BigBeauford
Gold Member
To be fair, TLOU2 was a total bait and switch for the general audiences. They can't pull that same trick twice.
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Concord bombs on Steam with less than 1k players on launch day
- Thread starter Dr. Samuel Hayden
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CuckooBananaNuts
Banned
Yes, it was. I didn't even finish the game because of it.
ChorizoPicozo
Member
they only have one option to redeem themselves:
It was all a dream/ a vision of the future.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
It's not just the player count, the steam reviews have also gone down over the days. It was in the low 80's in the early access period. Now it's in the 60s.
Killjoy-NL
Member
Next tuesday. Week 3.
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Technically they already released the first one 2 days ago, but it was the same one as the 2nd beta vignette.
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FoxMcChief
Gold Member
Killjoy-NL
Member
With the extremely low CCU on PC, I'm starting to wonder if I'm an asshole for having crossplay turned off? 
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CompleteGlobalSaturation
Member
We're on 81 players on Steam right now.It's not just the player count, the steam reviews have also gone down over the days. It was in the low 80's in the early access period. Now it's in the 60s.
81.
Let that sink in!
Twinequinox
Neo Member
Kinda temped to apply for a job and get an in-person interview with the company just to drop in and see what the mood is like over there RN.
Diddy X
Member
Sleepwalker
Member
Keep replying guys, soon more pages than players.
LazyParrot
Member
You think they're hiring? lol
ViciousAgenda
Member
A funeral director maybe
Johnny Concrete
Member
FewRope
Member
I dont think they will hire anymore
Hunter 99
Member
Rocco Schiavone
Member
I don't.
FunkMiller
Gold Member
Who exactly are you feeling sorry for here? The multibillion dollar corporation whose rampant greed fuelled this entire project? The developers, who, when seeing the terrible response to the first footage of the game, completely ignored what was staring them in the face, and continued on regardless?
DenchDeckard
Moderated wildly
Biggest flop in the history of gaming.
What a fucking turd.
What a fucking turd.
GymWolf
Gold Member
Farts are made of gaas afterall.
CityHunter1981
Member
Yes and I think the FF movie is somehow underrated, I enjoyed it in the cinema. Conchord is for sure not underrated.the production budget of this game has to be around 100M, but when you add the cost of buying the studio, the number floating around is 200M, some people are even saying around 300M (there is no way that is true)
I would add that this failure is also reflects on Bungie and that cost 3.6 Billion lol.
so, I think the game itself (what it offers in a vacuum) doesn't feel like the biggest bomb in entertainment... i mean, yes, it's a complete rejection by the market AND reviews are in the 60s BUT it's marketing/bullet points/ambition are not high at all.
i would say in a vacuum, a bigger flopp was:
in other words: The Spirit Within was doing something highly ambitious and groundbreaking.
concord is not doing shit.
NOW... but when we add the context around it... things look very different...Concord is not the biggest bomb in entertainment... Sony GaaS initiative is.
GymWolf
Gold Member
Literally any old brand would have sold much better than concord abysmal numbers.
Even old ass stuff like socom.
Literally every other project would have done better than this steaming pile of excrement
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GymWolf
Gold Member
PeteBull
Member
Moridianae
Member
Already a gradual decline with lower highs and lower lows each day. 24 hour peak didn't even break 200 players.
Going to be even more severe as the CoD machine starts up tomorrow for the holiday weekend.
Even if the PS user base is higher, it's still probably disastrously low. I don't see any way this game makes it to the first Season or content drop(October?) with any real playerbase left.
Switching up to F2P is a money sink and potentially could cause further damage by alienating the few who did spend money on it if it's done too quickly. I could see it becoming a PS+ Extra/Premium option by November..
I think Sony needs to reevaluate their GAAS approach and quickly. Marathon seems to be in dire straits, Fairgame$ is probably also going to be tepid.
Going to be even more severe as the CoD machine starts up tomorrow for the holiday weekend.
Even if the PS user base is higher, it's still probably disastrously low. I don't see any way this game makes it to the first Season or content drop(October?) with any real playerbase left.
Switching up to F2P is a money sink and potentially could cause further damage by alienating the few who did spend money on it if it's done too quickly. I could see it becoming a PS+ Extra/Premium option by November..
I think Sony needs to reevaluate their GAAS approach and quickly. Marathon seems to be in dire straits, Fairgame$ is probably also going to be tepid.
PeteBull
Member
I for one am for the shock therapy.
Let it hurt as much as possible so future playstation CEO's fear moving in that direction ever again.
Little Chicken
Member
I kinda feel bad for the devs seeing their game flop dragged out over the week in slow motion
Roufianos
Member
While successful, it also sold poor compared to the original entry. Probably went from being Sony's biggest IP to notably behind God of War.
kikii
Member
yeah sure u are but atleast we are on same pageI kinda feel bad for the devs seeing their game flop dragged out over the week in slow motion
Moridianae
Member
I kinda feel bad for the devs seeing their game flop dragged out over the week in slow motion
I would, but not after that one developer decided it was a smart call to label all gamers as "talentless freaks".
I won't even include the DEI stuff. Your game design is bland and locked behind a price when every other game does it(and well) for free.
The characters are boring.
Killjoy-NL
Member
Why? They made the decision to the make the game this way themselves.I kinda feel bad for the devs seeing their game flop dragged out over the week in slow motion
If you make bad decision, you gotta suck it up and deal with it.
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PeteBull
Member
Abby and all the wokeness was very well hidden in marketing material of TLoU2, many players simply thought game gonna be solid like first part, but watch if/when we get part3, it will be meet with big doubts, simply customers lost trust in the ip/the dev.
PeteBull
Member
Exactly, there is this thing called accountability, every guy knows what it is very well
kruis
Exposing the sinister cartel of retailers who allow companies to pay for advertising space.
In 2022 The Last of Us 1 had sold close to 27 million copies on PS3/PS4 combined, the sequel had sold 10 million copies. My guess is that the remasterd PS5/PC port of TLoU 1 will have pushed the sales to at least 30 million copies. I don't think TLoU 2 for PS5 will have sold that well since it was identical to the PS4 original (no reason to upgrade) and the PC version hasn't been released yet.
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Diddy X
Member
The players.
kruis
Exposing the sinister cartel of retailers who allow companies to pay for advertising space.
I'd feel bad about the buyers. Imagine paying $40 for this game and you can't get your money back anymore.
PeteBull
Member
direct link to steam players count, 54 at this very moment xD
