Marathon Deluxe Discount Glitch Leaves Trial Buyers Without Full Game

PS users who grabbed $14 deluxe perks now need base game on top — Sony update incoming?

Snap says:

Vandal mid-chaos in the discount disaster zone. Bungie’s extraction shooter keeps tripping over its own store logic while the shells do all the heavy lifting.

Riley "ShadowOp" Patel

2026-06-05Live Service / Multiplayer1 min read

PlayStation Store treated trial downloads as ownership, slashing the Marathon Deluxe Edition price to $14 for PS5 users during the Open Play Week. Buyers grabbed what looked like the full package with cosmetics, Premium Rewards Pass voucher, and 200 SILK tokens, only to learn the purchase covered add-ons alone.

Sony updated the store page post-purchase to clarify: access to Deluxe content ends with the trial on June 9 unless the base game is bought separately. Wario64 flagged the issue early, and refund requests are now the workaround for those who expected the complete experience.

Community threads on Reddit and X show widespread frustration over the store's misleading upgrade logic, with some players stuck paying twice or eating the cost. Bungie's live-service extraction shooter keeps collecting unforced errors before the free week even wraps.

Sony updated the store page post-purchase to clarify: access to Deluxe content ends with the trial unless the base game is bought separately.

article Marathon free week players who bought Deluxe Edition for USD14 won't get to keep the game as they actually just paid for a bunch of cosmetics, Sony says
https://www.gamesradar.com/games/fps/marathon-free-week-players-who-bought-deluxe-edition-for-usd14-wont-get-to-keep-the-game-as-they-actually-just-paid-for-a-bunch-of-cosmetics-sony-says/
article Sony Alters Marathon Deluxe Edition Following $14 Trial Deal
https://mp1st.com/news/marathon-deluxe-description-changed-after-players-bought-14-during-free-trial
reddit Marathon Deluxe Edition Changed by Sony After Players Bought the Game for Just $14 During Free Trial
https://www.reddit.com/r/PS5/comments/1twn9p6/marathon_deluxe_edition_changed_by_sony_after/
X Post @Wario64 post on Marathon Deluxe $14 deal and description change
https://x.com/Wario64/status/2062410152817443170

COMMENTS

DadOf3_NoTime2 Hours a Week +124 -6

bought the deluxe for 14 bucks thinking i got the whole game, now i gotta drop another 70 for the base version my kids already downloaded

Riley "ShadowOp" PatelSTAFF

Sony confirmed they're issuing full refunds to everyone who purchased during the glitch window. Check your PSN email.

DeepState_GamingConnect the Dots +28 -41

sony quietly discounts marathon deluxe to create artificial ownership data, then pretends it was an accident when the whales complain

Colin "The Drain" WhitakerSTAFF

Our quarterly mobile metrics actually show a 3.2 percent uptick in deluxe edition conversion rates across the trial window, which is encouraging.