Concord is about to shut down at the moment, September 6, and what gamers the sport has remaining are waving goodbye to a shooter they have been solely in a position to play for 2 weeks.
Sony’s shock resolution to haul the long-in-development PC and PlayStation 5 hero shooter offline simply two weeks after launch amid disastrously low participant numbers and horrible gross sales despatched some gamers racing to nab its Platinum trophy in… inventive methods.
“Whereas many qualities of the expertise resonated with gamers, we additionally acknowledge that different elements of the sport and our preliminary launch didn’t land the best way we’d meant,” Ryan Ellis, sport director at Sony-owned developer Firewalk Studios, stated on the time. “Subsequently, presently, we’ve determined to take the sport offline starting September 6, 2024, and discover choices, together with these that can higher attain our gamers.”
Some Concord gamers have prompt the sport might return in free-to-play type, however Sony has made no such assure. And so at the moment’s shutdown might find yourself being the final we see of Concord — ever.
Now, Concord’s group is sending its regards. “Been gaming for 35 years and have by no means skilled something just like the whiplash of Concord,” redditor Two_Bear_Arms said. “TBH it was fairly enjoyable to be a part of. Leaping in and having fun with the sport, seeing all of the drama on-line and now watching the dramatic dying of Concord – simply nuts!! I admire getting the refund and hope that Concord does make a return (in a considerably extra appetizing type).”
Different gamers are celebrating lastly nabbing that Platinum trophy simply within the nick of time, a trophy that will find yourself being one of many rarest ever.
Platinum 44 #Concord pic.twitter.com/zH2o5mXHhh
— Sebastian (@ItsNewYokio) September 5, 2024
Whereas Concord the online game is not any extra, it should stay on later this yr as a part of Amazon’s Secret Degree grownup animation anthology collection. However there stays concern concerning the destiny of Firewalk, which Sony acquired in 2023, and Sony faces robust questions on its stay service plans, which embody Bungie’s Marathon and Haven’s Fairgame$.
Concord’s launch was nothing in need of disastrous, with analysts telling IGN it has probably offered as few as 25,000 items. It debuted to a tragic 697 peak concurrent gamers on Steam, a quantity that made the 12,786 gamers of Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, which was dubbed a disappointment by Warner Bros. Discovery boss David Zaslav and prompted a $200 million hit to income, seem like a titan.
Final yr, Sony president Hiroki Totoki dedicated to launching simply six of 12 stay service video games in improvement, and one based mostly on The Final of Us has already been canceled.
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