Competitive first person shooter Concord could be one of the biggest flops for PlayStation Studios and Sony. Steam’s numbers point to a big flop, though we don’t know the PlayStation 5 numbers.
It was already clear during the public beta testing that Concord has no chance on Steam. This was confirmed by the release of the full version for 40 euros. The game had the most concurrent players on Steam – 697. This is really not enough. For comparison, Helldivers 2 had the most – 458,709 concurrent players.
Analysts agree that Concord is doing very badly. They estimate sales at only 25,000 units.. Of these, 15,000 should be from PS5, the rest from Steam.
“The numbers on Steam are so bad that even without having exact data on PlayStation 5, we can be pretty sure that the game is doing very badly,” This was stated by analyst Liam Dean from Omdia for the American server of IGN. On PS5 last Monday, the game took 147th place.
Analysts attribute the failure to the price. It’s too high, given the competition. They also point to changes in the market. In the past, investing in live service seemed less risky. But these days Even Helldivers 2 has problems retaining players and attracting new onesSo we can say that Sony overslept and is entering this market too late.
Some believe it’s only a matter of time before Sony stops development and allows Concord to continue operating. free game. Even though a few days after the launch, the developers were confident that they would be able to work on new content to promote the game. So far, they three seasons are planned.
Concord was created by developers from Firewolf Studios. The team with the authors of Call of Duty, Destiny, Titanfall, Apex Legends or Halo has been gathering since 2018 and was bought by Sony in April 2023. Concord is their first project, they have been working on it since 2016 and it was released on 08/23/2024 on PC and PlayStation 5. Judging by the reviews, Concord is an exciting shooter, but it does not bring anything innovative.
Source :Indian TV
