An important update on Concord
blog.playstation.com
Concord fans -- we’ve been listening closely to your feedback since the launch of Concord on PlayStation 5 and PC and want to thank everyone who has joined the journey aboard the Northstar. Your support and the passionate community that has grown around the game has meant the world to us. However, while many qualities [...]
  • UngodlyAudrey🏳️‍⚧️@beehaw.org
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    3 months ago

    Wow, this is absolutely wild. From launch to delisting in two weeks. Yeah, there’s a good chance that this is temporary while they pivot to a free-to-play model, but holy crap. Guess the PS5 player count must not be substantially higher than the abysmal Steam player count.

  • Gamma@beehaw.orgOPEnglish
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    3 months ago

    It fully released August 23rd. Beta started in July

    While we determine the best path ahead, Concord sales will cease immediately and we will begin to offer a full refund for all gamers who have purchased the game for PS5 or PC. If you purchased the game for PlayStation 5 from the PlayStation Store or PlayStation Direct, a refund will be issued back to your original payment method.

    Customers who purchased from other digital storefronts will also be refunded.

  • thingsiplay@beehaw.org
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    3 months ago

    I never saw a launched game unlaunch this quick. We talked about failures that got shutdown 1 year after launch. But now the record is what, 2 weeks? Question is, will they go back to drawing board and make changes to the game for a relaunch, such as a free to play model? Nothing is stated here, so probably not.

    I would consider playing this game, if it was playable on Linux (and without a PSN account requirement). But clearly Sony does not care about me.

  • t3rmit3@beehaw.org
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    3 months ago

    Stop making live service games and “shared world” faux-mmos. If it’s not single player, P2P multiplayer, or providing the server executable for me to host, I’m not buying it. There are already enough good MMOs anyways.

    • papertowels@lemmy.one
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      3 months ago

      It sounds like you’ve already got a curated list of games - what are a few standout multiplayer that you enjoy that meet your criteria?

      I’ll start off - when knockout city, an excellent dodgeball “shooter” closed shop, the devs released the server hosting code so the community could still play

      • t3rmit3@beehaw.org
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        3 months ago

        Multiplayer games that I love, that I can self-host or play P2P?

        Project Zomboid, ARK, Grim Dawn, Starbound, Space Engineers, Satisfactory, and Bellwright

        I would have included Minecraft Java, but MS went and made it online only recently, where you can’t play at all without signing into their launcher, even singleplayer.

  • Chloyster [she/her]@beehaw.orgM
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    3 months ago

    I feel like short of making it free to play and having a complete art style rework this game doesn’t have great hopes of ever being relevant. I mean from what I’ve gathered the gameplay itself is decent to good. But yeah they just misfired so hard with this.

    Despite it all, I feel bad for the majority of devs who spent so much of their life working on this and who are likely going to be out of a job. Of course I don’t know anything about the inner workings, but I’d be willing to bet it’s not most of their fault’s that sony had been pushing so hard for live service stuff under their former leadership