Tiago Rodrigues
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Most publishers cant have failures like this. Not saying Tencent can’t but im sure even Sony is reevaluating their entire collection of gaas titles in development right now.
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Citing disastrous failure of Concord, Tencent pulls funds for Sniper Elite’s Battle Royale Game
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DeepEnigma
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TheDreadLord
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Sony took the bullet to save the industry 
Roman Empire
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Talk about ripple effect. Concord failing must be one of the best news in the year as more and more studios understand that pouring money into live service games are not the answer as the market is saturated. What sells are good games, simple as that.
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ShadyAcshuns
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Good. End all that GaaS fuckery before it's too late.
Kadve
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"While we’ve not been able to pinpoint the exact reason, Rebellion higher-ups implied in meetings with staff that funding was pulled due to the disastrous launch of Firewalk Studios’ Concord, which caused Tencent to get skittish about some of its projects."
So not explicitly stated but heavily implied to have been part of the reason.
RagnarokIV
Battlebus imprisoning me \m/ >.< \m/
Still causing shockwaves! James Sawyer in shambles!!
Plague Doctor
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I mentioned it back on the Concord was getting closed threads.
Concord's historic failure had seismic waves that were going to reverberate industry wide. And this is just one company that doesn't mind just saying it. Imagine how many took a sobering view at upcoming projects and adjusted accordingly in the last 2 months.
The absolute and undisputed failure of it and in juxtaposition with a meteoric success literally the week before of BMW.
Concord's historic failure had seismic waves that were going to reverberate industry wide. And this is just one company that doesn't mind just saying it. Imagine how many took a sobering view at upcoming projects and adjusted accordingly in the last 2 months.
The absolute and undisputed failure of it and in juxtaposition with a meteoric success literally the week before of BMW.
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DeepEnigma
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They live in their curated bubbles.
The ones that don’t can’t openly admit some of the reasons either.
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diffusionx
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We saw it with MMOs, a few high profile bombs like Warhammer Online triggered industry wide soul searching.
It's history repeating itself.
XXL
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This could honestly end up being the best money spent if these companies end up learning from it.Sony took the bullet to save the industry
Gorilla Shark
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Did they consider making the snipers trans? That would for sure sell.
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Umbral
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Can I ask you what the appeal is? I’ve never played one but have been curious about them. Is it just sniping like the Hitman mode?
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
They're just kind of well made, dumb, high quality AA games. Sniping is definitely the highlight but you have a selection of other weapons as well.
Spiral1407
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Concord died for the gaming industry's sins
MiguelItUp
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What's crazy to me is that none of this is rocket science, and I don't understand how some of these studios are acting surprised/shocked about it all.
A lot of studios create projects that essentially just try to get a slice of a pie what's popular and make money. No passion whatsoever. We've seen it happen over the decades with hot genres suddenly getting attention, etc. Only so many last and it was because they genuinely felt like they had some passion behind them. They were trying to make fun and good games, they weren't just trying to make money. The ones that hoped for money and success before anything else just shriveled up and faded away.
Concord may have started as a passion project, but it quickly turned into a series of bad decisions. I feel like that happened as soon as everyone found out it was just another hero shooter. Originally people liked the look and sound of everything, because hardly anything was shown. But then they saw the characters, they saw the gameplay, and then they saw the price tag. I know people said the gameplay/shooting felt pretty good, but the reality is that they were a speck in a pond of other titles that do the same thing, better, and for FREE. Absolutely nothing will look or feel appealing if something is released and you immediately know the competition looks better, feels better, and IS better for a lot of reasons.
I think the most baffling thing about Concord is the (what felt like) overwhelming amount of confidence about the game and IP. That never should've been there. It's like they put the cart before the horse. Instead of creating a project that they were genuinely in love with and passionate about, they focused more on popularity and success and it was neither. It blew up in their face, and it needed to.
I think the best thing about it is that it hopefully shook studios up enough to know right from wrong. I mean, them canceling this is a great idea. Sniper Elite is a niche series that has fans, it doesn't need a BR game at all. No fan of the series asked for that, so why even bother?
A lot of studios create projects that essentially just try to get a slice of a pie what's popular and make money. No passion whatsoever. We've seen it happen over the decades with hot genres suddenly getting attention, etc. Only so many last and it was because they genuinely felt like they had some passion behind them. They were trying to make fun and good games, they weren't just trying to make money. The ones that hoped for money and success before anything else just shriveled up and faded away.
Concord may have started as a passion project, but it quickly turned into a series of bad decisions. I feel like that happened as soon as everyone found out it was just another hero shooter. Originally people liked the look and sound of everything, because hardly anything was shown. But then they saw the characters, they saw the gameplay, and then they saw the price tag. I know people said the gameplay/shooting felt pretty good, but the reality is that they were a speck in a pond of other titles that do the same thing, better, and for FREE. Absolutely nothing will look or feel appealing if something is released and you immediately know the competition looks better, feels better, and IS better for a lot of reasons.
I think the most baffling thing about Concord is the (what felt like) overwhelming amount of confidence about the game and IP. That never should've been there. It's like they put the cart before the horse. Instead of creating a project that they were genuinely in love with and passionate about, they focused more on popularity and success and it was neither. It blew up in their face, and it needed to.
I think the best thing about it is that it hopefully shook studios up enough to know right from wrong. I mean, them canceling this is a great idea. Sniper Elite is a niche series that has fans, it doesn't need a BR game at all. No fan of the series asked for that, so why even bother?
Badlucktroll
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I just yolo’d a year lf ps plus premium 
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