Sony and Firewalk Studios have announced the launch of the recently released Super Awakening game, ConcordeLess than two weeks after its release, Sony announced it would offer full refunds to all players who purchased the game for either PS5 or PC. Sony had invested an estimated $100-200 million into the game, proving once again that companies can go bankrupt if they wake up.
That Park Place Reports Firewalk Studios Game Director Ryan Ellis said: Concorde The company announced its decision to take Concord offline in a blog post on September 3, 2024. Ellis said, “At this time, we have decided to take the game offline beginning September 6, 2024 while we explore our options, including options that may better reach our players.” The company also announced that it would immediately stop selling the game and begin offering full refunds to all gamers who purchased Concord on PlayStation 5 or PC.
Concordea similar multiplayer game Overwatch, From the moment it was announced, it faced criticism and negative feedback, with many players expressing discomfort with the game's design choices and inclusion of character pronouns, and some viewing it as promoting transgender ideology. Despite these concerns, Firewalk Studios chose to ignore the feedback, with IP director Kim Kreines stating in an interview with VGC that the trailer was “just a small taste” of the game, and that players would eventually get immersed in the depth of the characters and their personalities and backstories that are revealed.
The game's performance metrics painted a bleak picture from the start. During Steam Early Access, Concord peaked at just 1,124 concurrent players. The open beta saw a slight improvement, reaching a peak of 2,388 concurrent players. However, True Trophies reports that PlayStation player counts fell 8.1% between the early access and open beta periods.
It was officially released on August 23rd. Concord Concurrent player counts on Steam have fallen to a peak of 697, with a peak of just 110 players in the past 24 hours. The game is similarly popular on PlayStation, where PSNProfiles reports that out of 1,303 people who own the game, only 1,264 have achieved the “First Takedown” trophy, the most common trophy in which a player defeats or kills an enemy for the first time.
Concord's rapid decline in popularity is evident from its position on True Trophies' weekly chart of the most popular PlayStation games. During early access and open beta, the game was ranked 29th. However, upon release, it dropped to 147th in the first week, and further to 180th in the second week.
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Lucas Nolan is a reporter for Breitbart News covering free speech and online censorship.
