend, ever. Its Saturday peak was lower than Friday (AGAIN) and it was also lower than the previous Monday and every single weekday before that. An important note is that the Cryo Archive is ONLY available on the weekend and it's still struggling to get players back online. Spiraling.

@I_amMukhtar Good top guy

John Terry has also liked an Instagram post from Rupert Lowe calling for a mass deportation.

@piersmorgan Ha ha. Commiseration’s

In situ. #Wembley

@MarathonMedia01 Loving it - way better than I expected. 8 or 9 for me. RE9 has sat on my hard drive waiting to be played as this is all I want to play.

‼️Marathon has been released for just over 2 weeks. With Ranked and Cryo Archive now in the game, how would you review Marathon? 🔸 Thoughts on Ranked? 🔸 Is Cryo Archive living up to expectations? 🔸Rate the game on a scale of 1 to 10 👀 #Marathon | #MarathonGame

@OG_Boxer11385 @MarathonMedia01 Stfu

@MarathonMedia01 Marathon is a bust. It’s a financial failure

@Buckason22 @piersmorgan Keep him, the David Brent of Managers. Loving him.

Someone needs to give him a note saying: ‘You’re fired.’

@TauCetiGG Love it.

Now that Cryo Archive and Ranked mode are finally out, what’s your verdict on Marathon?

@cn_ebere @Shieldfeist @ChelseaFC He is the David Brent of managers

@Shieldfeist @ChelseaFC He's building. It takes time. Let's him stay. We love him

FT. #CFC | #EVECHE

@EmilySm43 Good god yes. Offer me £100k and I’ll do it

Be honest Can you do it?

@Vickythegoth @xxmiss_l Yep

@xxmiss_l Does mine turn you on?

Be honest, is lingerie a turn on or a waste of time?

@LBC This guy is a moron. Hate him.

‘It’s not satisfying anymore…’ James O'Brien is 'sick and tired of being proven right.'

@TheBestGoy88 @BeekersboxofBS @Iancampbell1967 I’ve been suicidal so dont lecture me. This guy is a grifter, playing on your sympathy.

@markholroyd @BeekersboxofBS @Iancampbell1967 Ironic. You’ve suffered but you’re doubting someone else’s mental health? You’re a literal joke mate

After 8 days in my flat with my blinds shut due to severe anxiety today I’ve come outside for a walk. I just had to do it.

@ClownWorld She looks great but questionable friends and acquaintances…….

56 years old still chasing attention like this…

@BeekersboxofBS @Iancampbell1967 Ffs mental health is being abused, used and exploited. I’ve suffered from mental health issues myself but its clear that this guy is attention seeking. Pathetic.

@Iancampbell1967 you are a grown man get a grip

@Iancampbell1967 Get a grip - whats so bad that you cannot go outside for 8 days? Pathetic.

@TheGriftReport Every new comedian since 1999

I'll start, Rosie Jones.