Despite the negativity, Marathon was one of last month's best-selling games, though there's a catch

Marathon was the fourth best-selling game (by revenue) in the US when it released in March, and the sixth best so far this year, according to market performance analyst firm Circana. That's quite the surprising statistic given the vitriol surrounding its very existence and the constant doom-watching of its Steam Charts. It's even more impressive when you consider that the stat is based on revenue (not the pure number of copies sold), since Marathon only costs $40—it's not a full-price game, pulling in $60 dollars a pop.

This means that Marathon, on the surface, beat out the likes of Pokémon Pokopia, Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection, and, perhaps most surprisingly, Crimson Desert. In first place was MLB: The Show 26, followed by Resident Evil: Requiem which is still hitting hard in its second month, and then WWE 2K...