Two weeks after its launch, Concord, Sony’s supposed answer to Blizzard’s Overwatch franchise, was taken offline due to the extremely low player count and poor sales. The signs were there early on, but the publisher’s failure to recognise and do something about it led to the game’s extremely short lifespan. We unpack what went wrong for this 5v5 live service hero shooter and reflect on what Sony and developer Firewalk Studios could have done to fix, or even mitigate this.



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Two weeks after its launch, Concord, Sony’s supposed answer to Blizzard’s Overwatch franchise, was taken offline due to the extremely low player count and poor sales. The signs were there early on, but the publisher’s failure to recognise and do something about it led to the game’s extremely short lifespan. We unpack what went wrong for this 5v5 live service hero shooter and reflect on what Sony and developer Firewalk Studios could have done to fix, or even mitigate this.Image credit: PlayStation

Get your gaming mode on and join the GGWP crew as we sift through gaming news of the week and geek out over video games that we play and enjoy, both old and current. Good Game, Well Played, your one-stop-centre for video game conversations on BFM 89.9.

Get your gaming mode on and join the GGWP crew as we sift through gaming news of the week and geek out over video games that we play and enjoy, both old and current. Good Game, Well Played, your one-stop-centre for video game conversations on BFM 89.9.

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Bring your gamepads, keyboards and mice and join the GGWP crew as we sift through gaming news of the week and geek out over video games that we play and enjoy, both old and current. Good Game, Well Played, your one-stop-centre for video game conversations on BFM 89.9.

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