[Push Square via Sacred Symbols] PS5, PC Live Service Fairgames Is a 'Super Clunky' Cross Between Fortnite and The Division

Sony is in a pickle now.

Cancel the game now

Or

Issue refunds after release.

Personally I would like fellow Playstation players atleast get to try it before throwing it under the bus.
 
Wasn't this game supposed to be like Payday? I'm excited at the notion that it is not Payday, but there is a literal goldmine sitting there, given how badly Payday 3 performed
 
What if instead of wasting all this time on gaas Sony put out a VR game? Wtf are they doing? If they had supported 2 smaller studios in 2nd party deals they would have made way more head way.

It's embarrassing how often Sony drops peripherals but doubles down on gaas
 
After finishing TLOU II again in 5 years and reliving the gameplay, Factions was one of the worst cancellations they could have done. If they got it right it would be bigger than Helldivers and would still be played today.

The no return mode they added almost feels like remnants of what could have been. It's too bad they had the expecation of endless content. I wish it was just a one and done mode.

They really flubbed every release so far.
 
Cancelled ? what's next, Marathon ?
Can they even afford cancelling 3 games (Concord included) ?

Just the optics man...it'd look t-e-r-r-i-b-l-e.

Again, this whole GAAS initiative they took absolutely backfired in the worst possible way(s).
the conspiracy theory is that Sony is pushing marathon knowing it will flop in order to not pay the Bungie's executives.


in terms of optics... have you seen the narrative around Marathon? is referred as a Concord 2.0. the word Concord is even used as a verb.

Concord did massive damage to the brand. i bet they regret releasing that shit.
 
Good. The more live-service stuff fails the better. Suits in charge of GAAS initiatives simply don't understand any language other than the language of financial disasters.
 
We could really live in a blessed timeline where of 12 GAAS projects greenlighted by Sony, just Helldivers somehow worked out and not in a way Sony would have liked. Too bad this craziness fucked an entire Playstation generation, but if it worked would have been even worse.
 
Good, we got cheated out of what should've been a great gen on a really great console because Sony went on a paper chase instead of doing what they do best.
 
Good, we got cheated out of what should've been a great gen on a really great console because Sony went on a paper chase instead of doing what they do best.

The number must go up, and it never goes up fast enough. They saw Forknife come out and print money and immediately said "fuck we need 7-8 of those."
 
It's wild how someone can start a studio, employ hundreds of people, sell it for a fortune and when things look bad say "well, I'm out" and just walk away before the game is even out.
It's up to her prospective new employer to take that into account, I wonder what spin she will put on it.
 
She was fired
Ken Jeong GIF by The Masked Singer
 
I hate gaas games and despite the people are veterans etc etc I just blame sony buying pointless studios that hasn't made one single game and during that time the studio will end up closing. Still till this day I think bungie buyout was a waste of money
 
I cannot believe Sony wasted billions of dollars on this, including the disastrous price they paid for Bungie. I just don't get how so many executives can be so stupid, I don't understand what is it they saw in Concord and FairGame$
 
It's hilarious how clueless Sony leadership is regarding this stuff.
They bought both Heaven and Firesprite after apparently being so impressed by what they had seen behind the scenes that they just needed to secure these studios.
Now it's looking more and more likely that both these games that apparently blew away the higher ups at Sony were obvious turds lol.

I half believe the internal meetings were something like:
1SXp8xQ.jpeg
 
Last edited:
It's hilarious how clueless Sony leadership is regarding this stuff.
They bought both Heaven and Firesprite after apparently being so impressed by what they had seen behind the scenes that they just needed to secure these studios.
Now it's looking more and more likely that both these games that apparently blew away the higher ups at Sony were obvious turds lol.

I half believe the internal meetings were something like:
1SXp8xQ.jpeg
A game that can make money like the other SUPER Successful game? Take my money random studio, also tell all our other studio to make the very same game!
 
Last edited:
It's wild how someone can start a studio, employ hundreds of people, sell it for a fortune and when things look bad say "well, I'm out" and just walk away before the game is even out.
well, when your options are either do this or actually somehow create a fortnite killer, i can see where someone would choose this one. the other option'd require way too much effort, not to mention a huge dose of pure luck...
 
PlayStation is in big, big trouble if none of these live service games hit big. 300 million dollar single player games that struggle to sell 10 million can't sustain the business.

They might get out of game dev all together if they can't find their cash cow. It's either that, or Spider-Man on Xbox, Switch and PC day and date. Those are the options.
 
Last edited:
Omg this just sounds completely awful. Would have been another, (somehow worse?) Concord. 💯 % will be, if they go through with launching it because it's "too late to not put it out". Whatever that even means. Normally that conversation shouldn't exist if your management structure isn't terrible. Right?! 🤷‍♂️

And we already have that with Marathon, so that would be THREE massive, embarrassing commercial flops in a row. No matter what they do with Marathon, they're screwed. But they would be less screwed if they just took the egg on the face and canceled it or indefinitely delayed it.

Like, honestly, I respected the hell out of PS first-party during the PS3 and PS4 era. They were cranking, they were on fire 🔥.

What the fuck happened??? What is going on??? Sony fanboys/girls, someone explain this to me.
 
Last edited:
Sounds awful, The Division is all about teaming up and gear up for maximum DPS against AI bullet sponges, Fortnite is or was a kind of fast paced BR game

The game had it hard already with its ugly af art style, but this just adds another nail in the coffin...
 
So satisfying to watch Sony's whale hunting plans go down the drain!

I guess it's karma for closing nearly all the AA studios.
Yes great to watch people more people lose their jobs. Hey that's karma for you punish the random devs that'll teach Sony. While they make record revenue and the first game company to reach 30 billion.
 
Never buy a product for what it might be, including studios. I don't get why they went ahead and bought all these studios before they had ever delivered anything.
 
Sony keeps throwing money away.
Don't worry. they can still increase consoles prices everywhere (bar USA obviously).

Omg this just sounds completely awful. Would have been another, (somehow worse?) Concord. 💯 % will be, if they go through with launching it because it's "too late to not put it out". Whatever that even means. Normally that conversation shouldn't exist if your management structure isn't terrible. Right?! 🤷‍♂️
And we already have that with Marathon, so that would be THREE massive, embarrassing commercial flops in a row. No matter what they do with Marathon, they're screwed. But they would be less screwed if they just took the egg on the face and canceled it or indefinitely delayed it.
Like, honestly, I respected the hell out of PS first-party during the PS3 and PS4 era. They were cranking, they were on fire 🔥.

What the fuck happened??? What is going on??? Sony fanboys/girls, someone explain this to me.
Jim Ryan happened.
 
Last edited:
They still got time to tighten things up. Isn't that what these play tests are for? A mix between Fortnite and the Division sounds very interesting, but it seems like no matter what game Sony puts out, its going to get irrational hate no matter what. Even the sequel to Returnal has people saying its just going to " be more of the same".


They just need to make sure to nail the gameplay loop. If its fun, the gamers will come...

Im Ready Lets Go GIF by Leroy Patterson
Who's complaining about the Returnal sequel? If anything taking the Hades Approach takes away the big complaints people had about that game. I know I'm in Day 1
 
Cancelled ? what's next, Marathon ?
Can they even afford cancelling 3 games (Concord included) ?

Just the optics man...it'd look t-e-r-r-i-b-l-e.

Again, this whole GAAS initiative they took absolutely backfired in the worst possible way(s).
Nothing wrong with GAAS, but there's an ideological angle to Sony productions which makes them unpalatable to general audiences, but many of their creatives would rather have Sony die than add the necessary waifus.
 
Man I love these huge profile failures - Concord, Marathon, TLoU online, Fairgames

Because they will become like an electric shock collar for publishers, and the offence that gives them a shock is footing the bill for retarded games
 
Last edited:
I hate gaas games and despite the people are veterans etc etc I just blame sony buying pointless studios that hasn't made one single game and during that time the studio will end up closing. Still till this day I think bungie buyout was a waste of money

It was a scam selling it for this kinda money.
 
Just imagine putting all this GAAS money into IPs like Jak and Daxter, Getaway, Sly Cooper, SOCOM or you know.. New IPs in Single player format… Heck even Syphon Filter and expanding Bend Studio.

This generation has been absolutely bunkers, just wasted years chasing the bloody Live Service cash cow
 
Last edited:
Top Bottom