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As Concord flops, Sony exec says company doesn't have enough original IP​

Ahead of Astro Bot's franchise celebration.

News by Victoria Kennedy News Reporter
Published on Sept. 5, 2024
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PlayStation maker Sony doesn't have enough original franchises which it has "fostered from the beginning".
That's according to Sony chief financial officer Hiroki Totoki, who in the same week PlayStation announced it was pulling Concord from sale told the Financial Times: "We're lacking the early phase (of IP) and that's an issue for us."

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"One thing that you need is IP, that is step one," Jefferies analyst Atul Goyal added in the same article. "And if you don't start creating or buying in those that do, then the risk is someone else will do it. So the risk is not doing anything."
Totoki was referring to Sony generally, with films and anime also a consideration along with the company's gaming sector. The exec went on to say Sony is typically better at finding an audience for content that's already become popular in its home market.
However, his words do draw attention to that aforementioned Concord shut down. The game was available for less than two weeks, before the company decided it needed to reevaluate its new franchise's place on the market.
In a post earlier this week, Sony and developer Firewalk said Concord would be taken offline indefinitely, so the team could "determine the best path ahead" and "explore options, including those that will better reach our players".
At the same time, PlayStation is about to release one of its most anticipated games of the year: Astro Bot.
This game itself is an homage to the company's franchise history, and laced with nostalgia. Bots from Sony's games such as The Last of Us' Ellie and Joel, Uncharted's Nathan Drake, Horizon's Aloy, and Crash Bandicoot are all confirmed to be included in the forthcoming platformer.

 

[Rome's rightful successor]

As someone who had fond memories of the PS1, PS2, and even the PSP and PS3 era of Playstation, Fuck You.

 

[Merry]

Don't make me tap the sign

 

[oh no its pipkun]

the franchises that gaming nerds love and enjoy are shitty 3d platformers that dont benefit from the supercharged graphics of the modern age. A new monkey escape or ratchet and clank game is going to be the same shitty game it was back in the 90s with marginally better graphics; it's not going to peak anyone's interest because 3d platformers are a product of a bygone era. Ghost of Tsuzumiya is probably the latest sony banger and it's at least 3 or 4 years old now.

 

[John Badman]

The issue is laziness and asset recycling. It’s like they smashed together overwatch and destiny in the idea generator before calling it a day.

 

[Whoopsie Daisy]

Sony don't know what good games are. They shut down talented studios while allowing others to sit on their arse for a decade, producing nothing but failures or middling games.

 

[Rome's rightful successor]

Ghost of Tsuzumiya is probably the latest sony banger and it's at least 3 or 4 years old now.

It predated the PS5, Sony has not produce a single great game in this console generation.

 

[oh no its pipkun]

It predated the PS5, Sony has not produce a single great game in this console generation.

they havent made any good movies or tvs either.

 

[Picnic_Boy]

Quick, hide your beds before Sony finds them and shits in them.

 

[HodgePodgeRogerDodger]

>kill off small studios that did good work
>promote shit no body actually likes because you want to be the X killer

No wonder.

 

[Breadbassket]

The issue is laziness and asset recycling. It’s like they smashed together overwatch and destiny in the idea generator before calling it a day.

Concord wasn't a Sony idea, they acquired the studio making it and decided that it was fine to continue along in production.

 

[Neighborhood Curmudgeon]

Hmm. Perhaps they should stop being a bunch of moral busybodies trying to push woke propaganda into all their content and get off the reboot bandwagon?

Nah! Of course not! The problem is clearly all those stupid ingrate customers who don't know good content when they see it!

 

[A Cardboard Box]

I cannot imagine talking to the press after a quarter BILLION dollar loss and responding to the question of "what next?" with "lmao idk bro we're literally creatively bankrupt lol."

 

[Ravana]

Gravity Rush was a good original IP

 

[Daddy's Little Kitten]

And I wonder whose fault is that...

 

[Car Won't Crank]

Here's a bajillion dollar consulting tip for Sony: hire non ESG woke people to make some original IP.

 

[Would]

Sony missed the bus on a Twisted Metal battle royale game.
Car combat on a massive scale would've been awesome.

"A TM5, you say, Would?"
No. Stay the fuck away. Contemporary Sony and David Jaffe would create an abomination that makes TM3 look like TM:B.

In fact, Sony forgetting all their wonderful IPs from yesteryear is a blessing. Don't remind them lest you will to see it pozzed and faggified.

 

[Bland Crumbs]

You do not need new IP. You need to stop making shit with IP you have to pander to a market that is not going to consume your product.

You could make a million sequels to Paint Drying Simulator if it was fun to play instead of being garbage inclusion obsessed garbage.

 

[Thomas Talus]

In fact, Sony forgetting all their wonderful IPs from yesteryear is a blessing. Don't remind them lest you will to see it pozzed and faggified.

The funny thing is, not all of Sony has forgotten them. Astro Bot is full of them, and seems to be a genuinely enjoyable game in its own right.

 

[George Lucas]

The problem is that kids don’t care about computers or consoles or even TVs anymore. All they care about are tablets and phones. And they don’t even like playing the games. They just watch spergs like Ninja stream and make funny noises.

It’s been this way for years already and the hardcore gamers are aging out (or just playing old games that actually work). The chickens are coming home to roost.