Concord’s crash and burn is more devastating for Sony than initial reports suggested. If you haven’t been paying attention to this – I won’t say “If you haven’t played Concord” because about three people have played Concord – this game was supposed to be Sony’s darling release th...
Read MoreGamers have been sending the video game industry and their media satellites a clear message recently, and their response is morphing into something even more insidious. Recent games designed with the “modern audience” in mind have been bombing, with Concord, Dustborn, Star Wars Outlaws, and Sui...
Read MoreSony appears to be folding and walking away from the table. Their new first-person shooter, Concord, has been a bust since its launch on July 23, reaching only 697 peak concurrent players on Steam – an even lower number than that of its beta test, suggesting many gamers didn’t come back for the ...
Read MoreConcord’s failure may have ramifications for gamers who aren’t even playing the game (which is almost all of them), and it already has in Japan, or so many are assuming. The first-person shooter has been a disaster for Sony, whose in-house studio, Firewalk Studios, developed Concord; according ...
Read MoreWe’ve watched Black Myth: Wukong, the new Soulslike game from Chinese developer Game Science, become a legitimate sensation over the past week, with 2,415,714 concurrent players at its all-time peak on Steam and a 95.58% positive audience score as of this writing. It’s also on track to be the fa...
Read MoreThe main attraction at this year’s PlayStation State of Play was Concord, a sci-fi first-person shooter developed by Firewalk Studios (which is owned by Sony, hence the focus at State of Play). It was pretty underwhelming, a goofy-looking game with some nice visuals but little to draw anyone in. ...
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