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[Holammer]

Was listening to the Easy Allies podcast today. To my surprise thy spoke very highly about the game and how much fun it is. Cannot help to think that they got some money from Sony as also other outlets to make some promotion for the game.

Sure it might be great and only not enough people bought it, but the huge drops in the player count paint another picture.

You know the Ferengi rules of acquisition, #33. 'It never hurts to suck up to the boss'. If they go hard on Concord's problems they might be stonewalled by Sony in the future.

 

[Pidull]

Only people playing it at this point are the trophy hunters trying to get a platinum trophy before it shuts down.

 

[Cyberpunkd]

If they go hard on Concord's problems they might be stonewalled by Sony in the future.

This is why gaming media is a joke. At this point the Guardian or other mainstream newspaper is probably the best place to look for reviews.

 

[DenchDeckard]

Oppoi we gotta decide if the bet is null and void if this game gets shut down.

I think I still win if the game collapses. Lol

 

[ArtHands]

The twitter account finally tweeted something !!

 

[Robb]

Can't believe these were all this year..

 

[GymWolf]

Edit

 

[Plague Doctor]

The twitter account finally tweeted something !!

Why tweet this? Just DM the 43 people.

 

[GymWolf]

Can't believe these were all this year..

Holy shit this is gold

 

[Gaiff]

Concord will be the first single player hero shooter in history.

 

[Quezacolt]

Can't believe these were all this year..

Meme of the year. Jesus, i laughed so much at this xD

 

[Nonehxc]

I think there are more people in the world running OG Halo on OG Xbox on LAN than people playing Concord.

Fuck, I bet there are more people playing Bomberman on Multitap right now than Concord.

 

[Oppoi]

Oppoi we gotta decide if the bet is null and void if this game gets shut down.

I think I still win if the game collapses. Lol

Think again amigo I never supported this game. But if it's shut down the bets off. I think it's completely up in the air regarding PS+ by the way.

 

[GymWolf]

I'm pretty positive that this is the biggest flop ever. I think ET has always been known as the biggest flop before this and that was 42 years ago

Pretty impressive feat by Concord.

People hated this woke shit even back in the days

 

[sainraja]

Not really, if the actual gameplay was decent and fun then the people who are able to look past the wokeness would be sticking around and even recommending it to friends.

That's clearly not happening.

The game certainly has its flaws and entered a genre where there are "many" other popular games. So, gameplay being fun isn't enough when everything else is off, specially when people have other options. It's a competitive space. I don't think you need to look for any other reasons. I personally think the maps are fun - I only dabble for a little bit when looking for something different, with these types of games so maybe that is why but regardless, you are inserting a little bit of your subjective opinion here. You can try arguing you are the majority but I feel like the other reasons are bigger as to why the game is not doing well.

Given the type of game they were making, they should have tried to offer something that would have made it unique. It wasn't enough to just be a game like Overwatch/Valorant with a different theme. It tries doing a few things different with its gameplay but not enough to differentiate it. So, I think that is more likely the reason then what you are trying to present it as, but in the end, that doesn't matter much as the game isn't doing well.

So, in conclusion, you can keep saying B, while some others say A.

 

[FoxMcChief]

People hated this woke shit even back in the days

 

[DragonNCM]

The twitter account finally tweeted something !!

Better stay offline....FOREVER...at least they will cut server costs to run this game.

 

[ssringo]

The twitter account finally tweeted something !!

It'd be amazing if the servers come back up and nobody logs back on again.

 

[Dazraell]

Meanwhile Quidditch Champions has over 5,5k concurrent players. Not sure who will scream louder, Concord devs or Era...

 

[Xyphie]

I think we'll see one of those apology image posts this week with a full refund / F2P announcement. With <50 players the game is probably unplayable in some territories at this point.

wellthereitis.gif

 

[Griffon]

Better stay offline....FOREVER...at least they will cut server costs to run this game.

Holy shit it seems they agreed on that.

 

[Interfectum]

I would not be surprised if Sony pulls the game and issues refunds at this point. It's over.

Called it!

 

[DonkeyPunchJr]

Is it a coincidence that they made this announcement during the 1 hour maintenance?

 

[simpatico]

I think there will be another viral 5v5 hero shooter IP before it's all said and done. Saying it's a dead genre completely lets Sony off the hook. I do not believe we've seen the last of that genre. They just did a piss poor job at making an appealing one.

 

[Holammer]

How about this?

Robert Picardo is team Would.

 

[Xyphie]

I think there will be another viral 5v5 hero shooter IP before it's all said and done. Saying it's a dead genre completely lets Sony off the hook. I do not believe we've seen the last of that genre. They just did a piss poor job at making an appealing one.

It's already here.

 

[simpatico]

Only 1 person has the platinum. Wonder if we will see a rush in the next couple days.

 

[dottme]

So refund are going out. It's officially dead.
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An important update on Concord

Concord fans -- we’ve been listening closely to your feedback since the launch of Concord on PlayStation 5 and PC and want to thank everyone who has joined the journey aboard the Northstar. Your support and the passionate community that has grown around the game has meant the world to us...

blog.playstation.com

 

[Timberwolf25]

So refund are going out. It's officially dead.
Add link

An important update on Concord

Concord fans -- we’ve been listening closely to your feedback since the launch of Concord on PlayStation 5 and PC and want to thank everyone who has joined the journey aboard the Northstar. Your support and the passionate community that has grown around the game has meant the world to us...

blog.playstation.com

I didn't even get to play my Final Countdown vid
Screw it...I'm playing it

 

[YCoCg]

Gotta hand it to Sony though they saw the numbers and didn't pretend it's going great.

 

[RoboFu]

I mean Sony hired some people who HATE EVERYONE to make a high budget MASS MARKET game.

I am sure there were signs before this all began.. I just dont know where...

 

[N30RYU]

 

[adamsapple]

See you all in the Fairgames$ thread.

 

[dottme]

Gotta hand it to Sony though they saw the numbers and didn't pretend it's going great.

Agree with this. I also hope we will see some sort of post mortem on this game.

 

[dottme]

The guy working on this:


Edit. Oops. Already posted

 

[Unknown Soldier]

Meanwhile Quidditch Champions has over 5,5k concurrent players. Not sure who will scream louder, Concord devs or Era...

I remain baffled at the decision to make this game B2P instead of F2P

It's a fun game, reminded me of Rocket League a bit in the early multiplayer tests. But they are fucking crazy trying to charge for it up front

 

[SNPlayen]

We did it boys we killed it (by not playing)

 

[Barakov]

I remain baffled at the decision to make this game B2P instead of F2P

It's a fun game, reminded me of Rocket League a bit in the early multiplayer tests. But they are fucking crazy trying to charge for it up front

It's Harry Potter so they can probably get away with it.

 

[diffusionx]

I wonder how the trophy hunters who bought the game feel right now.

 

[kevboard]

I wonder how the trophy hunters who bought the game feel right now.

probably:

free platinum!

 

[xVodevil]

I mean going from all of 'ya boycott that thing.. that Harry Potter game to this in just little more than a year counts as glorious isn't it?

 

[SatansReverence]

Big question now is what comes first? Zero CCU or @Ass of Can Whooping ban expires?

 

[Kindjal]

probably:

free platinum!

Can you get the platinum if you can't match with anyone? Lol.

 

[CityHunter1981]

If they say they can explore new possibilities, I think they mean the employeess can explore new job possibilities.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

Down to 55 on steam now.

I'm wondering if Dustborn will surpass Concord before server shutdown. It might happen.

 

[John Marston]

Down to 55 on steam now.

I'm wondering if Dustborn will surpass Concord before server shutdown. It might happen.

At this point it's the Misery Olympics

 

[ArtHands]

Can't believe these were all this year..

There are more people responding to your post than people playing Concord

 

[skit_data]

Reasonable take:

 

[ArtHands]

Its going to end up as a rare lost media soon

 

[StreetsofBeige]

SteamDB. Concord 41. Dustborn 19.