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[Robb]

Holy crap. Did not expect this tbh. What a mess.

The memes foretold this moment.

 

[LazyParrot]

It'll return F2P and die yet again, although it'll probably take longer than two weeks this time around.

 

[Senua]

 

[Pop]

“explore options, including those that will better reach our players“

Translation:
Going Free to play.

Scrub them pronouns off and rework them character designs before they launch f2p

 

[clarky]

What the fuck can we rip the piss out of now?

 

[XXL]

This is fucking crazy.

In the end this could be a good thing, hopefully Playstation is starting to understand people don't want this type of shit.

And good on the PS5 and Steam communites for not buying this fucking garbage.

 

[JohnnyPhats]

How long till the lead posts something saying the only reason it failed was because of fascist, racist transphobes?

 

[touchfuzzy]

There's no way this is coming back. No fucking way. They'll bury it.

Never seen something like this occur in all my years gaming

This ^

First game ever to get full on cancelled after already releasing?

 

[_Idea_of_Evil_]

 

[Draugoth]

Subreddit just got closed

 

[Chuck Berry]

Feel sorry for those that now will have that stain on their trophies list haha

 

[bundylove]

Pepsi man had longer legs than this beauty

 

[Timberwolf25]

Bomb of the generation

Bomb of all/any generation!

 

[Fake]

I’m praying to the gaming gods that they re-launch it as a F2P game and it bombs for a second time.

 

[Mibu no ookami]

Scrub them pronouns off and rework them character designs before they launch f2p

The decision to launch this rather than delay it and make the changes probably cemented its doom.

Baffling decision to go live.

 

[Represent.]

FairGames is up next, that needs to FAIL just as bad for Sony to get the message (it will). They should just cancel development ahead of time. Save themselves the embarrassment.

 

[Embearded]

Damn, it's really happening.

 

[Hestar69]

HAHAHAHAHAH
HAHAHAHAHAH
HAHAHAHAHAH


not even a month and shut down thats fucking funny!

 

[Last Hearth]

I hope not, failure can be a good learning tool for the team - so they might not fumble next time. I think they should get another chance. Hopefully they make better decisions.


From the blog, it didn't sound like they are giving up. It sounded like they are going to be exploring other options and work on feedback they have received. Could be going F2P, could be outright cancellation and new project, or as some others are saying, could be closure of the studio. Who knows.

Going FTP is not going to save this. The brand is so tainted at this point. Their best option is to take the assets, rework all the character design and story elements, give it new name and publish it as a brand new game.

 

[XXL]

How long till the lead posts something saying the only reason it failed was because of fascist, racist transphobes?

They're being typed up as we speak.

 

[Hookshot]

What the fuck?! Now the controller really is a collectors item.

 

[Heisenberg007]

Edit - "Concord fans — we’ve been listening closely to your feedback since the launch of Concord on PlayStation 5 and PC"

Should have listened to your fans after the shitty reveal

Should have listened to your fans after the disastrous "closed beta"

Should have listened to your fans after the even worse "open beta"

Exactly this. So many devs are being obtuse about what we want.

But this is really good news as people are voting with their wallets. This is really the only way we can make our voices heard.

Both Concord and Black Myth Wukong launched on the same day. Concord is shutting down, while BMW has sold over 15 million copies already. Let this be a lesson to game studios and publishers about what we want.

 

[Josemayuste]

'Concord fans' which ones?

 

[R6Rider]

What the fuck?! Now the controller really is a collectors item.

That controller actually looks really good.

 

[Chuck Berry]

I wonder if they regret cancelling Last of Us Factions yet

 

[Snake29]

The game was a miss... but that doesn't necessarily mean the studio purchase was a complete waste. If Sony does shut them down, then yeah. But I feel like the team just made some poor design decisions but can make a decent game. I know that is not enough but I think there is promise.

Assets can still be used for a rework a complete new game which mean shorter development time. They won’t make this mistake again. The problem wasn’t the foundation, mechanics or gameplay. It was the whole art style.

 

[EverydayBeast]

Concord wasn’t sustainable and shows you can escape your games poor launch, yes a lot of it was social media but they’ve giving money back to gamers to me that’s respect.

 

[itshutton]

I don’t understand how they could not have made this decision 2-3 months ago and saved face.

When they say “reach our players” they mean “reach other players”. A serious overhaul will be needed for even a F2P launch to be successful though, starting with complete character redesigns.

 

[XXL]

What the fuck?! Now the controller really is a collectors item.

That controller is actually really nice. Lol.

 

[onQ123]

So what was actually wrong with the game? I wouldn't know I never played it & didn't pay much attention to it but I know the attacks came before the game was even revealed.

 

[Fermbiz]

This time line feels a tad bit corrected, but many more corrections are needed to restore this universe

 

[Wastelander92]

ARE YOU HAPPY NOW YOU FUCKING CHUDS /s

 

[AltogetherAndrews]

Good.

Let this be a lesson to all those who run a business...

STOP. CHASING. TRENDS.

Cater to your target audience.

Its ok to experiment with new games and ideas, but this was a New IP only in name - We have played this game a million times already, for free, under a different name.

Go back to single player games.

12 fucking live services, you must be out of your fucking mind, Jim. LMAO

Back to single player games? What are you even on about? Sony has a pretty long tradition of multiplayer, from SOCOM in the early days of online gaming on console to Killzone, MAG, Warhawk, Resistance… this isn’t the ”new” thing some of you seem to think it is.

 

[proandrad]

Should have canceled it years ago and take the tax write off. Sunk-cost fallacy in play, thinking they can still save the game. Sony needs to learn to take the L and move on.

 

[IAmNotFromDelaware]

I guess that modern audience didn't show up. Or perhaps, very unlikely I know, they don't really exist outside of a tiny minority? We will never know.

 

[skneogaf]

I don't remember this happening on a first party game like this.

 

[TheInfamousKira]

Actual response

Edit: fuck, wrong GIF. Keeping it.

 

[PeteBull]

I agree with everything you said, but I think it all depends on if the average employee is like the Professor.

If they are, the studio is just rotten to the core and they would be valuable as a support studio at best.

At least ones pulling the strings and ones responsible for creating characters have to be, coders/programmers are likely very normal tho xD

 

[Kamina]

Every time a live-service game with horrible character design, catering to woke agenda, fails to penetrate an oversaturated market, the most annoying people on the planet will be there to blame anything but the creator’s lack of understanding what their target audience actually wants.

 

[Nankatsu]

Holy shit, as bad as the game is I never saw this one coming.

 

[rodrigolfp]

What the fuck?! Now the controller really is a collectors item.

Will they refund it too?

 

[DonkeyPunchJr]

The decision to launch this rather than delay it and make the changes probably cemented its doom.

Baffling decision to go live.

IMO they knew it would be a massive bomb. They were done throwing money at this failure and hoped they could recoup a little bit of their investment before it died. But then it undersold even their most pessimistic predictions.

 

[The Saint]

 

[zapper]

no really, I don't want to believe they are so stupid to think of relaunching it even for free. you are really an idiot if you don't make it disappear from the face of the earth by clearly saying "ok, we were wrong"

 

[GymWolf]

'Concord fans' which ones?

 

[applesaucejaxon]

That controller actually looks really good.

100% agree. Game looked shitty, but I wanted that controller bad. Just didn't need a new controller to justify it.

 

[balls of snow]

Sony did the honourable thing. Those that got a refund (on ps5) essentially gets a heavily discounted Astro Bot.

 

[Moriarty1889]

So many people said this would flop and indeed it did and very fast. Good to see this and let it send a message to weirdo devs who push games with weird characters and call gamers Talentless freaks. Once again it proves go woke go broke…..the results speak for themselves.

 

[makaveli60]

Damn, that’s crayyyy.
Get woke?

 

[Davevil]