POKEYCLYDE
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No battlepass because that would involve trying to keep the game alive.
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Concord’s second free weekend on PS5 sees 8% player drop | Game confirmed to have no Battle Passes
SidViscous
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I'm confused, wasn't Sony's push for all these shitty GaaS titles because they wanted the Fortnite money? Do they really think people are going to spend money on cosmetics for the destruction all stars of the galaxy cast of woke characters?
The should get on the phone to the WB team and figure out how to write this shit off as a tax loss whilst they still can.
The should get on the phone to the WB team and figure out how to write this shit off as a tax loss whilst they still can.
Aenima
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Ulysses 31
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Dr. Samuel Hayden
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ViciousAgenda
Member
They can't now unless they rework the reward system and that's not gonna happen in 4 weeks.
CityHunter1981
Member
Can’t still believe they want to charge money for the game. Everyone said a long time ago already that it needs to be free to play to even has a chance. Now we know that even free to play would not save it.
Happy that it bombs hard, hope for some news soon that Sony stopped development of some of their other gaas games and return to focus solely again on single player experiences.
Happy that it bombs hard, hope for some news soon that Sony stopped development of some of their other gaas games and return to focus solely again on single player experiences.
MrTroubleMaker
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clarky
Gold Member
Most people will see this as a negative.
Varteras
Member
This really needs to be used as an example of what NOT to do. Don't charge into a firmly established genre with nothing to set you apart, being made by a studio that probably thinks blue hair and a side shave is a mark of creative genius, and think you're going to upend the established monetization model.
Stormgate will be F2P because StarCraft 2 established that model in competitive RTS. That's not even a flooded market at all and they knew better than to charge where the genre king didn't anymore. To me, it looks like arrogance to believe they had something so special that they could ignore how it's done by Overwatch, Valorant, Apex Legends, Fortnite, and Warzone.
Now, could this game end up surprising the fuck out of me? Might I eat my words later? Sure. I did with Helldivers. To an extent. But this game is trying to tackle a completely different, super competitive beast. And from what I can tell, the devs thought they could slay that dragon with a butter knife and sexual identity.
Hopefully, Bungie is taking notes and possibly preparing to take on some former Firewalk devs in a year or two. How interesting that would be to see former Bungie devs right back home.
Stormgate will be F2P because StarCraft 2 established that model in competitive RTS. That's not even a flooded market at all and they knew better than to charge where the genre king didn't anymore. To me, it looks like arrogance to believe they had something so special that they could ignore how it's done by Overwatch, Valorant, Apex Legends, Fortnite, and Warzone.
Now, could this game end up surprising the fuck out of me? Might I eat my words later? Sure. I did with Helldivers. To an extent. But this game is trying to tackle a completely different, super competitive beast. And from what I can tell, the devs thought they could slay that dragon with a butter knife and sexual identity.
Hopefully, Bungie is taking notes and possibly preparing to take on some former Firewalk devs in a year or two. How interesting that would be to see former Bungie devs right back home.
Aenima
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It wont change anything. The price is not the problem. The open betas were free and the all time peak players on steam was 2k players. While games like the 1st descendant had 260k.
2k on a gaas game is a dead game.
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Me, maybe. I loved the beta.
Aenima
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Thers always "dozens of us"
DonkeyPunchJr
World’s Biggest Weeb
You can tell that the 2010s were when all the loony DEI types infiltrated the gaming industry. Now all their big ass, expensive as hell next-gen games that started development around 2017-2018 are coming to fruition and bombing catastrophically.
And we still got a few more coming! Dragon Age Veilguard, Fairgame$, possibly Fable + Avowed, and more!
And we still got a few more coming! Dragon Age Veilguard, Fairgame$, possibly Fable + Avowed, and more!
Hestar69
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Please not Fable and Avowed I need/want them to be good........Dragon Age is a lost cause it seems sadly..
DonkeyPunchJr
World’s Biggest Weeb
They definitely have that “for modern audiences” stink about them. I’ve pretty much given up hope. If they turn out good then I’ll be pleasantly surprised.
StylishMGTOW
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PS5 was a mistake.
MayauMiao
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TerribleAtThisGame
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I love how the studio still has the balls to do a smug attitude shtick. "You own Concord bro...power to the people!"
Hero of Spielberg
Member
Maybe those interested in the game can just send the devs their email and get updates on the game directly that way. Save the team having to design for social posts
PaintTinJr
Member
How's about them doubling down and buying the the entire rights to something like Thundercats and then doing first month skins using all the original 80's characters as skins?
They could then start building game modes specific to that IP using the existing tech for Concord all the while still working on Concord modes in parallel while hoping the IP draws a bigger crowd, and then after 12months if the game still ends up dead and even the IP specific modes are dead too, they at least ended up with a good IP purchase that probably helped keep the game alive longer, and losing less money and being less embarrassment from avoiding a DoA.
Schmendrick
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That's fair. A game with no players needs no battlepasses.
hououinkyouma00
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By having a boring product that people saw wasn't great and lost any interest to even bother trying despite there being no barrier to entry.
DonkeyPunchJr
World’s Biggest Weeb
I always wanted to play as an obese black lesbian Lion-O. Think of the sales potential!
Seriously though this game is just beyond saving. You’d be better off taking that money and flushing it down the toilet.
balls of snow
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The Lawbreakers of this gen which itself was the Brink of the last gen.
SidViscous
Member
That's a really good point, they couldn't pivot to free-to-play even if they wanted to.
DenchDeckard
Moderated wildly
But people want battle passes for these types of games.....
ViciousAgenda
Member
Boy in box loves live service games and battle passes but somehow he thinks it's great that this doesn't have one.
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simpatico
Gold Member
It's the perfect avatar for everything wrong with modern gaming. The pandering The generic art. The ripped off Marvel tone. The Temu Guardians of the Galaxy character design. The hero shooter trope. The comically slow movement and aiming. It just ticks every single box.
clarky
Gold Member
Games like these need progression to keep the masses entertained. Everyone loves arbitrary numbers going up and rewards as you play.
Battle passes, unlocks, ranks, ranked play etc. Its missing almost everything that is proven to help with player retention.
Just goes to show how much these dev don't understand their audience, by the looks of things in every single way.
Battle passes, unlocks, ranks, ranked play etc. Its missing almost everything that is proven to help with player retention.
Just goes to show how much these dev don't understand their audience, by the looks of things in every single way.
The Mad Draklor
Member
Oof, so it can't even reach tax write-off levels of usefulness.
it was at the bottom showing where they drew the number from.
The true percentage could be higher or lower.
MayauMiao
Member
Its a product made to send a The Message instead of trying to make it appealing to gamers.
i have seen very little criticism of the actual game mechanics aside from people loving battle passes (i personally can't comment as i've only ever bought the one for RDR2 and was very disappointed with it)
so am i wrong in assuming much of it is due to an anti-woke circlejerk?
MayauMiao
Member
Do you consider gamers who don't like the the game due to its ugly character designs to be part of anti-woke circlejerk?
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Hari Seldon
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I’m not the target audience because I hate MOBA shit in my shooters, but outside of internet gaming discussions the problem with the game is that it looks like it was AI generated. The bad art is simply unmarketable.
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