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[mckmas8808]

Fucking hell for real ?? 100 million ?
Why does every tom dick and harry knew if would fail but only the devs who were making it
I know it's been in the oven for years but they could've play tested to 100 real gamers and all of them would've told them this would flop.
I mean how delusional can you be

This is what happens when the Bean counters started running Playstation and started to put in place things that they believed would lead to "BIG GROWTH" for shareholders to be happy about. Concord was never about making a good product. Just execs looking for the next "Fortnite cash cow".

It's sad man.

 

[Banjo64]

Game shut down and refunds two weeks after launch.

This has to be a record???!

It’s actually 11 days.

 

[adamsapple]

Holy shit I went for lunch and there's a 20 page thread after 2 hours

ahahahahaha

 

[acidagfc]

If only the number of Neogaf threads could be converted into money, this game would have made billions.

 

[PatientGamer]

People will be talking about this event for the next 40 years of gaming.

The sheer amount of memes and video essays that will be done about this is unnerving.

Hope it serves as a reminder to publishers and devs everywhere to just make fun, good games and cut out all the crap.

 

[kevboard]

Isn’t this one of the games getting an episode of that Tv show that was announced recently? Lol

it is

What if they think they can revamp it and bring it back as free to play in time for that episode? maybe that's their masterplan here...

...but I doubt it lol

 

[mayham2199]

This was actually a smart move. Some of these failed GAAS games keep going and dumping money into them for no reason (suicide squad). Might as well just kill it now and save as much money as you can.

 

[NickFire]

Holy shit I went for lunch and there's a 20 page thread after 2 hours

ahahahahaha

People are just so sick of, checks notes, “hero shooters”.

 

[Bernardougf]

Holy shit I went for lunch and there's a 20 page thread after 2 hours

ahahahahaha

How the taste of phil balls was today ? Extra salty ?

Just jk

 

[jshackles]

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.

The game is technically functional, so reworking it to be F2P probably won't take long (a couple of months, maybe). Since everyone who already bought it is getting refunded, they're kind of absolving themselves of their existing roadmap and commitments. They also have time to potentially tweak the character designs to make people actually want to play this vs the thousands of other popular free games on the market.

It'll still do laughably bad numbers, but it would allow Sony to recoup SOME costs from this turd.

 

[Aguero9320]

Ouch. That's wild. Crazy times we're living in.

 

[mckmas8808]

Modern audience! WTF are we doin?! All my modern audiences stand up! Fight! Fight! Fight!

What is their definition of "modern audience" anyway?

 

[Banjo64]

Holy shit I went for lunch and there's a 20 page thread after 2 hours

ahahahahaha

 

[Fabieter]

This thread has better movement than the game holly shit.

 

[semiconscious]

the idea that sony managed to compound this disaster by actually buying the damn studio? smh...

 

[mayham2199]

Hope it serves as a reminder to publishers and devs everywhere to just make fun, good games and cut out all the crap.

That has nothing to do with it really. They were trying to make fun good games it just failed. Gundam released a similar hero shooter and it also failed very quickly and it was even FTP. People just aren't really into this genre anymore and anyone who is, is most likely invested in OW and has no interest in learning a new game. Games fail all the time why you think this one failed because of woke nonsense I have no idea.

 

[adamsapple]

How the taste of phil balls was today ? Extra salty ?

Just jk

The aftertaste feels sweet now.

 

[CartesianMan]

Hm, the match in Concord lasted longer than the game itself.

 

[FoxMcChief]

Holy shit I went for lunch and there's a 20 page thread after 2 hours

ahahahahaha

 

[JusticeForAll]

Did this ever happen before?

 

[Sushi_Combo]

Well this has got to be the fastest end of any AAA live service game.

Honestly, it felt like Sony had no confidence in this game, the marketing was pretty mild and they were maybe betting that the turnout would've been better than anticipated.

I don't know what they do now, reworking is going to cost them more and if so, do they can the leads and get in new ones?

Shame because the gameplay was very fun, just everything else surrounding it was disappointing.

 

[Dacvak]

It’s always nice when the entire internet can come together against a common enemy.

 

[EviLore]

A piece of gaming history now!

 

[Loboxxx]

Are we betting on the next drama as a service from Sony?

 

[mckmas8808]

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.

The sad thing is.....Stella is actually good at her job in talking about videogames. Trust me! But it's also clear that this game (for some odd reason) seems to be clouding her judgement. If I had to guess, it's political in some form. Because she's not usually this stupid.

 

[tommib]

A piece of gaming history now!

It’s a great looking controller, actually. Well done.

 

[Dacvak]

A piece of gaming history now!

Lmaooo I’m honestly tempted to get one too

 

[Holammer]

I don't care much for Marvel Rivals, but I hope it becomes a huge success because I want to see Sony getting salt cured.
The developer look like they do everything right with attractive renditions of the characters, everyone look just right, like Captain America basically having Rob Liefield's ridiculous dump truck chest.

 

[tommib]

 

[adamsapple]

A piece of gaming history now!

This shit is gonna put your kid through college after 10 years.

But if it's on a console you own, you are legally allowed to piss on its grave.

 

[jshackles]

Did this ever happen before?

Cyberpunk 2077's performance on last-gen consoles was so bad that Sony offered refunds for the game about a week after it launched. The difference here is that was a single player game, and it performed well on the then-new PS5. Also, you had to specifically request a refund to get one - but I believe it was taken down off the store for a while while it was being reworked.

Closest comparison I can think of, and this is much worse.

 

[March Climber]

It’s ok. Did you get your refund yet?

Yes. What will he change his avatar to now?

 

[Katatonic]

Oh man. I was actually loving Concord. I'll play whatever FPS that team (or whats left) make next.

 

[Alan Silvestro]

Lol yessssss!!!!!

 

[Fabieter]

Hopefully astro bot is gonna sell like 10m after this flop. That would send the right message to the mangement

Spoiler: Well

hopefully

 

[aerts1js]

the idea that sony managed to compound this disaster by actually buying the damn studio? smh...

eh at least they realized it pretty quick and took it out back and shot it. I’m sure a serious lesson was learned that is going to have an impact on all their planned online titles… thank god.

 

[mckmas8808]

Why is Chris Dring acting like a pussy here? Grow some balls and be honest with the people. There were reasons to root against Concord.

 

[BigBeauford]

5 years from now when my kids are playing their kick ass agenda-free games, hopefully we can look back at this glorious 30 day timespan as the catalyst.

 

[Go_Ly_Dow]

A piece of gaming history now!

 

[havoc00]

Space Marine for sure.

You gonna play the MP at all?

 

[NickFire]

Bah Gawd. That douche is talking to one of them there phantom audiences I think. The kind who have PS5 yet magically became other console fanboys.

 

[Chuck Berry]

I really hope Colin Moriarty throws together a last minute vid response to this. Really wanna hear what him and Chris have to say.

 

[ElRenoRaven]

Woke up and just saw this news. This has to be a record for fastest death of a released game ever. Like HOLYSHIT! They kind of deserved this though.

 

[MarV0]

So many people have called this but I really didn't expect them to go ahead and do it.

 

[GudOlRub]

Hopefully astro bot is gonna sell like 10m after this flop. That would send the right message to the mangement

Spoiler: Well

hopefully

Of course it'll send the right message, they'll immediately invest 200 mil on an astro bot live-service game.

 

[near]

I really hope Colin Moriarty throws together a last minute vid response to this. Really wanna hear what him and Chris have to say.

What's Colin's opinion been on Concord prior to this?

 

[ManaByte]

 

[Banjo64]

People will be talking about this event for the next 40 years of gaming.

Agreed. Sony nuking it rather than letting it rapidly fade in to Redfall-esque meme status has cemented the fact that this will forever be remembered.

 

[Drake]

Man, I would LOVE to be a fly on the wall in Firewalks office today. You know those wokies working there are just foaming at the mouth.

 

[CoreyFlawless]

Wow, didn’t think there be like E.T. Moment in my life time. Wonder in 10-20 years from now they gonna make an episode or a movie how this game fail so bad. Wonder what bull crap they would even say way back then too