Doczu
Member
Don't worry, the pendulum is swinging back. In a short time you'll be able to barge in door slammed open, call something woke, never elaborate and leave.
And they will take it with tears streaming down their cheeks.
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Concord real open beta is live
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And they will take it with tears streaming down their cheeks.
Doczu
Member
No. Stop it with the corporate apologism. Let them stsrt listening to people, not trends or dei development.
Fuck them pronouns.
Saiyan-Rox
Member
That is true and the writing was on the wall with suicide squad. Everyone knew it was going to bomb.
The developers had too know.
The shareholders had too know.
So this is probably the same.
winjer
Member
During the next Quarter Financial results, chances are Sony will say the game underperformed. And that's it.
I doubt we'll ever know how bad the real numbers really are.
And considering the type of people leading this studio, something tells me they will blame gamers for this failure.
I doubt we'll ever know how bad the real numbers really are.
And considering the type of people leading this studio, something tells me they will blame gamers for this failure.
FunkMiller
Member
That doesn't seem good. Is that not good? That doesn't seem good.
Edit: not sure my sarcasm levels were quite enough on this post
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winjer
Member
Even for a single player, indie game, those numbers would not be good.
But for a AAA game published by a big company like Sony, played online, with GaaS mechanics, this is terrible.
And mind you, these numbers are during an open beta, when anyone can play it for free.
People don't even want to try this game for free. Let alone pay for it.
And it's not like this is a month packed with a ton of amazing games.
We are in a bit of a drought, and still, most people don't care to play Concord.
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DenchDeckard
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It is shockingly bad.
Killjoy-NL
Member
Nah, I'm not on the pendulum.Don't worry, the pendulum is swinging back. In a short time you'll be able to barge in door slammed open, call something woke, never elaborate and leave.
And they will take it with tears streaming down their cheeks.
I'm in the middle looking at how retarded both sides are.
tommib
Gold Member
That barely works:
Tiago Rodrigues
Member
Yeah 2000 people on an open beta in a huge game like this is an incredible flop, no way around it.
PeteBull
Member
U can feel bad for the devs at the bottom, and wish them finding better paying job next time, but fk studios head and ppl who decided to make that game, let them suffer
dreamstation
Member
This ^
Also lol @ the fucking corporate apologism wtf are you smoking bro. Dude, IT'S A GAME
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PeteBull
Member
Huge bomba and massive layoffs/studio clousure
What does it mean for the game?
Interfectum
Member
GymWolf
Gold Member
Is google now owned by netflix?That barely works:
Tiago Rodrigues
Member
As i said in a different topic...it's weird that so many people is rooting for a game to flop. A game developed by a new studio that could potentially close them and another wave of layoffs could happen as well.
Like...imagine refreshing Steam over and over and celebrating a game failing in front of you lmao.
STARSBarry
Gold Member
To put it into perspective here's what closed beta numbers on PC look like normally for none free 2 play Sci fi shooters.
So the open beta hitting those is well...
Should of made it a horde shooter.
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PeteBull
Member
We want resourses to be used for good games, not this shit, we wish no harm to bottom dwelling devs, we actually wish they find better jobs in future.
Competition will sort this sad excuse of a game out fairy quickly
tommib
Gold Member
genesisblock
Member
Gonna try it when I get home tonight. I'm so damn curious of how bad it's gonna be.
Kokoloko85
Member
Typical mental illness of modern “fans”. The amount of people focus on seeing something fail is weird
Angry_Megalodon
Member
A new studio that makes a game with zero regard for its potential audience has no place in the market and people will legitimately root for its demise. The pity card doesn't apply when creators don't put players at the forefront of their concerns.
DenchDeckard
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Welcome to Starfield, Forza and hellblade 2 threads on here. .
Edit, no need to bring negativity.
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Killjoy-NL
Member
People are just mad Sony seeking to add Gaas to their portfolio.
That's really the bottom-line.
PeteBull
Member
Many more differences vs concord, testosterone pours from that game like from early gears series, u dont get green they/them or whatever pronouns main characters but pure fun and violence, top priority wasnt put on pushing woke agenda and u can feel it right awayTo put it into perspective here's what closed beta numbers on PC look like normally for none free 2 play Sci fi shooters.
So the open beta hitting those is well...
Should of made it a horde shooter.
Kokoloko85
Member
What part did they have zero regard for?
They’ve made a game, Im playing it now. Its pretty decent.
STARSBarry
Gold Member
Not really I think it's more the type of GaaS this is, I know not every game has to be for everyone but for example remember the reaction to Overwatch 2 when they revealed the PvE mode was being removed?
How a majority of interest in that game just evaporated, that's because people who enjoy hero shooters are already playing hero shooters, everyone else was done, they where looking for something else to play with friends.
Essentially if sony had created some Sci-Fi class based Payday style hiest coop shooter, I think people would be all over this shit even if the more woke aspects irritated them. I think it's more a combination of a push towards a niche demographic mixed with anouther competitive shooter In an oversaturated market.
People say Helldivers 2 success is surprising, but really it was just the type of game people where looking for.
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Tiago Rodrigues
Member
I can imagine after Gran Turismo 7, MLB and Helldivers 2 they must be rooting for something from them to fail. I guess this could be it.
vaibhavpisal
Member
To put it into perspective here's what closed beta numbers on PC look like normally for none free 2 play Sci fi shooters.
So the open beta hitting those is well...
Should of made it a horde shooter.
0 doesn’t sound all that great.
Concord at least have 1600.
So this game is not gonna bomb at all. Which is what I am hoping.
Killjoy-NL
Member
Not saying those reasons don't count, but the general narrative is "lolz quit Gaas, go singleplayer".
But yh, going Woke was a dumb decision that is clearly going to cost them, on top of entering a competitive scene (although I stand by what I said in that it's less competitive on Playstation consoles).
They really need to rethink the direction they're going to take, because the gameplay itself is great.
STARSBarry
Gold Member
It's the peak you need to be looking at further down, it's a closed beta client so hasn't been accessible for years.
The current full darktide client is around 5k today and 107k peak. Which is not great, however I'm pointing out is had a wildly more successful closed beta vs concords open, and that's normal numbers, not whatever the hell concords pulling.
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DavidGzz
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Woosh
STARSBarry
Gold Member
Honestly a sony style Guardians/Mass Effect singleplayer style title would be pretty cool.
So I can tottaly see that being a thing too. But for me it's certainly a combination of all the forced diversity + apathy to these constant small team competitive games that release every month, hell I even bailed on Gundam Evolution day 1, and I love that Franchise, because it was just more or the same.
Madflavor
Gold Member
Let me put it this way. The devs know they're currently working on a dead on arrival game. They'll sleeping in their offices, as video game developers do, and work 80 hour work weeks until release date, knowing they're working on a game that couldn't muster more than 3k players in it's beta launch.
If the game plays good, runs well, and is free to play in it's beta, then why is it doing poorly? I think it's a combination of people being tired of the Hero Shooter genre, and the game being full of woke nonsense. Concord is 8 - 10 years too late, and the characters look like fucking shit. But meanwhile you've got a game like The First Descendant, that's also free to play, and also doesn't do anything remarkable or new in the looter shooter genre, but it's doing big numbers. I think having attractive characters and cooler visuals probably has something to do with that. It's not the entire reason, but who the fuck wants to play as Pronoun Patty?
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StereoVsn
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StereoVsn
Member
People were fine with Helldivers 2. It was also $40 and GaaS.
STARSBarry
Gold Member
Hey, am I not allowed to be autistic on the Internet anymore?
Tiago Rodrigues
Member
huh? Before release? Every single topic on that game was negative:
"This looks boring as fuck", "This trailer sucks", "This looks cringe", etc...let's not re-write history. People were mad Sony was about to release a live service game with that one as well. Go and check every single topic on that game before release. The general public was interested in it after release but it was a sudden success like Palworld (to a lesser extend).
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TrebleShot
Member
I tried it last night again, well, the week didnt help.
The initial shine has gone and the game feels like its a decade old at this point.
I have no desire to go back in.
Way too many weird systems for levelling, rewards and the crew system is barely worth it.
Oh well.
The initial shine has gone and the game feels like its a decade old at this point.
I have no desire to go back in.
Way too many weird systems for levelling, rewards and the crew system is barely worth it.
Oh well.
Killjoy-NL
Member
Because it was something different.
Concord already lost by having a Woke roster of characters. And being a hero shooter, it's basically the perfect storm.
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Tbh, in terms of polish and quality, Concord>>>>>>HD2
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Kokoloko85
Member
Yes. I see some of the same people hated on Helldivers 2. Mostly PS fans who hate the word gaas. I wish the word didnt exist and people just use MP
Luipadre
Member
Play marvels guardians of the galaxy. Thats basically that
BlackTron
Member
Helldivers 2 is a co-op game about space bugs that you can in fact play alone, even if ill-advised. Kinda a different thing than yet another comp shooter. Despite being technically GAAS it wasn't checking the typical GAAS checkboxes that make them feel like a genre. It differentiated itself filling a need basically being a couch co-op game that worked using servers.
GHG
Gold Member
Saw this before your edit. You're a moron, this game is shit and I've said so since the very first time we saw it. The Steam player numbers and eventual steam review scores will 100% reflect that.
The problem is that you have a blind spot and can't seem to call out shit or subpar products when it comes to a certain corporation. Crap products get an adequate response from the gaming community, get used to it.
Keep chugging.
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dreamstation
Member
Love HD2 but they seem to introduce new crashes and bugs every update. So yes not real polished tbh.