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[StreetsofBeige]

I think the issue is more that this didnt even reach over 5000ccu on Steam alone.

Snapshots above show it didnt even hit 2,000.

I checked Steamdb now. 10 people are playing. 24 hour peak is 20.

If FBC had a MP mode that has 12 players (like COD 6 vs 6), it wouldnt even fill a lobby.

 

[Branded]

Snapshots above show it didnt even hit 2,000.

I checked Steamdb now. 10 people are playing. 24 hour peak is 20.

If FBC had a MP mode that has 12 players (like COD 6 vs 6), it wouldnt even fill a lobby.

Yes that's what am saying. Even if it had 2000ccu at THIS POINT it would still be extremely sub par and an incredibly tough battle to regain players.

 

[Boss Mog]

Never even heard of this game. The art looks terrible. Not sure how they think they're gonna "build" on this.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

Never even heard of this game. The art looks terrible. Not sure how they think they're gonna "build" on this.

I dont think anyone heard about it. I think there was one trailer I barely remember. Next thing you know it's on GP and PS+ and only got 1M gamers to try it. Steam and console sales are probably in the 1,000s, not 100,000s or more.

 

[Arsic]

lol. Lmao even.

 

[Wildebeest]

Abiotic Factor did the thing people expected from them much better.

 

[Sgt.Asher]

It was bad, that's why.

 

[xanaum]

What the hell is FBC FIREBREAK? This Concord clone factory needs to stop.

 

[Omnipunctual Godot]

"Despite the rocky launch, we believe we have a solid game to build on"

looks at SteamDB current player count

15. Fifteen players are playing this game at the moment.

That is a... really solid game to waste money on. Oh, sorry, to "a solid game to build on".

I think most people don't even know it exists.

 

[diffusionx]

They should have made a mystery ghost hunt type co op game like that popular one, not some generic shooter with garbage shooting. Would've fit the setting much better and could deepen the lore.

 

[TerribleAtThisGame]

Remedy can't make a legitimately great gameplay loop to save their lives, I have no idea why they thought they could make some banger MP game. They can't get away with covering mediocre-at-best mechanics with flashy window dressing in that space and that's literally their entire brand.

 

[SHAKEZ]

Congratulations, you made a game no one expects or asked for from you.

 

[R6Rider]

One of those games that I saw and knew it would be dead at launch. It was boring after one minute of footage.

 

[Buggy Loop]

Why does this shit keep happening? Are big devs/publishers just that clueless about what their audience wants?

Maybe the genre is not saturated? Maybe we have a chance at Fortnite money/success??

Let's try like all the other ones

It'll be different than the other dead corpses

 

[BiohazardX95]

they expected sales after releasing it day 1 on ps plus and gamepass?

 

[simpatico]

No matter how good the gameplay is, when the character art is that bad, nobody wants to play it. You'd be better off with generic clothing or police uniforms. You can just tell the women who designed these characters dress like the driver from the Magic School Bus series.

 

[Dr. Wilkinson]

Never heard of it.

 

[anyasok]

Its fucking trash and waste of money so no surprise there

 

[semiconscious]

''i was unsatisfied with my house burning to the ground, but I now have a solid lot to build on...'

 

[MALpractice311]

Let's make an live service multiplayer spinoff of a mildly successful single player game! Surely nothing will go wrong!

 

[nemiroff]

I find it kinda funny that I can't recall ever hearing about this game before...

 

[kevboard]

it was both in PS+ and GamePass on launch... what did they expect to sell exactly?

 

[ClanOfNone]

Control is an interesting ip, I really enjoyed how the FBC is basically the SCP foundation, they should lean even more into that going forward.

This could've been a cool game, they should've had SCP-esque Mobil Task Force units that are designed to combat specific anomalous situations.

Instead they botched it so terribly that nobody played it, even when people could play it for "free" via GP or ps+.

 

[Famipan]

It probably needs to be F2P. I imagine many Remedy fans aren't subscribing to PS+.

But to my surprise I heard a co-worker who plays PS5 online with friends were pretty hyped about it.

For players who loves shooting and co-op online games, it's possible they will enjoy it