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[Thiletonomics]

Concord turned out to be even more of a flop than the the biggest movie flop in history. (Archive is linked to not give Kotaku views)

Disney's John Carter grossed $284.1 million, but ended up as a $255 million loss. The rumored $399 million loss by Concord could be even more than that, if you take account into how much it costed Sony to purchase the Firewalk studio, and because Sony refunded the $1 million in gross revenue that they made.

 

[30+GameOvers]

Concord turned out to be even more of a flop than the the biggest movie flop in history. (Archive is linked to not give Kotaku views)

Disney's John Carter grossed $284.1 million, but ended up as a $255 million loss. The rumored $399 million loss by Concord could be even more than that, if you take account into how much it costed Sony to purchase the Firewalk studio, and because Sony refunded the $1 million in gross revenue that they made.

Reminder, this is the "future of Sony" as they liked to call it. Future ain't looking too bright!
Is it true they're actually going to make this piece of shit a FTP title? Even then they're going to lose money since servers have upkeep cost.

 

[Asian tech support]

Is it true they're actually going to make this piece of shit a FTP title?

No, it's not. People are working themselves up over unsubstantiated bullshit. A couple of files get messed with and a week later the rumor mill has decided that Concord's return is inevitable.

 

[AnOminous]

No, it's not. People are working themselves up over unsubstantiated bullshit. A couple of files get messed with and a week later the rumor mill has decided that Concord's return is inevitable.

It probably won't happen but I'd like to see them bring it back just to watch it die again.

 

[Thiletonomics]

Concord fanfiction is now a thing, but it is a lame funeral and not an actual story:



Even the funeral scenes in slasher films are more engaging and tell better stories than this fic.

Link / Archive

 

[Thiletonomics]

Secret Level's creator Tim Miller talked about the Concord episode still being a thing in the show. / Archive

If you’ve never heard of Concord, don’t worry, you can’t even play it anymore. The expensive PlayStation game was pulled from shelves only two weeks after its August 23 launch. The Substance has been in theaters longer than Concord was online. But the infamous game is getting a small extension of life in the form of an episode in the new video-game anthology series Secret Level, set to premiere December 10 on Prime Video.

New York Comic Con warmly received new glimpses of Secret Level on October 19, which previewed original animated shorts based on games like Pac-Man, Armored Core, Sifu, and Unreal Tournament, and tabletop games like Warhammer 40,000 and Dungeons & Dragons. Voice actors include Keanu Reeves, Kevin Hart, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Gabriel Luna. During a Q&A at the end of the panel with Secret Level’s creator, Tim Miller (also director of Deadpool and Terminator: Dark Fate), and executive producer/supervising director Dave Wilson — both of Blur Studios — an audience member asked Miller and Wilson why the show is still set to have an episode around Concord.

“Don’t be a dick,” Miller joked at first.

“We start these things three years ago, so you have no idea — games could push that were supposed to come out or get shelved,” he responded. “There’s an inherent risk involved in all of this creative enterprise.”

Concord, a multiplayer sci-fi shooter developed by Firewalk Studios and published by Sony, was intended to become a major IP for the PlayStation brand. Its rumored production budget was an eye-watering $400 million, although some gaming journalists dispute the figure. After receiving mixed reviews from critics and bombing hard in commercial sales — the game reportedly sold only 25,000 units across Steam and PlayStation Store — Sony announced its abrupt closure on September 3, just two weeks after its release.

Look, Miller relates to the developers of Concord. “I feel bad for them, because anybody that creates stuff, you put things out there and you hope that people like it. Sometimes they do and sometimes they don’t.” In a hushed tone, he name-dropped his divisive Terminator sequel, Terminator: Dark Fate.

“I can’t see any reason why it shouldn’t be part of the show,” he answered the question. “I certainly hope the game can get another at bat. I’m not even going to speak to why it didn’t work, or whether that was right or wrong. I just know the people involved wanted to make a good game and they did the best they possibly could.”

Considering that he was a dick towards people that didn't like Terminator: Dark Fate, and the Concord devs were also dicks by calling gamers "talentless freaks" for not liking the game, and dicks to their own devs with their toxic positivity environment, him asking people not to be a dick doesn't seem fair, and is just only trying to draw attention away from his failures and the game's failures.

And making a creative enterprise doesn't entitle it to get only praise and love, as normal people spend their time and money to watch/play those media, and people have the right to dislike something, even if it's for no reason at all.

 

[Oliver Onions]

Is it true they're actually going to make this piece of shit a FTP title?

Nothing confirmed, but there are undoubtedly bean counters sweating bullets at Sony right now trying to figure out if there's any way they can kick it back out on the stage to wring a few bucks out of this $400-million turkey.

It probably won't happen but I'd like to see them bring it back just to watch it die again.

It feels like a lifetime since Radical Heights and The Culling 2, we are overdue for another proper GaaS disaster.

 

[Raging Capybara]

Reminder: Tim Miller directed* the mega-bomb Borderlands film and was responsible for the atrocious first design for Sonic in the movie.

*The credited director was fired halfway through the production and replaced by Miller

EDIT - Tim Miller obviously despises games and wants to destroy all of them in his retarded adaptations. Pedowood seems perfectly happy with that.

 

[ZMOT]

It feels like a lifetime since Radical Heights

biggest irony it wasn't even that bad, just partly unfinished due to being a hail mary from a studio on it's deathbed. in itself it can't even be compared to the intentional crapheap that goes through every stage of games like concord or hyenas.

 

[Gerelatha]

Reminder: Tim Miller directed* the mega-bomb Borderlands film and was responsible for the atrocious first design for Sonic in the movie.

*The credited director was fired halfway through the production and replaced by Miller

EDIT - Tim Miller obviously despises games and wants to destroy all of them in his retarded adaptations. Pedowood seems perfectly happy with that.

I wouldn’t be surprised if a lot of Hollywood higher ups are jealous of the enormous revenues video games pull in

 

[FedPostalService]

And making a creative enterprise doesn't entitle it to get only praise and love, as normal people spend their time and money to watch/play those media, and people have the right to dislike something, even if it's for no reason at all.

There’s this weird thing that’s happened over the last few years were fully grown professional adults are saying “you shouldn’t criticise this as I worked really hard on it.”

We’re not your line manager and we don’t need to care about your morale. You’re also not a toddler who is proud of his crayon drawing and we don’t want to discourage. You’re a fully grown man (or man pretending to be a woman) who was paid to do a job which you have fucked up.

 

[Oliver Onions]

I wouldn’t be surprised if a lot of Hollywood higher ups are jealous of the enormous revenues video games pull in

I think what probably really boils their piss is how easy it is to pump out sequels with vidya. We all know Hollywood abhors a new idea when it can make Saw 17 instead, but with video games it's even easier to pump out goyslop sequels because you can re=use existing engines, assets and animations. You don't even need to bother with the pretence of a decent story because you know most people will skip the cutscenes/dialogue.

 

[Evil Peter Griffin]

biggest irony it wasn't even that bad, just partly unfinished due to being a hail mary from a studio on it's deathbed. in itself it can't even be compared to the intentional crapheap that goes through every stage of games like concord or hyenas.

Lawbreakers was fun too. They could make good games.

 

[Dysnomia]

Considering that he was a dick towards people that didn't like Terminator: Dark Fate, and the Concord devs were also dicks by calling gamers "talentless freaks" for not liking the game, and dicks to their own devs with their toxic positivity environment, him asking people not to be a dick doesn't seem fair, and is just only trying to draw attention away from his failures and the game's failures.

And making a creative enterprise doesn't entitle it to get only praise and love, as normal people spend their time and money to watch/play those media, and people have the right to dislike something, even if it's for no reason at all.

This reminds me of James Hetfield being upset over the bad feedback for anything after And Justice For All. It's why he doesn't do social media. He can't emotionally handle the comments. But at least he admits his weakness. Can't say the same for the gaming industry. They're all "emotionally special" and entitled. I'm yet to see a single one that can just come out and admit they aren't perfect human beings incapable of making unenjoyable content. They need to log off and touch some grass.

It's rather eye rolling to see an adult cry over bad feedback. You'd think someone told a three year old that their crayola scribbles were ugly and they should never draw again. Grow some fucking balls and stop blaming gamers for your fails. People's jobs are at stake? If you fail at any other job you'll get fired. You aren't special because you make vidya. Entitled cunts.

 

[Weltraumfürst]

It's rather eye rolling to see an adult cry over bad feedback.

This idea is utterly foreign to me. I once showed something I was writing to a friend of mine to ask for feedback. When he gave it back to me, there was a lot of red. But instead of bitching about it, like a real man, I just abandoned the project.

That had nothing to do with his criticisms, those were quite valid. I just didn't know how to progress the story.

 

[AfroMegan]

This idea is utterly foreign to me. I once showed something I was writing to a friend of mine to ask for feedback. When he gave it back to me, there was a lot of red. But instead of bitching about it, like a real man, I just abandoned the project.

That had nothing to do with his criticisms, those were quite valid. I just didn't know how to progress the story.

Germanic culture at its best.

 

[Weltraumfürst]

Germanic culture at its best.

Erfolg gebiert Eifersucht.

 

[SandyCat]

Will Concords flop make Sony realize chasing retarded trends and dei is a bad idea or are they just going to double down and continue full steam ahead?

 

[30+GameOvers]

Will Concords flop make Sony realize

No, Soyny will never learn anything

 

[Oliver Onions]

Will Concords flop make Sony realize chasing retarded trends and dei is a bad idea or are they just going to double down and continue full steam ahead?

Never. Sony are now virtually unchallenged in the console space (Nintendo are still huge, but very much their own thing) so you better buckle up buckaroo because we're only starting to see how obnoxious they can be now that Microsoft has effectively thrown in the towel.

Look forward to full screen ads on the dashboard that you can't hide and constant pop-up notifications to subscribe to all their extra services, coming soon.