Sony has announced the end of the sale and the closure of the servers of Concordless than fifteen days after launch. The few owners of the game will be refunded.
You wanted to give a chance to Concordthe flop of this 2024 back-to-school season? Sony won’t even give you the chance. In a press release published on the PlayStation Blog On September 3, the multinational announced the immediate withdrawal of the multiplayer game from sale, as well as the closure of the servers from September 6. Concord was released on PC and PS5 on August 23, meaning it lasted less than a fortnight.
« While many qualities have resonated with players, we also recognize that some aspects and our initial launch are not as expected. “, explains Ryan Ellis, game director. The studio Firewalk Studios worked on Concord for eight years. This decision is catastrophic.
Sony and the harsh reality of service-based games
697: this is the maximum peak of players connected at the same time on Concord on the Steam platform, according to figures provided by the SteamDB database. It’s a paltry figure, which symbolizes a resounding failure. According to analyst Simon Carless, Sony would have sold only 25,000 copies of Concord — 10,000 on PC and 15,000 on PlayStation 5 (via IGN). These rare owners will be reimbursed.
There is so little anyone on Concordhero shooter that reminds Overwatch (in the background) and Guardians of the Galaxy (in the form), that finding a part is an ordeal (several long minutes, according to various testimonies). It is therefore understandable why Sony and Firewalk Studios prefer to stop the costs, even if Concordmarketed at €40, could have gone free-to-play to have a second life. Ryan Ellis also specifies that options are being considered to relaunch Concord. If free is a possible path, we don’t believe in it much since the damage has been done.
The title is in any case one more disavowal to be put on Sony’s account, in the genre so popular of the service game (experience supposed to last over time to generate continuous revenue). Thus, Naughty Dog preferred to cancel the multiplayer game adapted from The Last of Us while the future of Destiny has taken a hit because of the setbacks encountered by Bungie (bought by Sony). In this quagmire, there is only Helldivers 2 to stand out – a little – from the crowd. Today, he is the exception that proves the rule.
Source: www.numerama.com
