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Concord is being taken offline on September 6, purchases refunded
twilo99
Gold Member
Buggy Loop
Member
Just like this
We just didn’t buy it. It’s their community they have to blame to not being present and support.
They managed to be insufferable for years and twist arms of devs by scare tactics. They thought they were above everyone and the voice to fear or you’ll get cancelled, but they forgot that we can simply vote with our wallet
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kevboard
Member
Battleborn wasn't even an Overwatch like. and also Overwatch wasn't free 2 play either.
Battleborn died because the devs were too retarded to just tell people what the game is...
I googled the exact quote of Randi Pitchtard real quick where he tried to describe the game:
hobby-grade coop campaign; genre-blended, multi-mode competitive e-sports; meta-growth, choice + epic Battleborn Heroes!
WHAT IN THE ACTUAL FUCK MY DUDE... it's a MOBA... a fucking MOBA with a coop campaign... that's it.
there is not genre blending, there is no "multi mode" whatever the fuck that's even supposed to mean, as if not every MP game has multiple game modes. IT'S A MOBA...
it is absolutely mindboggling how bad the messaging for this game was.
all he had to do is tell people that it's a MOBA that also has a coop campaign. Overwatch is not a MOBA, so you have instant differentiation there (although back then many game "jounralists" called Overwatch a MOBA, because they're all hacks)
FunkMiller
Gold Member
Of course it was.
The same way Barbie was massively popular because it was targeted at women.
You can’t just fucking change boy stuff to bring more women in and expect success.
We like some things. They like some things.
Make our stuff for us. Their stuff for them.
Equality isn’t spun out of warping male IP towards women. It comes from making as much stuff for women as men.
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Unknown Soldier
Member
Just like this
We just didn’t buy it. It’s their community they have to blame to not being present and support.
They managed to be insufferable for years and twist arms of devs by scare tactics. They thought they were above everyone and the voice to fear or you’ll get cancelled, but they forgot that we can simply vote with our wallet
Capitalism is a tough bitch
You can't force people to spend money by telling then they are racist, sexist, phobic, right wing, etc.
What actually happens is you scream at them and they are like "ok" and just go away and don't buy the trash you are trying to push
I wonder how much more money Hollywood plans on losing before they figure this out
hinch7
Member
Pretty much up there as the worst. The Marvels also tanked at $237M loss. But at least people turned up to watch that movie.
This was a paultry 25K sales that didn't even break $1 million; when you account for sales on Steam. For a production and marketing of an estimated 180M, this is a fucking disaster.
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Thick Thighs Save Lives
NeoGAF's Physical Games Advocate Extraordinaire
thicc_girls_are_teh_best
Not to put you on blast or anything, but you got cooked in the replies of this quote tweet, my guy. You're making us thick/thicc* username crew look bad! 
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ManaByte
Banned
TerribleAtThisGame
Member
This would embarrass a Christian motivational speaker.
DonkeyPunchJr
World’s Biggest Weeb
Just like this
We just didn’t buy it. It’s their community they have to blame to not being present and support.
They managed to be insufferable for years and twist arms of devs by scare tactics. They thought they were above everyone and the voice to fear or you’ll get cancelled, but they forgot that we can simply vote with our wallet
And I bet white men made up the largest demographic playing Concord. Just like men made up 70-something percent of The Marvels preview audience.
These people are idiots. Imagine if a bunch of activist men infiltrated Hollywood and tried to “fix” romance movies by making them star some average looking self-insert dude with a dad bod and made him 100x stronger, braver, and smarter than all the women he bosses around and talks down to. And then tried to blame all those horrible women for watching something else, even though men hated it just as much.
caesarAlbus
Neo Member
People who bought the physical game and controller
DonkeyPunchJr
World’s Biggest Weeb
At least someone is making a profit off of Concord. It’s a great day for novelty controller collectors and “look at how bad this flopped” YouTube content creators.
newtypepilot
Member
To be fair, it didn't bomb purely because it went "woke". The awful visual design is just one of many problems. It was more like a perfect storm of bad business decisions. The game was bland, boring, and derivative with a $40 price tag, in a genre that has gone f2p. It had poor numbers in both of its betas. The devs were delusional enough to respond with the negative reception by attacking the players, telling them not to buy the game. Then you have lack of oversight from Sony, which not only allowed 8 years of development and 100+ millions invested, but also bought the studio last year even though it has no proven track record (this is their first game).
Both the studio and Sony are equally responsible for this mess.
MayauMiao
Member
That's right. Blame global pandemic. Yet it happened with Stellar Blade, Wukong, Hogwarts Legacy but it went to sell millions anyway despite facing woke media attempt at smearing too.
laynelane
Member
I wonder if this drastic step is being taken because Concord is causing brand damage for Sony. I was thinking about that the other day. Not all Sony games are hits, but Concord is failing on a totally different level than any other title previously. The discourse around it has been profoundly negative, as well. Plus, thanks to Steam, it's been a very public failure too.
On another note, Sony is offering refunds for a game that didn't deliver on what it promised. Other publishers are probably looking at Sony like:
On another note, Sony is offering refunds for a game that didn't deliver on what it promised. Other publishers are probably looking at Sony like:
DonkeyPunchJr
World’s Biggest Weeb
I bet if they had some good character designs with sex appeal and masculinity/femininity, and got rid of the gender pronouns, they would’ve had at least an order of magnitude more people who gave it a shot. And they probably wouldn’t be shutting it down 2 weeks after launch.
Yeah it’d most likely be fucked still, but it would be merely a flop that lost money, instead of one of the greatest flops of all time that resulted in a total loss.
And hell, maybe it even would’ve been possible to maintain a small but enthusiastic fanbase while they improved it and turned it around.
PeteBull
Member
Coz its fun af to stick it to woke and gaas worshipers
TintoConCasera
I bought a sex doll, but I keep it inflated 100% of the time and use it like a regular wife
When an expensive yet shitty game fails, corpos might get the message that shitty games will fail, so it's a chance to go back to getting more cool games instead of shitty games.
ReBurn
Gold Member
The one I bought yesterday will be delivered tomorrow. I wonder if I can flip it for that much?
Kacho
Gold Member
It’s a GAAS game that pushed woke nonsense. Why wouldn’t enthusiasts dance on its corpse?
Facism
Gold Member
Twitter pushed both these melts into my feed and I couldn't mute them fast enough. It's always someone else's fault with these people. Grow the fuck up, game crashed, no fucker on the ENTIRE PLANET wanted it, there's no big conspiracy here.
CLW
Member
It’s because in their world (which they never have ventured into “red America” hell most have never left San Fran or a similar ilk local) they see NOONE 1/10 as conservative as me so to them you are some far right loon.
They have ZERO perspective of the actual population/gaming audience at large
Kacho
Gold Member
People are capable of enjoying games and discussing various topics on a forum.
Topher
Identifies as young
Marchizmo
Member
I guess I think it's really funny that the hate is bigger than the player base and that does make me chuckle
IntentionalPun
Ask me about my wife's perfect butthole
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Draugoth
Gold Member
$149.99 ?
There were Gamestop employees literally saying their were told to discard copies. You can always look at the trash.
ReBurn
Gold Member
Or on eBay because those same employees probably already took them out of the trash.
CLW
Member
Best I can tell a person with a double digit iq
Kacho
Gold Member
You’re not wrong. People are just tired of GAAS crap and woke ideology so Concord is getting dunked on extra hard.
Kraz
Member
Obsessive compulsion repetition in response to intrusive thoughts.
CLW
Member
Was able to snag this from Sony direct before they sold out....
How many Islands do you plan on flipping that controller for?
Toons
Member
Star wars still is lmao
FoxMcChief
Gold Member
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Topher
Identifies as young
Toons
Member
Largely, yeah lol. Having a female lead doesn't necessarily mean that its not aimed at men, and most of the stuff that has out out continues to be seen mostly by males, even the "female led" stuff(which is pretty much just ahsoka, rogue one and maaaaaybe acolyte with a pretty even presence of both)
