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[Jaybe]

They should have canned it after the awful beta participation. If you can’t interest people for free, you won’t interest them for a paid game. This could have been Bat Girl but instead it’s John Carter.

 

[Judge Magister]

 

[RoboFu]

I mean it’s better than letting people buy it and have no way to play with so few people . Yikes

thats the main reason for sure., there is just no way around it.

 

[RaZoR No1]

 

[Killer8]

It will be very interesting to see what happens to Fairgame$ next:

We're looking at another DOA Sony live service game.

 

[Dacvak]

Lmao we’re live

 

[AltogetherAndrews]

To me, the studio is getting shut down soon. there is no demand for it even when it was on a free to play beta.

sony is cutting losses and the best way to do it is to immediately shut down the studio.

That would be absolutely retarded. Maybe rebrand and trim, but why in the hell would they toss a group of very competent developers out?

The game itself is very solidly built, on a technical level. The animators and tech artists are top notch. Seems like a redesign and a critical look at the art and level design dept, as well as a pivot to f2p, would be a much better option.

 

[Alebrije]

.

 

[Tanus777]

I´m sad. Following the concord numbers on steam has been so fun.

 

[RetroGamingUK]

Hopefully this is a lesson learned

 

[BennyBlanco]

Grand opening, grand closing

 

[jshackles]

Can someone please do a wellness check for The Professor??

 

[Xtib81]

Oh wow. Is it the first time such a thing happens?

 

[Kamina]

Is it time?

 

[LordCBH]

Concord. Pronouns: Was/Were

 

[FewRope]

LMAO WHAT THE FUCK IS HAPPENING

 

[Kurotri]

Holy shit man they managed to make an even bigger blunder than Redfall

 

[rodrigolfp]

Maybe I will try it when it's F2P.

 

[Mercador]

That was somewhat fast, didn't expect they drop it after few days. But even in P2P, I don't have any faith that this game can be redeemed.

 

[Jaybe]

Honestly, I'm now  incredibly interested in what changes they make before relaunching. Just a f2p pivot? A redo of the terrible character designs? Ass n titties skins?

Assuming they aren't already planning to kill it off down the line.

What are the odds that they simply close the studio down “after reflection on the market and reception” or something like that.

 

[64bitmodels]

Expected this, but the refund is actual good faith from Sony. Let's get more fun singleplayer next time

 

[xHunter]

It will be very interesting to see what happens to Fairgame$ next:

We're looking at another DOA Sony live service game.

Fairgames doesnt seem to have many competitors. The only one i can think of is Payday 3 and that one wasnt well received either.

 

[Draugoth]

The subreddit has collapsed:

 

[Alebrije]

Hope Hiroki Totoki is part of this, someone needs to control those two guys

 

[StereoVsn]

I wouldn't waste any time in turning this game into f2p, reputation is tainted, it will be long forgotten, Sony simply doesn't need it, it's just a botched gaas attempt.
The team should just be used to speed up development of other projects as a support team for now until they decide if it's the case to let them work on something completely different.

Anyone involved in decision making for this title and character design should be booted.

 

[iorek21]

Guys, that scam The Day Before had a longer lifetime than this.

Jesus.

 

[proandrad]

Anyone still wondering why Jim Ryan “stepped down.”

 

[simpatico]

We did it reddit!

 

[Braag]

I thought they would give it a year. Holy shit lol

 

[FeastYoEyes]

Geez that's rough

 

[Griffon]

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Obligatory gif

 

[jshackles]

The subreddit has collapsed:

Also completely locked for comments, and apparently 54 comments that were made before it was locked are already deleted.

 

[Agent_Nobody]

Wow

 

[Vick]

Spoiler

 

[DonkeyPunchJr]

What are the odds that they simply close the studio down “after reflection in the market and reception” or something like that.

Yeah it’s a sunk cost at this point. How much more money would you throw at this game trying to salvage it? If I were Sony I wouldn’t spend another penny on the game or this studio, just shut it down and consider it a loss.

 

[ResilientBanana]

Goodbye Firewalk, hopefully your coders and animators land on their feet. The rest are talentless freaks.

 

[StereoVsn]

It will be very interesting to see what happens to Fairgame$ next:

We're looking at another DOA Sony live service game.

Oh shit, the reveal went worse than Concord? If I was a Sony exec, I would be sharpening my pencils.

 

[VAVA Mk2]

Holy crap this was even worse than Redfall!

 

[rodrigolfp]

Old and Playstation did nothing like this. A gaming machine can't do this.

 

[GymWolf]

I love how the message start with "concord fans"

 

[Quantum253]

This has to be the fastest answer to a flop i've ever seen. For sure...right? like...omg

Unless they knew from the gate and this was being planned way long ago.

 

[Killjoy-NL]

Oh wow. Is it the first time such a thing happens?

Yes. At least when it comes to Sony, thats for sure.

 

[sainraja]

Holy shit man they managed to make an even bigger blunder than Redfall

I dunno... they're not hiding from the truth and they are facing it head-on, unlike Redfall but I suppose, that team was shut-down wasn't it? So, we have to at least wait to see if that happens with Firewalk, to call this a bigger blunder.

 

[Trogdor1123]

Holy smokes…. Is this totally unprecedented?

 

[MayauMiao]

It will be very interesting to see what happens to Fairgame$ next:

We're looking at another DOA Sony live service game.

It will be called Failgame

 

[Zacfoldor]

Holy SHIT!

I mean what else is there to even say.

Damn.

Are you winning sons?

I feel like we all flew too close to the sun, lol.

I feel like I just took the best shit of my life but somebody filmed it and now I gotta live with the worry.

 

[Hrk69]

News - Live - Concord is being taken offline on September 6, purchases refunded

what a shit show fuck them tho for chasing trends instead of making great games

www.neogaf.com

 

[Mikey Jr.]

1. Go f2p. Don't be stupid.

2. Rework characters. Don't have "fat woman with huge FUPA and jeans up to her tits." as characters. That's already a fail.

3. Increase player count or rework maps. Maps are really huge and the low player count makes them look empty.

4. Get rid of the pronoun shit. You wanna put that in the background lore, be my guest, but I really shouldn't need to know a robots pronouns lol.

 

[StereoVsn]

Holy shit man they managed to make an even bigger blunder than Redfall

Redfall, hell, Gollum beat them!