They probably realized Marathon was a mistake at some point, and should have pulled the plug. Now they need it to succeed. Neglecting Destiny in favor of a brainrot extraction shooter seems like a bad decision but that's the choice they went with. I have no interest in Marathon but I'll make no assumptions as to how it'll be received. I'd say it's not looking good, but plenty of awful things have been successful despite sucking aßß. Pewdiepie, Twilight, Fortnite to name a few.