Sony’s ill-fated multiplayer shooter Concord has been faraway from sale and had its servers shut down, whereas gamers throughout PS5 and PC are receiving refunds. Now, Concord content material is being faraway from consoles that had it put in.
Gamers who purchased the digital model of Concord from the PlayStation Retailer are actually being notified that Sony has deleted the sport from their console. A message immediate reads, “Thanks for being a valued PlayStation buyer. Reside providers for Concord went offline on [September 9, 2024). The sport isn’t any playable and because of this, we have now eliminated this content material out of your account.”
TheGamer stories that bodily copies of Concord proceed to permit gamers besides the sport to the title display screen, however gamers can not progress additional. For digital copies, although, it appears PlayStation is solely wiping the sport totally.
When Sony introduced that Concord would shut down, the corporate signaled that this is able to occur. Sony instructed followers that when their refund went by means of, they might “now not have entry to the sport.”
Many on-line are stating how Sony’s potential to wipe content material out of your console is yet one more instance of how folks don’t personal digital content material however merely license it and are beholden to the whims of a large, multi-national firm like Sony. That is nothing new, after all, however the state of affairs surrounding Concord is reminding gamers of this reality.
Concord launched in late August and failed to search out an viewers, peaking at fewer than 700 concurrent gamers on PC. PS5 participant information was by no means made accessible, however regardless of the case, the state of affairs was so dire that Sony made the dramatic resolution to cease gross sales, shut the servers, and refund gamers after lower than two weeks available on the market.
Concord is the debut title from Firewalk Studios, which is owned by Sony. Sport director Ryan Ellis stated the sport’s “preliminary” launch “did not land the way in which we supposed.” As such, the group is now “choices” for learn how to “higher attain our gamers.” Some imagine Concord might return as a free-to-play sport or as a part of the PlayStation Plus catalog, however one skilled believes the game is simply doomed no matter what.
Not lengthy after Concord’s failure, Sony discovered extra success with its platformer Astro Bot, which is getting rave evaluations, together with a 9/10 right here at GameSpot.