Banjo64
cumsessed
I don’t think anything was cancelled I think people just don’t want to spend their time and money on something like this.
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Concord is being taken offline on September 6, purchases refunded
Gambit2483
Member
Really puts things into perspective.
Hopefully the entire industry sees these recent failures, i.e.. Suicide Squad, Dustborn, Saints Row, Concord, and gives up on the non existent modern audience (yes, these games had other issue, but they all leaned heavily into this direction)
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BennyBlanco
aka IMurRIVAL69
Fairgame$
squallheart
Member
XD
Negotiator101
Member
Well they did name it Concord.
Lambogenie
Member
Too funny.
Hilarious thing is, I'm stoked for Marvel Rivals because it looks good despite a crowded genre. Concord meanwhile always looked like absolute rubbish.
Masterclass of failure.
Hilarious thing is, I'm stoked for Marvel Rivals because it looks good despite a crowded genre. Concord meanwhile always looked like absolute rubbish.
Masterclass of failure.
kevboard
Member
this is doubly true because people misunderstand why ET was such a mess. it wasn't because it sold badly, it was because Atari massively overestimated how successful it would be.
the landfill full of ET carts doesn't exist because these games didn't sell. in fact ET was the 8th most sold Atari 2600 game of all time, it sold more units than Ms PacMan, Breakout and Yars' Revenge, which are considered classics.
but Atari literally thought that this game would lead to so many new console sales, that they produced significantly more cartridges than they could have realistically sold. basically half of all Atari 2600 users up until this point would have needed to buy the game for them to sell their entire inventory they produced and planned to produce
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Go_Ly_Dow
Member
Sony just shot themselves in the foot.
I don't know how much the rest of you know about hero shooters (I'm an expert), but honor and shame are huge parts of it. This isn't like Lawbreakers, which was developed for Overwatch loving assholes. If you screw someone in the Playstation community, you bring shame to yourself, and the only way to get rid of that shame is repentance.
What this means is that fans of hero shooters after hearing about this, are not going to want to purchase GAAS games on any Sony system, nor will they purchase a PS6. This is HUGE. You can laugh all you want, but Sony has alienated an entire market with this move.
Sony, publicly apologize and bring back Concord for PSN or you can kiss your business goodbye.
I don't know how much the rest of you know about hero shooters (I'm an expert), but honor and shame are huge parts of it. This isn't like Lawbreakers, which was developed for Overwatch loving assholes. If you screw someone in the Playstation community, you bring shame to yourself, and the only way to get rid of that shame is repentance.
What this means is that fans of hero shooters after hearing about this, are not going to want to purchase GAAS games on any Sony system, nor will they purchase a PS6. This is HUGE. You can laugh all you want, but Sony has alienated an entire market with this move.
Sony, publicly apologize and bring back Concord for PSN or you can kiss your business goodbye.
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Quantum253
Gold Member
Conveniently does not mention Concord's free beta that bomb as well... Guess that wouldn't fit that narrative, however.
Also, didn't help that developer degraded people who didn't agree with his point-of-view
Nydius
Member
Yep. These always online GAAS games are the one exception where I prefer digital to physical because there’s really no benefit to owning a physical copy. If the game bombs, you could possibly get a refund on a digital version; if the game’s a success, eventually it’ll end up shut down and the disk is as useless as the digital file.
Topher
Gold Member
jshackles
Gentlemen, we can rebuild it. We have the capability to make the world's first enhanced store. Steam will be that store. Better than it was before.
Hope Hiroki Totoki is part of this, someone needs to control those two guys
Danny Dudekisser
I paid good money for this Dynex!
Guys, stop posting, I can't keep up with this crazy train.
S0ULZB0URNE
Member
How is rejectera handling this?
Bernardougf
Member
Oh I agree... there was no "cancelation" campaign .. but it was canceled either way from nobody wanting it.
PatientGamer
Gold Member
When you go woke, you go broke.
In all seriousness, what did they expect though.. it was dead way before arrival.
In all seriousness, what did they expect though.. it was dead way before arrival.
lughnasadh123
Member
Just amazing at the unprecedented apathy towards this game that I don't think we've ever seen in such a big game. Big question is what do you change besides the obvious for the inevitable F2P relaunch? New characters? Pve mode?
DonkeyPunchJr
World’s Biggest Weeb
They should relaunch it alongside a Netflix live action Concord series. Trust me, I bet we would see sales in the quadruple digits.
Saiyan-Rox
Member
Maaan this is unprecedented
It still baffles me how companies can stick their fingers in their ears and lalalala/thisisfine.gif and expect to make money
I know there was a lot of money in this but listen to the majority, take the fucking L and delay it rather than launch and pull it and look like a fucking dickhead.
Also who was that person who said talentless freaks? Has anyone did a welfare check?
It still baffles me how companies can stick their fingers in their ears and lalalala/thisisfine.gif and expect to make money
I know there was a lot of money in this but listen to the majority, take the fucking L and delay it rather than launch and pull it and look like a fucking dickhead.
Also who was that person who said talentless freaks? Has anyone did a welfare check?
Plague Doctor
Member
The poster is getting savaged by basic observations and logic by the replies.
Sony acquired the studio. Sony gave it prominence at state of play. Sony plastered it all over PSN. Sony made a fucking controller for it. There is a tie in with an Amazon series. Seriously, what more did they have to do to "believe" in this game? A fucking blimp advertising outside of all major cities?
And a professional games journalist expert observation? Sony didn't believe in this.
Look, I don't give a fuck what you like, your politics, whatever.. but this is uninformed delusion at best and obvious gaslight at worst. This is nothing resembling any shred of an expert or journalistic take. This is who runs the Press currently. Take that in.
This game was overwhelmingly rejected by the market. That's it.
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finalflame
Member
Neither side has any material effect whatsoever on game sales. Full stop.
This game just sucked ass and released late into an oversaturated market. Historically bad launch because there was just literally nothing about it to say anything good about.
Wukong and Hogwarts were fantastic games. Only the other site retards really cared, as much as the pandering games media tried to make it a "thing". Neither mattered, games succeeded because they were good.
No idea who the quoted tweet is, but that person seems like a total fucking moron given their discourse about this. You don't sink additional money into an 8 year project that is already a huge sunk cost.
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Judge Magister
Member
DenchDeckard
Moderated wildly
Eat a dick professor!
zokie
Member
please consider Astro Bots on PS5
StreetsofBeige
Gold Member
WOW!!!!
I didn’t think they’d do a refund. I know some of you predicted that. Good call.
Oddly, it sounds like it’s not forever dead??? They might try again and rework it and maybe resell it again down the line.
Guess I was wrong too. I predicted the game after the holiday weekend would be permanently under 100. While true, I meant double digits. Not a big fat 0.
I didn’t think they’d do a refund. I know some of you predicted that. Good call.
Oddly, it sounds like it’s not forever dead??? They might try again and rework it and maybe resell it again down the line.
Guess I was wrong too. I predicted the game after the holiday weekend would be permanently under 100. While true, I meant double digits. Not a big fat 0.
clarky
Gold Member
What?
digoutyoursoul
Member
rubenburgt
Member
As expected.
So what's next?
What will happen to this studio?
What will happen to the developers?
Who will they blame for this horrible game?
So what's next?
What will happen to this studio?
What will happen to the developers?
Who will they blame for this horrible game?
blue velvet
Member
I wouldn't even dare putting this slop next to heavens gate. That film failed because it went over the budget and it was released during the decade where films like star wars, indiana jones, back to the future were more bankable than a 3 hours artfilm. It was made by a competent man not by a bunch of hack SJWs from the west coast.
Rudius
Member
I would buy it just to trigger the "folks".Concord player models and skins when it returns F2P in October:
PonyStation4
Member
Not even close to the biggest flop in gaming.
Sony spent $3.5 billion on Bungie, a company that bleeds money, runs a dying game and is developing an extraction shooter for 2025. That $3.5 billion investment is going to turn into a $3.8 billion loss
Sony spent $3.5 billion on Bungie, a company that bleeds money, runs a dying game and is developing an extraction shooter for 2025. That $3.5 billion investment is going to turn into a $3.8 billion loss
clarky
Gold Member
Space Marine for sure.
StreetsofBeige
Gold Member
Ok which one of you guys predicted a refund.
I know there were a bunch of you.
I admit I didn’t see it. I guess Sony will do an RA (return authorization) for store copies too. I don’t see how they purposely make Walmarts and best buys get stuck with the disc.
If someone bought the disc, do they get a refund too?
I know there were a bunch of you.
I admit I didn’t see it. I guess Sony will do an RA (return authorization) for store copies too. I don’t see how they purposely make Walmarts and best buys get stuck with the disc.
If someone bought the disc, do they get a refund too?
Fortress of Regrets
Member
All those pronouns. Lost in time, like tears in rain.
tommib
Member
Somehow I believe this was written by the real Vincent Gallo.
Dude, love your films and you’re super hot.
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GymWolf
Gold Member
StreetsofBeige
Gold Member
Game shut down and refunds two weeks after launch.
This has to be a record???!
This has to be a record???!
FoxMcChief
Gold Member
clarky
Gold Member
Only that Sega Hyaenas game i can think of got shut down even before release
IntentionalPun
Ask me about my wife's perfect butthole
Isn’t this one of the games getting an episode of that Tv show that was announced recently? Lol