Follow us on Google News
Get the latest updates directly in your Google News feed
Concordis a newly released live-service hero shooter game by PlayStation and Firewalk Studios. While it’s certainly packed with action, ever since its first reveal, it has met with considerable backlash.
With the hero-shooter genre being extremely cramped, gamers couldn’t understand why PlayStation would heavily invest in another one that seems generic and boring.
To no one’s surprise, whenConcorddebuted on 23rd August, it proved to be a massive failure. Many blamed the title’s $40 price tag for the failure and lack of excitement. However, when you look atSea of Thieves, which launched at the same price point, it’s clear that the hero shooter didn’t fail due to that aspect.
Concord’s $40 Price Tag is Not the Problem
When the PS5 version ofSea of Thievesdebuted on April 30th, 2024, roughly one month after the game’s sixth anniversary of its PC and Xbox One debut, it became an instant smash hit.
The live-service pirate game managed to top the charts of the PlayStation Store despite coming with a $40 price tag, proving that the price doesn’t matter. As long as it’s a fun and exciting game, players won’t mind shelling out the amount.
“Hope this is a lesson”: PlayStation To Lose Eye-Watering Amount of Revenue Thanks To the Abject Failure of Concord
However, the same can’t be said forConcord. The hero-shooter has only reportedly managed to sell around 25,000 units as of August 28th, and it’s not down to its high price. The game has failed because it’s quite boring and brings nothing new to the table.
I don’t think Concord isn’t selling because of the $40 price point or weak marketing. It’s pretty simple: it’s not a good game, so nobody is buying it. Sea of Thieves is also $40 on PlayStation, but has reportedly sold over 1 million copies because it’s matured into a great gamepic.twitter.com/PQlAOXWz6Q
You’ll be surprised to know thatConcordreportedly has spent eight years in development, with its pre-production kicking off even before Firewalk Studios was formed in 2018.
When such a game is released, combined with a lack of commercial momentum and the inability to separate itself from its many rivals, it’s destined to fail.
Despite Sony’s best efforts,Concordhad an all-time peak player count of just 697 players, and at the time of writing, it’s been a week since the game had its full release. Players aren’t excited to jump into this hero-shooter, at least on PC.
Will Concord’s Post-Launch Content Drops Succeed?
It’s great to see that Firewalk Studios is committed to the project despite its shortcomings.The developers have already confirmed the next five monthsofConcord’s future updates, but there’s a lot of speculation among gamers about whether the game would even make it that long.
“Sounds like more trash like Concord”: Seeing Jason Blundell’s Upcoming Game Be Written Off Before We Know Anything About It Shows How Little Trust PS5 Players Have In Sony
According to SteamDBdata,Concordhas just 96 active players active on Steam at the time of this writing. It wouldn’t make sense for the developers to keep updatingConcordif these low numbers continue to get even more horrendous in the upcoming weeks.
We can’t forget aboutthe tragedy ofSuicide Squad: Kill the Justice League. The developers for the title released two seasons of the content plan over the last few months, but the game failed to lure in new players or even retain the existing players.
The only possible wayConcord‘s future plans will be worth it all is if the game can manage to push up player numbers, and the only way to do so is by delivering some drastic changes.
With that said, have you tried playing this brand-new hero shooter? If so, let us know in the comments.
Dhruv Bhatnagar
Articles Published :1196
With over 4 years of experience in content writing and more than 1,000 articles published for FandomWire, Dhruv is a seasoned writer when it comes to the gaming space. He’s deeply passionate about titles such as GTA Online, Forza Horizon, and Pokémon Go, committed to bringing readers deep dives and latest updates.
