Concord was supposed to be the future of PlayStation. Sony envisioned it would be in the same league as world-famous brands like Star warsFor this reason, the Japanese company had to create a first-person multiplayer action game. Firewolf Studios invest a whopping $400 million.
Colin Moriarty, an insider, podcaster and former IGN journalist, has come up with a surprising piece of information. If true, that figure would be more than i Marvel Spider-Man 2. Insomniac Games’ action-adventure title had a budget of $315 million and sold over 2.5 million copies in its first 24 hours. Six months later, it had sold 11 million units. Concord sold about 25,000 units, was pulled from sale, and its servers were shut down two weeks later.
Moriarty reports that before the alpha, Concord was expected to cost around $200 million. Sony was set to invest another $200 million in the game from April 2023, when it bought Firewalk Studios, with 160 employees. All with the goal of getting Concord into a viable state. According to a former journalist, the title was in May 2023, when it was announced, in a funny stateFor this reason, some of the work was outsourced to external research.
He should have had special confidence in Concord. Hermen Hulst. The head of PlayStation Studios believed in a huge success that could even compare with “Star Wars”. But everyone ignored the negative reviews after the play was presented. And As a result, Concorde became PlayStation’s biggest flop..
Some of Moriarty’s information contradicts other journalists. Christopher Dring of GamesIndustry marked such a budget is absurd. After all, Concord didn’t have an extensive marketing campaign that cost $400 million to develop. Speculation they don’t believe Neither does Tom Warren, senior editor at The Verge. This is Ethan Gach of Kotak heard about the much smaller amount that was spent on the development and marketing of Concorde. Instead of an absurd budget, Gach confirmed positive toxic environment during the development of ConcordThis goes hand in hand with ignoring negative opinions from the outside when no one inside can object to anything.
So where did the $400 million come from? It’s possible that Sony viewed the amount as a long-term investment and was discussed at Firewalk Studios meetings. Concord was to receive regular seasonal content over many years. Concord would also appear in a TV series. Secret level on Prime Video.
Source :Indian TV
