StreetsofBeige
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Dustborn now only 25 gamers away from catching Concord.
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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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Moridianae
Member
Dropped 7 more people (-10%) in 5 minutes.
As the weekend progresses and more people jump into the CoD beta, it'll get worse. The constant deluge of negative press regarding the game(whether it's lack of players, it's design, it's price, etc.) ensures almost no additional sales.
Whatever they have for a playerbase now, that's it. And it'll go down as there's no new content(if it gets any) until October.
Angry_Megalodon
Member
If the decrease ratio remains stable, we might reach a valley of 20-25 players and 16-minute queues by next Wednesday at 11 AM UTC.
DonkeyPunchJr
World’s Biggest Weeb
Oh yeah me and my 6 friends from my gender studies class decided to take a break so we could go outside and touch grass. We’ll be back on later.Dropped 7 more people (-10%) in 5 minutes.
kikii
Member
ChuckeRearmed
Member
no camel toe, no gameonly ultis i know so far
I think Concord can potentially drop to 0 while being alive.
AnotherOne
Member
VanCityGamer
Member
What a stupid question. People have always enjoyed tracking successes and failures, especially when they are high profile. Add in the drama surrounding how the developer has behaved, the fact that most people here hate the GaaS trend that Sony is chasing…pretty obvious why the grave dancing happens.
tmlDan
Member
"people have always enjoyed tracking success" no, they're not doing that, if you think that you're genuinely not very smart. Don't let one dev speak for the studio, be normal please.
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VanCityGamer
Member
What are you going on about. Of course people enjoy tracking successes and failures. That isn’t even debatable. Be normal? I think it’s pretty clear that you don’t even understand basic logic.
tmlDan
Member
go through the thread again, use your thinking brain.
you're the one who can't understand basic logic
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Danny Dudekisser
I paid good money for this Dynex!
Go away
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VanCityGamer
Member
So you have no actual rebuttal to that. K that’s what I thought. P.S. for some reason you only commented on the first two sentences of my post. I went into more detail about why this one is being celebrated an extra amount. But your brain doesn’t seem capable of processing much.
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tmlDan
Member
What would i respond to? posting player numbers ever few hours is not normal behaviour when analyzing performance and tracking success.
It's absolutely wild that i had to state that.
I know people online don't admit when they're wrong but this is your chance. The game having 600 players and now 60 doesn't matter, it already failed, there's nothing to analyze. Again, be normal.
VanCityGamer
Member
Of course it matters that it went from 600 to 60. That means it is an even bigger failure; and not only isn’t improving but is getting worse. It’s absolutely wild that I had to state that.
Also, as explained there is nothing wrong with people celebrating this failure for the reasons stated. Again, be normal.
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xBlueStonex
Member
For a first party Sony game to launch with less than 1k users and nosedive so spectacularly is historic and deserves all the attention it's getting. Especially considering how fervent the discourse around GAaS has been. If you don't like the discussion, ignore the thread.
tmlDan
Member
no it does not matter, 600 people is no diff from 60, its a massive failure. wtf are you all talking about like that matters. crazy.
Timberwolf25
Member
It's a forum. People discuss stuff.
Maybe it's morbid, maybe it's not normal, but clearly people are participating in this thread for whatever reason they do.
The question for me, is why does that bother you at all? You can choose to ignore it or not.
tmlDan
Member
I made one comment, im responding to others who replied. It's not that big a deal bud. If you don't like it don't respond, i don't stalk the thread, i don't care that much lol
Also, no, 1k and less or a bit more makes no difference, its not gonna change the failure of the game at all. It also doesn't change the discourse or the discussion at all.
Then don't reply to me lol i get a notification im not checking the thread lol
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Bruno_Arrais85
Member
Less than 100 players on a Saturday? You love to see it.
Timberwolf25
Member
I'm replying to you as a discussion. You were asking why people are even posting in this thread asking for numbers because it's already a failure?
It's not a bid deal to me either, but you were the one asking so I responded as others have to you as well.
You seem to have a problem with people asking for updates on the numbers the game is doing? That sounds to me like a you problem.
DonkeyPunchJr
World’s Biggest Weeb
Yeah from a practical standpoint it makes no difference. It’s like if your business made 25 cents last month but only 2.5 cents this month. You can pretty much just round that off to zero in both cases.
VanCityGamer
Member
The worsening numbers means that it isn’t improving, which further solidifies that it’s a colossal failure. Extra enjoyment due to the way the devs are acting. Not hard logic to grasp. Crazy.
You are getting notifications because you cared enough to call everyone out in the first place. And now you care enough to keep coming back and commenting to the people who are laughing at your stupidity. Just take your L and move along.
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adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
I see my gypsy curse worked.
That should teach you to never dissappoint me again, Sony.
Because the next one is leprosy of the testicles.
Are you the guy that made the TV update thread (re: avatar) or did you just co-opt it?
That was a fucking legendary thread lol
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DonkeyPunchJr
World’s Biggest Weeb
According to this site only 1,220 players have earned the easiest trophy (getting your first kill).
If that’s accurate then that 15,000 PS5 sales estimate seems pretty damn optimistic.
StreetsofBeige
Gold Member
I totally get it that Steam CCU is a snapshot in time. But going by the max 697 all time peak, IMO there is no way Steam has more than 5,000 buyers. And thats almost going by some rule of thumb I remember hearing about take CCU at launch period and x10.
According to this site only 1,220 players have earned the easiest trophy (getting your first kill).
If that’s accurate then that 15,000 PS5 sales estimate seems pretty damn optimistic.
Add in PS5 sales and I think it's more like 10-15k tops.
On the plus side for Sony, any disc copies sold into stores that are not returnable back to Sony (RA return authorization refund) would technically add to sales. Even if they sit on a shelf so nobody can play it, those are technically still sales. Just not sales to gamers.
All it takes is the avg Walmart store (there's about 10,000 of them in the world) to stock 3 copies per slot in the gaming section and that can already be 30,000 disc copies sold. Add in Best Buy and all the gaming shops and you can get way more.
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Nonehxc
Member
Nah, I just found my calling, err, I mean avatar in M Mooreberg self own.
My TV cant install the latest xbox firmware (June update adds wireless power)
I'm trying to get into Starfield (yeah....) and I'm noticing something I've never seen in my first six months of Xbox Series X ownership, the ownership of any console ever, or any device that connects to a TV and does not run on a battery when A/C is disconnected. Three days ago: Your Xbox is...
And yes it was epic, so epic I think OP still hasn't come back /checksthread/ yep, he ded
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Dusktildawn48
Member
Doesn't that site only track people who have used that site?
According to this site only 1,220 players have earned the easiest trophy (getting your first kill).
If that’s accurate then that 15,000 PS5 sales estimate seems pretty damn optimistic.
DonkeyPunchJr
World’s Biggest Weeb
Ah okay that makes more sense
Darkkahn
Member
Psnprofiles numbers are not a good reference to draw any conclusions from, because you need to set up your console in a special way before this website can read your data.
According to this site only 1,220 players have earned the easiest trophy (getting your first kill).
If that’s accurate then that 15,000 PS5 sales estimate seems pretty damn optimistic.
That being said, you can see how the trophy hunters are responding to this game.
Holammer
Member
This video deserves its own thread, but I'm fucking sick and tired of Concord threads cluttering up the forum, so let's put it here.
The video is an analysis by Tyler of Knowledgehusk, he gives some interesting insights into why this is the worst flop in video game industry history. One of the most thoughtful angles is how much the industry changed in the eight years the game was under development and the point is beautifully [metaphorically] illustrated. The culture war aspect is dealt with humorously.
The video is an analysis by Tyler of Knowledgehusk, he gives some interesting insights into why this is the worst flop in video game industry history. One of the most thoughtful angles is how much the industry changed in the eight years the game was under development and the point is beautifully [metaphorically] illustrated. The culture war aspect is dealt with humorously.
ToneyJ
Member
Never seen this channel before but the writing and editing for this video are hilarious. Fun watch.
StreetsofBeige
Gold Member
Good video. Only thing I'd have a different view is the price. At $40 I think Sony did it simply because they arent a F2P kind of company and Helldivers 2 raked in big cash at $40. Unless they changed their pricing to be more dynamic, I think Sony's internal pricing strategy is $70 for full budget SP games and $40 for GAAS. We'll have to see if their next GAAS game is also $40.
LazyParrot
Member
I know this place is called the gaming board, but its mainstay has always been platform warring, culture warring and industry drama. Concord bombing just happens to be super relevant to all three, so don't expect people to shut up about it anytime soon.
CherryFalls
Banned
Concord designer must have relied on Amazon to create their characters.
You forgot the most important item:
CompleteGlobalSaturation
Member
Yeah there is no chance this game has many active players right now. 1220 only?!
According to this site only 1,220 players have earned the easiest trophy (getting your first kill).
If that’s accurate then that 15,000 PS5 sales estimate seems pretty damn optimistic.
Bernardougf
Member
Start a Twitter rumor about Concord, apparently big corporations and studios are now obligated to responde to every internet rumor with clarity.***
***as long as its not MS
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gothmog
Gold Member
Why would they need to? Astro Bot comes out in a week. PS5 Pro probably announced in the next month. Concord bombing will be forgotten news soon enough.
StreetsofBeige
Gold Member
IGN giving it a 7 is a laugh. And with the way the reviewer sugarcoats the game you can tell IGN was paid off to easy on it.
Personally, I dont think the IGN narrator even played the game. Someone at IGN head office did play it and he fed the narrator to just read it as if it's his own script.
Buggy Loop
Member
Complistic
Member
A reminder that "Squirrel With a Gun" has 1600 players currently playing it while Concord has 113 on a holiday weekend Saturday night.
CityHunter1981
Member
How were the numbers of Anthem when it came out? That was dead pretty quickly and I think it did significantly better at first.
Timberwolf25
Member
I played it a good while after it was released via the EA Pass or whatever it was called and I could still easily find players.
It's a shame because the game had potential, but was released way too early before it was ready riddled with bugs. They also needed to more varied enemies as everything did feel "samey" even in the short time I played it.
It probably needed another year cooking before it was released.
kevboard
Member
all we know is the game sold a total of 5 million units. player numbers are hard to gauge as it wasn't on Steam.
but if the sales numbers of 25k for Concord are in fact accurate... then holy fucking shit does that put the situation in perspective I think
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kevboard
Member
Sony will probably not say a single thing until they have a plan ready on how to convert it into a free 2 play game.
which would mean a restructuring of their cosmetics as microtransactions, possibly making new characters microtransactions as well, and possibly push more cosmetics to sell (as currently the characters have less skin variants than even Overwatch had on launch)
and all of this also needs some PR angle. coupling it to a big game update with a new game mode possibly. and maybe a revamp of some of the games less liked elements (movement speed, character design).
they could make it a big "Season 2" launch, where all characters get a new design that is less boring, with skins to buy etc.
StreetsofBeige
Gold Member
Good video of Asmongold commenting on that dev video dude.
At the 9:30 minute mark, he hits the exact mark I say when it comes to artsy people in terms of personal bias, ego and ignoring the business side.
At the 9:30 minute mark, he hits the exact mark I say when it comes to artsy people in terms of personal bias, ego and ignoring the business side.
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