2 weeks Ago
Concord It seemed obvious that Sony was going to take a huge loss on Concord, given its high cost, immediately disastrous playercount and unprecedented shutdown. But it may be even worse than everyone thought. A new report from Sacred Symbols’ Colin Moriarty , citing a source that worked on Concord, claims that the game had a higher budget than anyone envisioned, a full $400 million, broken up into two halves of development.
You catch watch the video below, but I’ll have a summary beneath that: What happened: Why did it happen: Concord Today’s NYT Mini Crossword Clues And Answers For Saturday, September 21 New Microsoft Windows Warning—You Must Never Do This On Your PC Apple’s Update Decision—Google Ridicules iPhone As Bad News Hits Some of this still seems so strange, budget aside, as given AAA bloat these days, I can believe that. But how do you look at a game in a “laughable” state in alpha two years ago, scramble to outsource work to get it finished and still believe it’s “the future of PlayStation” and a potential Star Wars-like property? Star Wars comparisons are always a tall order, we heard that said about the goal of Bungie’s Destiny back in the day. But Destiny.
..succeeded and has lasted for ten years.
Concord lasted two weeks. I guess this is the “toxic positivity,” which has been confirmed by other sources, where even if that sounds ridiculous, you can’t say that, especially if this was a game cradled by the entire head of Sony Interactive. I’d argue putting this much faith in a game that bad is almost fully disqualifying for that role.
The head of Firewalk has already stepped down, and it seems close to impossible the team survives, either dissolved into other studios or shut down entirely. This is arguably the biggest video game disaster in history by financial loss, and there needs to be someone held responsible. It should not be the rank and file workers in this situation.
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