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[Banjo64]

At the very least I can increase the number of positive reviews

List your pronouns in the reviews so we know it's you.

 

[simpatico]

For 8 years, a bunch of people have been walking around with this game in their heads. Talking about it with friends and family for 8 Thanksgivings. Hell this might have begun in the Obama administration depending on when they start counting. Imagining what they expected to be some huge response. Internally I bet it played well. Mechanically the game looks fine, so if you have a bias to loving the characters, I bet they thought they were going viral for good reasons. Confident even. "This is what the people want. These characters will be cosplayed for decades." Maybe it was just bad wording, but I read in one article that they built Firewalk a brand new office. I mean the cost for Sony having bought the studio and then paid for the rest of the development must be massive. They won't even recoup the launch advertising budget. Let alone the dev budget and what they paid for the studio itself. At least they can sell the building I guess. Do you keep the studio open? If so, is it awkward at Christmas parties? If Sony decides to cut the snack budget for first party studios to save money, everyone is gonna be looking at them with the side eye.

 

[BennyBlanco]

 

[FoxMcChief]

Couldn't beat Hellblade 2's numbers on launch day.

Or review score either.

 

[adamsapple]

At the very least I can increase the number of positive reviews

b-b-b-b-bomba.

 

[Banjo64]

If Sony don't fire this studio out of a cannon and publicly humiliate them then the Sony we all fell in love with for making Kratos fuelled sex games is well and truly dead.

 

[FIREKNIGHT2029]

First 10 minutes of the PS5 Pro Showcase will be a cute CGI storyline and Pro enhancements for this game

Oh god, nooooo!

 

[Mr Moose]

Get Skull & Bones for 60% off!

Ubisoft going in for the kill, stealing all their players.

 

[FoxMcChief]

I mean, there's no way Sony still makes the videos for this game, right? Right!?

 

[Madflavor]

One of the biggest bombs of all time. WTF were they thinking with those character designs?

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

Omg it's going down already!

And still dropping from 697 to 628

 

[DonkeyPunchJr]

Couldn't beat Hellblade 2's numbers on launch day.

It barely reached like 1/7 of Hellblade 2's launch numbers. It did even worse than LotR Gollum (758)

 

[Fake]

 

[Bernardougf]

Reviews don't really matter for a GaaS, but knowing how much importance Sony gives to media bullshitters, this is a spit in their face. There's no redemption arc for this one.

Accounting at least +2 bonus points for "the message" its a mess

 

[FoxMcChief]

And still dropping from 697 to 628

 

[Rocco Schiavone]

Peaked about 30 minutes ago at 697 and has been losing players since

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

One of the biggest bombs of all time. WTF were they thinking with those character designs?

 

[Bernardougf]

8 years well spent

This fat people take time to draw son!

 

[Topher]

It barely reached like 1/7 of Hellblade 2's launch numbers. It did even worse than LotR Gollum (758)

gotdangit......mods need to unban Men_in_Boxes . He has got to have hurricane levels of spin ready to be unleashed.

 

[semiconscious]

https://steamdb.info/app/2443720/charts/

650 people in game.


8 years.

the hard data: firewall has 150+ employees. so that's roughly 4+ players/employee...

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

gotdangit......mods need to unban Men_in_Boxes . He has got to have hurricane levels of spin ready to be unleashed.

Oh you know him right now

 

[Bernardougf]

If Sony don't fire this studio out of a cannon and publicly humiliate them then the Sony we all fell in love with for making Kratos fuelled sex games is well and truly dead.

I think this sony definitely is dead. Maybe it can reborn in the future.. right now is going to be californian rainbow time for some time. Unfortunately.

 

[FoxMcChief]

Concord lost 10% of its CCU in a span of an hour.

Wait…..

When did this launch? Maybe the drop off is due to Steam refunds.

 

[DonkeyPunchJr]

gotdangit......mods need to unban Men_in_Boxes . He has got to have hurricane levels of spin ready to be unleashed.

aw man I didn't realize he was banned.

Last time I talked to him, he told me that Team Fortress 2 also had ugly character designs and yet it was a big success. Therefore the ugly characters in Concord must not be what's turning people off of the game.

 

[BennyBlanco]

For 8 years, a bunch of people have been walking around with this game in their heads. Talking about it with friends and family for 8 Thanksgivings. Hell this might have begun in the Obama administration depending on when they start counting. Imagining what they expected to be some huge response. Internally I bet it played well. Mechanically the game looks fine, so if you have a bias to loving the characters, I bet they thought they were going viral for good reasons. Confident even. "This is what the people want. These characters will be cosplayed for decades." Maybe it was just bad wording, but I read in one article that they built Firewalk a brand new office. I mean the cost for Sony having bought the studio and then paid for the rest of the development must be massive. They won't even recoup the launch advertising budget. Let alone the dev budget and what they paid for the studio itself. At least they can sell the building I guess. Do you keep the studio open? If so, is it awkward at Christmas parties? If Sony decides to cut the snack budget for first party studios to save money, everyone is gonna be looking at them with the side eye.

I really thought they would delay it til next year and rework it as a f2p game after the beta garnered no interest. Everyone working on this game and all their bosses knew this was gonna flop after the beta, yet still pushed this out. To what end? A giant tax write off?

We'll see what lessons they learned here when Fairgame$ comes around which seems to be Payday for modern audiences.

 

[GHG]

Megaflop! Sony definitely needs to release AstroBot and do that PS5 Pro Showcase. This is some Xbox-tier Phil Spencer level of failure

The difference is, Phil would be proud of this. That man shamelessly wears his failures on his sleeve.






If Hulst dares do the same I'll call for sea levels to rise just enough to sink Amsterdam.

 

[DenchDeckard]

I bet every one of the devs are playing it too.

 

[Revolutionary]

With tags like these, how could it fail?

 

[FoxMcChief]

I bet every one of the devs are playing it too.

The Professor said they all had to play as part of their homework.

 

[semiconscious]

I bet every one of the devs are playing it too.

hadn't considered this. ignore my previous post, & make that 3+ players for every employee...

 

[GHG]

With tags like these, how could it fail?

I thought the alphabet soup tag was a joke until I just checked steam.

 

[Yamisan]

I rather have been on the Concord than play Concord.

 

[ssringo]

It barely reached like 1/7 of Hellblade 2's launch numbers.

It did even worse than LotR Gollum (758)

 

[SportsFan581]

Everything looks fine, obviously they are burning fuel for additional thrust. Mid flight snorkeling lessons still on track.

 

[Shakka43]

How long until they start blaming their colossal failure on racism, misogynism and other ism's?

 

[SNPlayen]

And still dropping from 697 to 628

It's skyrocketed up to 634, people must be getting home from work/ school

 

[FoxMcChief]

How long until they start blaming their colossal failure on racism, misogynism and other ism's?

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

Better hurry guys

 

[FoxMcChief]

It's skyrocketed up to 634, people must be getting home from work/ school

Wait…..let me check my globe and see what time it is

 

[Topher]

Better hurry guys

 

[StreetsofBeige]

Steam right now is in the 600s. Hasnt broken 700. But it's still friday dinner time and the weekend is coming tomorrow. So it should break a couple 1000 at least when people log on? 5000 is probably a stretch. But I could see 2000-3000 on a Saturday afternoon. Who knows.

 

[DonkeyPunchJr]

It's skyrocketed up to 634, people must be getting home from work/ school

Oh yeah the gender studies class at my local community college just got out. That was me and 5 of my classmates who just joined.

 

[FoxMcChief]

Omg no! The place is on fire!

 

[FoxMcChief]

Steam right now is in the 600s. Hasnt broken 700. But it's still friday dinner time and the weekend is coming tomorrow. So it should break a couple 1000 at least when people log on? 5000 is probably a stretch. But I could see 2000-3000 on a Saturday afternoon. Who knows.

Professor, is that you?

 

[GHG]

Omg no! The place is on fire!

I see you HeisenbergFX4

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

Oh yeah the gender studies class at my local community college just got out. That was me and 5 of my classmates who just joined.

660 now, 700 is on the table boys and girls or whatever you identify as sorry if I mislabeled

 

[Wishmaster92]

The cope is in!

I think they went to sleep, it keeps dropping.

 

[XXL]

I'd rather skip both and play a good game.

 

[Fake]

Omg no! The place is on fire!

 

[Ass of Can Whooping]