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[ReBurn]

I thought they didn't care what critics said.

They didn't. That's why this is happening.

 

[Games of Today]

This is my new favorite picture! HAHAHA

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

hehehe

How much did sony lost with this deal?

Arrogant sony is back, SOP response to concord was terrible, yet sony thought the modern audience will see this through

Around 200 million counting the purchase of this studio

 

[Punished Miku]

No one else would be allowed to get away with this. People would demand updates and fixes usually. Crazy.

 

[Radical_3d]

Jim Ryan making a magic trick with 200 millions of budget:

 

[HerjansEagleFeeder]

I thought they didn't care what critics said.

The blue haired devs didn't care what critics said. The bean counters higher up in the hierarchy can't ignore such a massive failure. This is why "voting with your wallet" works. I wonder how long until Sony officially lets go of all political pandering in their entertainment/media.

 

[Lukaku's First Touch]

Go woke go broke, get rekt suckers.

 

[LiquidMetal14]

A major flop and you have to give them credit for owning it and even giving the refunds. That's how reasonable leadership handles these things. Learn from these mistakes.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

 

[tommib]

The right thing to do.

 

[ManaByte]

LOL Concord is in that upcoming Amazon Secret Level show.

 

[Chuck Berry]

Wonder if there's any chance this might open some Sony exec eyes to see what Insomniac is doing to Wolverine...

 

[digoutyoursoul]

How long before there’s articles on how the toxic gaming community killed an amazing game?

I’ll give it two hours

 

[Nydius]

Not that I wan't this woke gaas to succeed, far from that, but they should have given the refund and made it free to play immediately.

Nah, this is the right call. No one is going to play it even if it’s free to play. When it was free for a weekend, it couldn’t break 2500 CCU on PC and I doubt it was much better on PS5. Even IF it had been 10x higher than PC, that still wouldn’t have been enough to economically keep it operational.

Free to play was never going to fix this train wreck. It simply would have been an endless money pit.

 

[Loomy]

Hopefully one of the lessons learned here is the importance of a public beta. One that is focused on collecting and responding to user feedback instead of the glorified demos these games get 2 months before release.

Also, there's a reason battle passes are a thing. Charging $40 for this game was a dumb decision.

 

[FewRope]

LOL Concord is in that upcoming Amazon Secret Level show.

Theres no way this is happening anymore

 

[Rentahamster]

It would be funny if they redeveloped the game to be the greatest team based single player/co-op space adventure game of the decade and everyone loves it.

 

[havoc00]

I think the worst part about all of this is how close they were, but still so far. Some people were still able to find fun in it, and that's great. I'm glad, honestly, for fans and the devs. But it just wasn't enough. Just more of the same with a higher production value, rather than anything really new or innovative.

The actual gameplay was fine, gunplay was good, sound design top notch etc….. but it did have a lot of things going against it. I think if more people were objective they would agree the gameplay was solid.

 

[vanillaFace]

not-like-this gif?

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

Around 200 million counting the purchase of this studio

Receipts please

 

[CherryFalls]

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

That's not the honourable thing, that's the bare minimum to not have a law suit.
People acting like Sony are some great guys just because they aren't stealing from you, lol.

 

[HoodWinked]

They fucking Unlaunched a game. Holy shit.

 

[ManaByte]

Around 200 million counting the purchase of this studio

$200M is the funding Probably Monsters raised, not Firewalk.

 

[KyoZz]

KyoZz

Look at that, I'm getting my money back.

Let's celebrate.

That's great! At least you will be able to get something worth 40e.

 

[Punished Miku]

This is what I mean. No one else would do this just to save money. It should be up for at least a year.

They could get sued

 

[vanillaFace]

I almost want to buy a physical copy in case it's worth something in the future. Probably won't be though.

I want to buy a physical copy (I don't own a PS5) just to frame it. Would make a great conversation piece lol.

 

[N30RYU]

How is the news been taken on REEEE?
Can someoen PM a link... don't wanna give them more clicks than necessary.
Thanks

 

[TheBomb]

Oh well! Move on I guess for them.

 

[near]

How much is Sony willing to invest into Firewalk and Concord to redesign the game to accommodate for a sustainable F2P model?

 

[Quixz]

A crappy game was crappy and failed resonate with players.

We all said it was DOA

 

[Coconutt]

How fucking embarrassing stick to single player games sony.

 

[DR3AM]

I don’t think the game is ever going back online as F2P or have a 2.0 launch. It’s dead

 

[ReBurn]

lol good luck ya'll with physical copies

Buying physical means you can play forever...

 

[Chuck Berry]

How is the news been taken on REEEE?
Can someoen PM a link... don't wanna give them more clicks than necessary.
Thanks

Culture war pricks stoked cynicism around a game in a genre that people are growing apprehensive about to begin with, culminating in one of the most fun multiplayer experiences of the generation being killed in a move that will only empower the worst scumbags in the gaming community.

About how you'd expect lol

 

[March Climber]

Also I just remembered, what stings more about this is that Sony cancelled a Spiderman PvE co-op game and they cancelled TLOU 2 Factions and bet a ton of money on an entirely new unproven IP.

I could have been swinging in the streets of New York with a team of Spiderbros.

 

[MayauMiao]

Sony offering refunds willingly is WILD.

The number sold must be so small Sony have no problem doing full refund.

 

[vanillaFace]

Conturd.

 

[Fermbiz]

I wonder what the Professor has to say now

 

[a multicultural team of v]

Holy shit, what a disaster. Hopefully Sony, and everyone else, learns a lesson here.

 

[Maestr0]

Well, hope it teaches a good lesson to all company on why this game failed, if not, then may disaster falls upon you

 

[tommib]

I guess the expensive weekly CGI was the kiss of death for this.

 

[Jack Package]

 

[N30RYU]

Also I just remembered, what stings more about this is that Sony cancelled a Spiderman PvE co-op game and they cancelled TLOU 2 Factions and bet a ton of money on an entirely new unproven IP.

I could have been swinging in the streets of New York with a team of Spiderbros.

Agree... I would take Factions, coop spidy and gaas killzone over anything else

 

[Draugoth]

First dev has commented

 

[Wishmaster92]

To me this seems even worse than letting it die quietly. What are they thinking?

Investors. Sony doesn’t want to keep losing money keeping this thing alive. It’s hilarious how quick they pulled the plug

 

[dEvAnGeL]

Sony saw their mistake releasing it on ps5 and pc and this will relaunch as a ps5 pro exclusive.

 

[FeralEcho]

Biggest financial bomb of the generation. Congratz Sony,both your woke and gaas initiatives are paying off so well.

Hope all the losers responsible for this garbage get fired and publicly shamed.Hermen Hulst the useless as well.

And just to be sure it doesn't happen again they should rehire Slim Jimmy Ryan for all his brilliant initiatives and then just fire him the next day.Just to prove a point.

 

[SmokedMeat]

I wonder if they’ll redesign and rename the characters for a rerelease?

I’ve got a feeling this isn’t dead.

 

[digoutyoursoul]

They should not of let Shawn Layden go imo

 

[zokie]

they will be back a few months later , free to play with gatcha mechanics