10 Rivalries That Killed Video Games

10. Doom Vs. Marathon

Marathon, the first-person shooter from Bungie, was deemed a monetary success upon its December 1994 release. Praised extensively for its profound storyline, the game spanned a trilogy, each instalment receiving a similarly praiseworthy reception for its era-centric uniqueness. Few other, if any, first-person shooters of the time contained such deep-rooted, perplexing stories brimming with Easter eggs.

Doom, its PC counterpart, certainly didn't - but it is often hailed as a greater triumph than the Bungie-developed franchise.

Alongside Wolfenstein 3D, Doom is oft-regarded as having been the benchmark for FPS', with subsequent games under the genre typically described as being "Doom clones". Marathon, unusually, didn't fall this way, but it was played significantly less than Doom was, purely on the basis of what platform it was released for; the Apple Macintosh.

Apple products have never been noteworthy for their gaming communities, whereas PC gaming is as much embedded in today's gaming world as console gaming itself. This was the case when Doom was released as well, to such an extent that aspiring players purchased a PC solely to play Doom.

Had Marathon, too, been released for the PC, it's incredibly probable that this rivalry would have ruled in its favour.