Concord is being taken offline on September 6, purchases refunded

The next date to watch is going to be the next Sony quarterly report. They will likely announce there what they're gonna do with the game (my money is on studio closure and write off).

Killer8 said:
It will be very interesting to see what happens to Fairgame$ next:

c1j49Rd.jpeg


2l3nwm4.jpeg


We're looking at another DOA Sony live service game.
Click to expand...
Dislikes are not real anymore. The actual numbers are hidden by YouTube now.
 
havoc00 said:
The actual gameplay was fine, gunplay was good, sound design top notch etc….. but it did have a lot of things going against it. I think if more people were objective they would agree the gameplay was solid.
Click to expand...
Yeah, I agree. I mean, what I played felt good definitely, I just didn't feel interested enough to drop $40 on it. If it were free to play, I would've given it more of a shot for sure. I feel like a lot more people would've. But at the same time, I know there was a lot that was dragging the game down for a lot of people. As a result, a lot of people didn't check it out themselves. But they may have if it was free and had a positive reception.
 
Sony probably saw this stinking turd coming a mile away, but what was the alternative? Think of the DEI crying that would have happened if Sony cancelled it pre-flop? Letting it release and prove once and for all that there is no 'modern audience' was the most reasonable solution
 
  1. Concord will relaunch as "Concord: Freegunner's Edition" by Q3 2025. Greatly reduced price. All the story will be visual novel style cutscenes with voiceover. The game will have a year's worth of major updates and it will go on maintenance afterward. Heavy emphasis on cosmetic DLC to make margins.
  2. Concord will relaunch as a F2P game by Q3 2025 with a reduced budget and no story beyond paragraphs of text you can scroll through. All updates will be maintenance-based/cosmetic. What you see is what you get.
  3. Concord will never be seen again, and the game will become a tax write-off. Heads will roll, and we may not see Fairgame$ at all as collateral damage.

Which of these is more likely to you?
 
Last edited:
#1: horrible idea. Another year of investment in a franchise with absolutely no pull, and a horrible, poisoned brand.
#2: see above
#3: only logical option at this point

I would not be surprised if there are massive changes at SCE after this, too.
 
Last edited:
People saying "when it goes free to play". This shit ain't never coming back in any shape or form. It's cursed, no fiddling and reworking can change that. You don't give the kiss of life to something this dead and disliked. You bury it and move on as quickly as possible so as to remove the stench of failure from the company.

Why trot it back out under f2p in a few months time only to reignite the failure to Sony's customer base. It's cooked.
 
i saw the news and thought 'GAF will have a field day with this'. So i came over, and sure enough, the thread is 15 pages long within 90 minutes of being posted. Damn y'all enjoying some Schadenfreude.
 
amc said:
People saying "when it goes free to play". This shit ain't never coming back in any shape or form. It's cursed, no fiddling and reworking can change that. You don't give the kiss of life to something this dead and disliked. You bury it and move on as quickly as possible so as to remove the stench of failure from the company.

Why trot it back out under f2p in a few months time only to reignite the failure to Sony's customer base. It's cooked.
Click to expand...
Its a meme now, there's no saving it.
 
thicc_girls_are_teh_best said:
And both of those games are pretty diverse too, let alone games like VALORANT, Apex Legends & Overwatch.

Schreier just doesn't want to admit that most of the backlash against Concord isn't due to diversity; it's due to the game having no hook and mediocre character designs. But admitting that would mean admitting maybe most gamers aren't istaphobes after all.
Click to expand...
It's just a mix of both, one of the worst character designs i've seen in the AAA industry, and some clearly forced diversity.

And a few unreal stories about some devs from Firewalk. Well, and a game that lacked content and progression.

Guess the new pronoun for Concord is "Was/Were"
 
They/them is gonna be sad... I mean the Professor


I was wondering when Sony would say something about the situation... in the case... better done than said.
 
Last edited:
Enviidisnucca said:
It's about to be a ps plus game watch lmao another flop for Sony
Click to expand...
They won't put it on PS+ without a monetization plan. Let's face it, nobody is going to buy content unless they drastically change whatever their plans were for skins and characters because nobody wants what they were selling the first time around.

The best bet for Sony would be to completely withdraw it and write it down as a loss instead of throwing more money at it.
 
Bitstream said:
Sony probably saw this stinking turd coming a mile away, but what was the alternative? Think of the DEI crying that would have happened if Sony cancelled it pre-flop? Letting it release and prove once and for all that there is no 'modern audience' was the most reasonable solution
Click to expand...
Sega cancelled a game that was very far along called "Hyenas" because they couldn't seen any protentional returns in it. Sony could have done the same to avoid this embarrassment, although none of us would have believed it would have gone this badly for concord.
 
The only way for them to turn around is to use the negative discourse in their favour and do a marketing stunt, there's no other way, even with going F2P. They would have to do something crazy like turning every character into a hot chick like Eve in Stellar Blade
 
3

The reputation it has gained, rightly or wrongly, means going F2P is unlikely to give it any sort of redemption with so many other options out there
 
Last edited:
Bitstream said:
Sony probably saw this stinking turd coming a mile away, but what was the alternative? Think of the DEI crying that would have happened if Sony cancelled it pre-flop? Letting it release and prove once and for all that there is no 'modern audience' was the most reasonable solution
Click to expand...
IGN is still crying about Batgirl after over a year lol
 
I really hope Marathon suffers the same fate. Hopefully that gets cancelled beforehand and we can get back to single player games with added on multiplayer.
 
Last edited:
3. If it comes back any other way, it'll do open beta numbers at best. The game is dead.
Draugoth said:
The only way for them to turn around is to use the negative discourse in their favour and do a marketing stunt, there's no other way, even with going F2P. They would have to do something crazy like turning every character into a hot chick like Eve in Stellar Blade
Click to expand...
Day one.
 
Last edited:
diffusionx said:
#1: horrible idea. Another year of investment in a franchise with absolutely no pull, and a horrible, poisoned brand.
#2: see above
#3: only logical option at this point

I would not be surprised if there are massive changes at SCE after this, too.
Click to expand...

I only came up with the first two after seeing what happened with Multiversus. WB totally squandered all goodwill with that game's early access period, and I thought they could've done a proper relaunch, but it feels just like more of the same.
 
FoxMcChief said:
I'm actually disappointed about the refunds.

Screw you for buying this trash. You don't deserve a refund.
Click to expand...
Will die on this hill the gameplay is fun as hell so I hope it comes back F2P with more modes but I'll admit they need to do better default skins and revamp some characters outright if they're going to make another go at it since the anti-DEI mob tanked its chances. Best option would be F2P with the Killer Instinct business model: free with a rotating roster and a $40 to unlock the base content. They also need to spend way more on influencers.
 
Last edited:
Well, the best option for this game was never being release. But after a lot of bad decisions (buying the studio and support this game), shutting down the game so quickly was ok. Sony still have use a good window for that, because Astro Bot reviews will pop in the next days and people will forget Concord.

But what really matters is: what Sony will do with their others GAAS projects?
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Similar threads

Battlefield 6 is being revealed Summer 2025
News  2
82
495
Audiophile replied
Former Concord developer speaks on the failure of Concord, asks people to give Marathon a chance
Game Dev  3 4 5 6 7
336
14K
Dalbajobas replied
  • Poll
Is Concord being sacrificed in the current culture wars?
2 3 4 5
207
14K
ahtlas7 replied
Pushsquare “PS5 Mega-Flop Concord Is Reaching Absurdly High Prices on eBay” (upwards of £300)
23
1K
baphomet replied
Microsoft should take advantage of Concord going offline and shadow drop Halo Infinite Multiplayer on PS5 this weekend
2
64
3K
Three replied
Top Bottom