PlayStation to Shut Down New Game ‘Concord’ Two Weeks After Launch, Will Refund Players
PlayStation to Shut Down New Game ‘Concord’ Two Weeks After Launch, Will Refund Players
PlayStation will be taking its new Firewalk-developed live services game "Concord" offline this Friday, two weeks after its Aug. 23 launch.
Hilarious, when will they learn you cannot sell a game that gamers do not want to play.
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I always feel bad for the devs with these situations. I'm sure there's so much art and effort put into this game even if it sucked, and those people who made it now don't even get to show it off in action. Even if the final result sucked, it still sucks for those people who worked hard on elements of it.
Same. And especially for a live service game, it's just gone. If someone made some great 3D models and animations for an offline game, even if the game doesn't sell very well, their work is still out there. But with a live service game, that's just it. No one else gets to see it for more than a few days.
I also hate the fact that the dev studio will face the consequences of this, while whatever braindead exec with a master's in bullshit administration will probably still be employed.
But at the same time... I can't help but enjoy the spectacular failures of these anti-consumer products lately.
Absolutely. And I believe we can both laugh at the stupidity of the leadership while feeling sympathy for the devs who were just doing their job (likely thanklessly). It doesn't need to be picking a side.
I couldn't imagine putting 8 years of effort into a game only for it to bomb. But a least they got their paychecks.
There is a good chance if it is a badly managed project by the time it launches everyone working on it already resents the project anyway and will be glad that it is over.
Very true. It sounds like a project from hell honestly.
And then there was a developer calling gamers talentless freaks for not enjoying the game so hard to sympathise with everyone.
Reception for the game is not even that bad, it was just handled so poorly that nobody wanted to play it.
I wonder how much of the problem is from people simply not knowing about it. It's always fascinating when I first hear about things when they are cancelled.
That horrible trailer from gamescon was the first I heard of it. How did a 100M game from Sony have such bad marketing?
Technically they still have it in their portfolio when they apply to their next, likely more lucrative job. 3D artists, illustrators, animators, etc, can use assets in highlight reels (usually, especially after NDA is cleared after release).
Also AAA titles are a collaborative effort. While it'll suck to see it panned, knowing you are just the guy who made the hands or something softens that blow.
If I worked on Concord, I probably wouldn't want to put whatever I did on it in my portfolio. Id just leave that one off and instead take whatever work I mighr have done, redesign it to be actually appealing, and then include that instead.
Why?
Well... I mean, if it's out of context hand models, I don't think potential employers are going to care, haha.