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Concord is Out Today, Debuts with Under 700 Concurrent Players on Steam

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Concord became available in early access for deluxe edition owners on August 20, but today, Firewalk Studios and Sony’s multiplayer hero shooter has gone live for all players on all platforms. A launch trailer has also been released to commemorate its release- check it out below.

Sadly, Concord doesn’t seem to be getting too much traction, as far as player numbers are concerned. As per SteamDB, as of the time of writing, the game’s peak concurrent player count on Steam stands at just 697, a surprisingly low number for a major first-party release, and lower even than the less-than-stellar numbers it saw during its beta period.

Firewalk Studios and Sony announced earlier in the month that Concord’s first post-launch season will kick off in October, adding a new Freegunner, a new map, and more, with the second season scheduled for January next year. Head on over here for more details on the game’s roadmap.

Concord is available on PS5 and PC.

 

[GHG]

Needed more representation.

 

[Hero_Select]

Less than Redfall lmao

 

[Zathalus]

That’s lower then both Hellblade 2 and Redfall, and both those games had Gamepass versions. I think this is probably the biggest bomb from a first party studio in quite a long time.

 

[nial]

RIP Firewalk Studios, Andrew House killed Evolution Studios for way less, and Hiroki Totoki isn't going to play nice.

just reposting this here

 

[simpatico]

Chinese review bombers did this

 

[DaciaJC]

How much did this shit cost again?

 

[Optimus Lime]

Concord's pronouns are dead/game.

 

[Germuso]

Not even era buy this.

 

[PeteBull]

How much did this shit cost again?

40 rofl;p

 

[Shake Your Rump]

Amazing journalism here.

 

[SJRB]

The person who talked Sony into buying this studio right now:

 

[nial]

Not even era buy this.

They hate it there as well (obviously not for the same reasons as GAF).

 

[hemo memo]

Sony right now:

 

[Saber]

Concords bombs

Literally the entire planet:

Oh no, anyway

Btw can you guys give up on this game already, fire those people and go back at making good single player games? Thanks.

 

[BennyBlanco]

cliffy B redeemed.

 

[DaciaJC]

40 rofl;p

The budget, I mean, do we know how much money they sunk into this dumpster fire?

 

[dorkimoe]

The budget, I mean, do we know how much money they sunk into this dumpster fire?

itll leak out eventually i imagine

 

[The Infectious Paradox]

 

[PeteBull]

The budget, I mean, do we know how much money they sunk into this dumpster fire?

8years of dev time, western salaries since studio is located in washington state, 100+ppl in the team, easily 100m usd+ but who really knows, maybe it even broke 150m?

 

[LectureMaster]

Well, Sony is still trying.

 

[FoxMcChief]

Is it soo inclusive that people aren’t playing it because they themselves can’t pick a character for fear of not playing as a different character? Like, how do you choose between a fat lesbian or nonbinary robot? Who will they offend by not making the correct choice?

 

[PeteBull]

Is it soo inclusive that people aren’t playing it because they themselves can’t pick a character for fear of not playing as a different character? Like, how do you choose between a fat lesbian or nonbinary robot? Who will they offend by not making the correct choice?

 

[protonion]

More millions in the garbage for Sony.

Imagine if they had invested all this money and talent they have to make awesome single player games like they have been doing the past gens.

Ryan go and eat shit.

I hope China gets in the game hard and streamroll everyone.

 

[RagnarokIV]

Less than Redfall lmao

James Sawyer Ford gonna be fucken raging

 

[kazuyamishima]

Sony has been very stubborn with this one, let it got, count your losses and move on.

Their future protects will do great numbers, but not this one.

 

[Herbspiceguy]

Sometimes games do 'friends & family' alpha or beta tests.

Concord switches up and does a 'friends & family' full release.

 

[RagnarokIV]

Sony been spamming the shit out of me with this game - emails, app notifications, stars quests etc. lmao

 

[Danny Dudekisser]

I'd love to be in the conference room where they discuss this game's day 1 performance, or Studios' financial projections after this.

 

[PendekarRajawali]

 

[Unknown Soldier]

I wonder if Sony's Japanese executives will eventually decide that they want to make money and not push political agendas and take over Playstation to bring them back into line

 

[PeteBull]

I'd love to be in the conference room where they discuss this game's day 1 performance, or Studios' financial projections after this.

quick sneak peek

 

[Haint]

8years of dev time, western salaries since studio is located in washington state, 100+ppl in the team, easily 100m usd+ but who really knows, maybe it even broke 150m?

Pushing 170 heads, in Seattle WA. The last 2 years alone have exceeded $100,000,000. Total spend is probably close to, if not exceeding, $200,000,000. That 5 minute Marvel style CG shortfilm they did had to be $15,000,000+. They were likely expecting 10 million+ sales lifetime, forecasting it to out earn their premier first party Lesbian Simulators.

 

[Mr.ODST]

Wonder how quick this will go F2P

 

[Mortisfacio]

Sony managed to create a game with less appeal than Redfall. Oh wow.

 

[GHG]

More millions in the garbage for Sony.

Imagine if they had invested all this money and talent they have to make awesome single player games like they have been doing the past gens.

Ryan go and eat shit.

I hope China gets in the game hard and streamroll everyone.

It might well be time for a console to come out of china.

I'm not even joking.

 

[TheBreezyBB]

A monkey conquered!

 

[Evolved1]

Good thing the smart people at Sony canceled Factions and release this obviously terrible bullshit... good call, dipshits.

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

Play Station Tax

 

[diffusionx]

I kind of feel bad for the non-weirdo devs who undoubtedly worked very hard for a very long time on this.

 

[PeteBull]

Good thing the smart people at Sony canceled Factions.... good call, dipshits.

Maybe they consulted sweet baby and concord's professor, as known experters, what to do with it ?

 

[StreetsofBeige]

Pushing 170 heads, in Seattle WA. The last 2 years alone have exceeded $100,000,000.

Sony really going after GAAS as hard as possible. So itching for GAAS, they bought this studio last year to add Concord to their GAAS strategy. And I dont think Firewalk and Concord were even part of their powerpoint slides recap in 2022. So it was an incremental game count to their GAAS tally.

They probably realized some of their internal GAAS games were fizzling out. So they needed a quick fix GAAS game they can launch soon, which Concord fit the bill.

 

[AtomicStarving]

Going broke. There's no way in hell this game is gonna be a thing, not even for free imo.

 

[PeteBull]

I kind of feel bad for the non-weirdo devs who undoubtedly worked very hard for a very long time on this.

Those got skills and will easily find new/better paying job/get absorbed into other sony dev teams, no worries.

 

[Pejo]

Alright GAF, I didn't want to make a new thread for this poll, so I just made one on Strawpoll. Let's see it.

What are the 3 biggest reasons you DIDN'T you buy Concord?​

What are the 3 biggest reasons you DIDN'T you buy Concord? - Online Poll - StrawPoll.com

What's your opinion? Vote now: Bad impressions (gameplay, systems, etc)., Already invested in another PVP shooter., DEI focus., Not into PVP or shooter games., Don't like Sony., Tri...

strawpoll.com

 

[Hawking Radiation]

Good.

Fuck this game and fuck PS too.

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

Wonder how quick this will go F2P

it won't. (unless they want to further humiliate the studio)

 

[SJRB]

Good thing the smart people at Sony canceled Factions.... good call, dipshits.

Imagine how bad that was if they went ahead with this piece of shit and stuff like Fairgames but cancelled that.

 

[AJUMP23]

Unplug the servers it is already dead.

 

[Mr.ODST]

it won't. (unless they want to further humiliate the studio)

It will have to, to try and recuperate something because fml player base for day 1 is shocking, better trying to get people to play rather than leave it to die