Bungie Extends Marathon’s Open Play Week Amid Deluxe Edition Confusion

The confusion appears to have been caused by the way Sony lists the different versions of the game in the PlayStation Store. When we look at the price for the Marathon Deluxe Edition, it shows as discounted to $41.99. That’s still a nice discount off the usual $60 price tag, but a far cry from $14. However, once the free trial version of Marathon being offered during the free week was added to a PlayStation library, we saw the price on the deluxe version update to be just $14. What’s actually happening? Well, when a player adds the free trial to their library, PlayStation Store treats it as owning the full game. The player is then shown the difference in price compared to the base edition as if they had paid full price for it, but paying that $14 difference only gives you the extra cosmetic content. It’s easy to see how this might cause widespread confusion.

This marks the second rough spot for the free week of Marathon, which initially helped the game surge to around 40,000 Steam players on June 2 before experiencing widespread server issues that forced Bungie to perform emergency maintenance. That this latest controversy is a PlayStation issue likely won’t matter to those still on the fence about trying out Marathon. The game has struggled to maintain popularity despite rave reviews, and the free week came alongside the launch of its second season in an attempt to bolster those numbers. The studio announced on social media that it is extending Marathon’s free-to-play window out to June 11.

We are extending Marathon’s Open Play Week until June 11.

We’ll also be gifting 50 SILK to everyone who logs in during the Open Play Week. We know the downtime interrupted not just your runs but your plans, and we want to recognize that inconvenience. SILK will be delivered via…

— Marathon Development Team (@MarathonDevTeam) June 4, 2026