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[Draugoth]

A vertiginous drop in the number of players and long waiting times.

via Eurogamer​

The reduction in the number of players has resulted in excessively long waiting times for matches to be created, with reports of players waiting up to 8 minutes to find a match, only to be disconnected afterwards.

In addition to the problems with the number of players, Concord's popularity on the PlayStation Network has also dropped dramatically. According to the True Trophies website, the game ranked only 147th in its popularity table, which is based on a representative sample of 3.1 million active PlayStation Network accounts.

The release of Concord marks Firewalk Studios' debut with a major title for PlayStation 5. However, the rapid decline in the number of players and persistent matchmaking problems suggest that the studio will face major problems in regaining user interest and consolidating a consistent player base.

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[Salz01]

You don’t say….

 

[FoxMcChief]

 

[joeygreco1985]

Is there no cross-play with the PS5 version?

 

[HogIsland]

1. remove psn sign-in
2. fix steamos support
3. free to play

 

[Holammer]

Let's see how they tackle it, more sponsored videos from streaming personalities not afraid to take a big gulp out of the poison chalice, like Muselk.
Celebrity endorsements maybe?

Is there no cross-play with the PS5 version?

There is, game requires PSN login, which no doubt contributed to the failure. Considering the violent rejection of PSN for Helldivers 2.

 

[FoxMcChief]

Is there no cross-play with the PS5 version?

When no one is playing on either, there’s no one to cross-play with.

 

[SlimySnake]

Do the right thing and refund everyone. Its not like it sold hundreds of thousands of copies. It's probably tens of thousands at best across both platforms. maybe fewer than 50k. Just take the hit and earn some trust back, and maybe some good press.

You cannot sell someone a mp only game that is virtually unplayable a week in.

 

[AyraSutoraifu]

 

[RoboFu]

Well yeah Sonys employees only play during work hours.

 

[The Cockatrice]

Make it F2P and fire Herman Hulst.

 

[Punished Miku]

We really don't need another thread for this. We have a thread specifically about low player numbers.

 

[iorek21]

Imagine if they begin to refund everyone lol

Biggest testament of failure ever

 

[Draugoth]

We really don't need another thread for this. We have a thread specifically about low player numbers.

I will ask the mods to merge it then.

 

[diffusionx]

We really don't need another thread for this. We have a thread specifically about low player numbers.

Every Concord thread since the beta has been about low player numbers.

 

[Plague Doctor]

I will remember you...... will you remember me....

I would say this is beating a dead horse but that horse has more life than the concurrent player count.

So.... have at.

 

[Killjoy-NL]

What's funny is that in the official discord, people are scratching their heads as to why matchmaking is taking so long.
If you point out why, they get mad.

 

[FoxMcChief]

I will remember you...... will you remember me....

 

[fart town usa]

 

[Diddy X]

 

[CrippledGod]

Should someone tell them?

 

[Holammer]

Do the right thing and refund everyone. Its not like it sold hundreds of thousands of copies. It's probably tens of thousands at best across both platforms. maybe fewer than 50k. Just take the hit and earn some trust back, and maybe some good press.

You cannot sell someone a mp only game that is virtually unplayable a week in.

Kinda embarrassing they never realized what super turd they had on their hands. Sega wisely pulled the plug on Hyenas after initial impressions.

 

[Flabagast]

Very good news. Lmao the poor joes who caved in only to be unavailable to properly play the game just one week after release. It must be unprecedented no ?

I hope Sony will feel the heat big time

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

Do the right thing and refund everyone. Its not like it sold hundreds of thousands of copies. It's probably tens of thousands at best across both platforms. maybe fewer than 50k. Just take the hit and earn some trust back, and maybe some good press.

You cannot sell someone a mp only game that is virtually unplayable a week in.

Make it f2p with characters that cost money

No need to refund anyone that buys it

 

[LordCBH]

The world saw the writing on the wall months ago. Baffling that Sony didn’t.

 

[Shubh_C63]

Concord is a great place to meet Sony developers.

 

[Paasei]

It’s not like they weren’t warned since the beta period. No idea why people still bought this. Maybe so they could play with various developers from other studios? They seem to have a blast with it according to Twitter.

 

[Bumblebeetuna]

Beyond stupid that Sony didn’t make it F2P

 

[Plague Doctor]

It would be such a fucking flex, almost a Joker-esque (redemption?) arc if they went f2p and then made brand new and cool characters but charged for them indivudally.

Get the shit looking ones for free but fuck you, pay us for the cool ones.

Don't think it would be successful but would laugh at that plot twist.

 

[Hrk69]

 

[Killjoy-NL]

It would be such a fucking flex, almost a Joker-esque (redemption?) arc if they went f2p and then made brand new and cool characters but charged for them indivudally.

Get the shit looking ones for free but fuck you, pay us for the cool ones.

They should give a cool looking character skin for each character for free and do a soft-relaunch.

 

[DryvBy]

Do the right thing and refund everyone. Its not like it sold hundreds of thousands of copies. It's probably tens of thousands at best across both platforms. maybe fewer than 50k. Just take the hit and earn some trust back, and maybe some good press.

You cannot sell someone a mp only game that is virtually unplayable a week in.

That's happened to me multiple times. Wasted my money and time.

 

[winjer]

Not even a week has passed and it's already a walking corpse.

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

I will remember you...... will you remember me....

I would say this is beating a dead horse but that horse has more life than the concurrent player count.

So.... have at.

And I’ll remember

The pronouns you gave me

Now that I’m playing on my own

And I’ll remember

The way that you woke me

I’ll remember…

 

[reinking]

Make it f2p with characters that cost money

No need to refund anyone that buys it

I don't know if F2P is going to save this one.

 

[Jaybe]

It would be such a fucking flex, almost a Joker-esque (redemption?) arc if they went f2p and then made brand new and cool characters but charged for them indivudally.

Get the shit looking ones for free but fuck you, pay us for the cool ones.

Don't think it would be successful but would laugh at that plot twist.

Should have made a character creator. Ship has sailed to turnaround this game though. I’m surprised they haven’t given a Steam copy to every Sony employee as a perk lol.

 

[HL3.exe]

and the biggest wet fart of 2024 goes too.....

Actually a tough category this year, with Suicide Squid and Skull & Bones in the race.

 

[NickFire]

They should print a code for this game inside the box of every 30 pack of Bud Light and tap into the Power of Many.

 

[Hookshot]

Tempted to buy the controller and keep it in box, so in 20 years I can sell it to some Playstation collector.

 

[Hayabusabruh]

They shouldn't have problems finding other players since each one of them is a they/them. They can just match against THEMselves.

 

[Saber]

Concord woke players have difficulty find other woke players like them to play, shocker. At least they got the pronoums right, thats whats matter besides "fuck gamerz!1!".

Maybe the developers can help them with that, though they would rather scream and namecalling gamers than actually playing the game.

 

[Fake]

There is no such thing as Concord players.

 

[gundalf]

I would have thought that so much reporting would have some sort of reverse Streisand effect but nothing, nada, wild how nobody wants to touch the game.

 

[Killjoy-NL]

There is no such thing as Concord players.

There was, but rn average queue time on PS5 is ~2min.

That's the limit for me. I was fine with 20-30 seconds average, but it's time to move on until something drastically changes that draws people in.

 

[Punished Miku]

I would have thought that so much reporting would have some sort of reverse Streisand effect but nothing, nada, wild how nobody wants to touch the game.

Sony knows all about Morbius and Madame Web meme rebounds too.

 

[BennyBlanco]

Would love to be a fly on the wall at Firewalk staff meetings this week. Gotta be full blown panic over there.

 

[intbal]

1. remove psn sign-in
2. fix steamos support
3. free to play

4. replace all the characters with generic bald space marines

 

[SmokedMeat]

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Is this a Concord screenshot or a character in a new Star Wars game? I can’t tell.

 

[Rocco Schiavone]

I have no idea which is stupider. To think the game would be good or to think there will be enough players who will buy this crap.

 

[GymWolf]