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[Rentahamster]

Herman's baby goes in the bin.

This has to be the worst failure from any of the big three in history?

The Virtual Boy was pretty bad, but I'm not sure if it's $400 million level bad.

 

[TheRaidenPT]

 

[nial]

Hermen needs to go too. We need a CEO that values and respects their legacy. We need backwards compatibility. We need PlayStation exclusives. We need Only on PlayStation back.

Uh huh, that's not Hermen's job. I still don't get why everyone always forgets about Nishino.

 

[EN250]

So Concord isn't coming back as a f2p shooter, or will it be handed off to another studio?

No one in his right mind would burn even more money for this pile of garbage disguised as a game, not even Horizon fanboy number one aka Hermen Hulst

 

[Ronin_7]

Herman's baby goes in the bin.

This has to be the worst failure from any of the big three in history?

Hulst is a piece of shit tbh.

 

[Kerotan]

There was no curing that abomination

Anyone with DEI roles on their CV must be quaking right now. Unless you like losing money you'll not be promoting these boyos anymore.

 

[Kagoshima_Luke]

On the plus side. Any gamer trying to flip their disc copy on eBay should be happy. No concord f2p. It’s 100% dead now. Value should go up!

Maybe not. You can buy M.A.G. for like $5 on eBay.

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

Wasn't the argument that it was $400mill just for the development only?

Yes it was

 

[Danny Dudekisser]

I disagree completely. The game has all the signs of having plenty of talented people working on it, it was just ruined by management not listening to the market or taking/allowing feedback and listening to the wrong influences. The art director and some of the artists should reevaluate themselves, but it's unfair to call the rest of the team talentless which seems to have done a decent, if not inspired, job.

I’m just quoting what that one dude from the studio said on Twitter.

 

[Z O N E]

Did you even read Colin’s $400M figure?

Apparently not. It didn’t include any of those items either, that was pure development cost and not including studio acquisition.

That one was clearly overblown. No way any company spends $400M on just development costs and not include anything else. That would then mean if you include everything else, it would be over $500M, which would be absolutely insane.

$350M-$400M total is more logical, albeit still a crazy amount.

 

[Cre8]

Biggest failure in gaming history since the crash

That would be Microsoft buying Activision for 70 billions. MS would be lucky to get half of it back if they resell it.

 

[Complistic]

It's somewhat a shame.

I heard that the game was pretty enjoyable to play. Its mostly the pandering and the character design that ruined it.

This studio could've been great if they made the game for the players instead of their own agendas.

Well, you know what they say.
Go woke go broke.

Game wasn't fun either, I played the beta.

 

[Z O N E]

Wasn't the argument that it was $400mill just for the development only?

It was, but realistically, everyone ignored that and went with $400M in total rather than just $400M development only. $400M for just development is just stupid, like really fucking stupid.

 

[Shiny Pepe]

Bye.

 

[Elginer]

I hope a lesson is learned from this but it seems that studios need to learn shit the hard way. BioWare is next.

 

[nowhat]

Biggest failure in gaming history since the crash

You may be right at the moment, but we'll see how the ABK acquisition goes.

 

[TheCed]

I may not believe in a game or its politics, I still want people I disagree with to be able put food on their table.

I wish them well.

 

[neocycle]

No f2p concord?

 

[DEAD ORIGINAL]

As fun as the dunking is (please don't stop), I do feel for the people who are out of work and now have to figure out their next paycheck. That's an awful ordeal to go through.

Sorry but fuck em, if they don't listen to the audience saying we don't want this woke shit and just still do it then they deserve to shut down they could've made a Soccom game or anything they chose that Herman Hulsts head should roll too he kept this turd cooking should've nipped it in the bud at the start 400 million lost ridiculous.

 

[neocycle]

So Concord isn't coming back as a f2p shooter, or will it be handed off to another studio?

Maybe a full reskin with cool designs?

 

[U n i o n 0015]

Wait a second, you mean I don't get to keep my job if customers don't buy my game?

 

[neocycle]

"the best path forward is to permanently sunset the game"

No f2p release.

 

[Loboxxx]

Will this be the next victim of the Jim Ryan era and its expensive penchant for investing in games as a service?

 

[Raven117]

There was no other option. I’m sure some of the more talented nuts and bolts coders and staff will be offered to apply to some other studios…

 

[proandrad]

I may not believe in a game or its politics, I still want people I disagree with to be able put food on their table.

I wish them well.

They will be fine, save your empathy for people in shit jobs who still can’t afford to live.

 

[DonkeyPunchJr]

I’m sad that they didn’t re-release Concord. Would’ve been so fun to watch it bomb a second time.

 

[yurinka]

So Concord isn't coming back as a f2p shooter, or will it be handed off to another studio?

As I understand they threw Concord to the garbage bin, and the valuable staff that doesn't get fired will be moved to other SIE dev teams.

Both Firewalk and Bungie are in Bellevue, Washington. So I assume that most Firewalk valuable staff will be moved to Bungie, in addition to whatever tech or anything valuable they had (not Concord and its character design).

 

[Skitso]

Was/were

 

[Gamer_By_Proxy]

Will this be the next victim of the Jim Ryan era and its expensive penchant for investing in games as a service?

She can make me her victim and deal whatever punishment seems fit.

 

[Ass of Can Whooping]

Will this be the next victim of the Jim Ryan era and its expensive penchant for investing in games as a service?

I hope it flops and she's forced to make an OnlyFans

 

[bosnianpie]

Think twice before including weird pronouns in your game.

 

[MayauMiao]

Aawww i was hoping for a FTP Concord so I can once again laugh at their player count.

 

[Madflavor]

Nothing of value was lost. I mean really.

 

[Angry_Megalodon]

Will this be the next victim of the Jim Ryan era and its expensive penchant for investing in games as a service?

Her studio is doomed, there's no salvaging that.

However, she will be relocated somewhere.

 

[mansoor1980]

hermen the hitman hulst

 

[Moses85]

 

[SweetTooth]

Fantastic news

 

[DonkeyPunchJr]

This is what happens when your studio is filled with toxic positivity and people are afraid to speak their true opinions.

 

[Daniel_Mallorca1985]

 

[Fabieter]

He'll probably get a bonus out of this for trimming company expenses.

Would be usual cooperate nonsense so I wouldn't be surprised. It was his call so its insane to just scrap the studio and don't have other people take the responsibility for this garbage.

 

[Skitso]

...and nothing was learnt apparently.

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

Colin Moriarty: 0

Men_in_Boxes: 1

 

[Bry0]

Crazy, this is a flop of legends. Good luck to the former employees, hope they can find work quickly and it doesn’t disrupt their lives too much.

Edit: except whoever did the character design and color palette, you need to find a new career. Sorry.

 

[Topher]

...and nothing was learnt apparently.

 

[Holammer]

Press F in chat for the real victims.
All the trophy hunters that'll never get a second chance to platinum the game with an f2p version.

Anyway, it's great that Sony decided to brutally axe them so publicly. It is now permissive for publishers to punish failure when a precedent has been set.
No current year, correct politics or right side of history will protect you now, hell... I'd be worried if I worked on Fairgame$ and Veilguard.

 

[Bruno_Arrais85]

See ya

 

[Ass of Can Whooping]

Colin Moriarty: 0

Men_in_Boxes: 1

Hello Queen

 

[Tommi84]

Firewalk Studios (was/were)

xD

 

[DeepEnigma]

This is what happens when your studio is filled with toxic positivity and people are afraid to speak their true opinions.

bringing the joy

 

[TheCed]

They will be fine, save your empathy for people in shit jobs who still can’t afford to live.

I'm with you on that one.