Concord Cancelled

[Valestein]

So, is this actually the biggest flop in video gaming history?

Possibly. I have never seen a game fuck up this badly.

8 years of dev time and hundreds of millions spent for a game that's literally unplayable after just two weeks after abysmal sales. I struggle to believe a fuck up of this magnitude is even real, Lol

 

[Konjad]

This year ain't so bad after all. If only DA4 fails horribly too I will call it a pretty decent year for games.

 

[Valestein]

This year ain't so bad after all. If only DA4 fails horribly too I will call it a pretty decent year for games.

Biowaste getting shutdown would make me a real happy camper.

 

[PlayerEmers]

Oh please, is a arena shooter, no way that can cost 400m.

-8 years of production+development
-high production value that matches other products made by studios under sony (we already know that games like horizon zero dawn and last of us 2 had a budget over 200kk)
-one of the features promised was weekly short-movies about the lore and characters
-also they promised at least 3 seasons of content for the game

I can see it costing over 400kk mainly because its a live service game with playstation tier production value.

Not only they had to waste money on their shiny graphical fidelity bullshit (which is expensive as fuck), they had to work to pump content (with the same bloated high fidelity quality) for upcoming seasons and the weekly shorts bullshit.

Playstation games are bloated "muh graphics" movie games, Concord added live service shit (and animations and weekly shorts) to the mix. Bloating their recipe that is already bloated.

 

[Valestein]

Oh please, is a arena shooter, no way that can cost 400m.

-8 years of production+development
-high production value that matches other products made by studios under sony (we already know that games like horizon zero dawn and last of us 2 had a budget over 200kk)
-one of the features promised was weekly short-movies about the lore and characters
-also they promised at least 3 seasons of content for the game

I can see it costing over 400kk mainly because its a live service game with playstation tier production value.

Not only they had to waste money on their shiny graphical fidelity bullshit (which is expensive as fuck), they had to work to pump content (with the same bloated high fidelity quality) for upcoming seasons and the weekly shorts bullshit.

Playstation games are bloated "muh graphics" movie games, Concord added live service shit (and animations and weekly shorts) to the mix. Bloating their recipe that is already bloated.

Don't forget the Concord episode that was made for "The Secret Level" too.

 

[Semiurge]

Jesus Fucking Chirst.

It was internally referred to as "The Future of PlayStation" with Star Wars-like potential, and a dev culture of "toxic positivity" halted any negative feedback. Making it cost $400m.

Nothing like this could ever be conceived without a culture of toxic positivity.

I was about to post that $400m tweet. That's a lot of money and it doesn't even include the cost of the studio. I said it a number of pages back, but I can't see Sony releasing another game with “progressive” character designs again. You can't just forget about a failed project that likely cost close to half a billion dollars and eight years of development time.

Other game publishers will probably be more wary, too, though not entirely discouraged.

This is Jean in the new Wolverine game

Debra is also in the game

How the character looks in the comics

Holy fuck, another manface. They have to ruin every character that was once the pinup of a franchise. I admit that the '60s and Chris Claremont periods of X-Men never had any basic-looking X-women thanks to how they were always drawn, but Jean Grey was always supposed to be a beauty.

 

[luj1]

So, is this actually the biggest flop in video gaming history?

Possibly. I have never seen a game fuck up this badly.

Quite possibly

 

[Elttharion]

Oh please, is a arena shooter, no way that can cost 400m.

-8 years of production+development
-high production value that matches other products made by studios under sony (we already know that games like horizon zero dawn and last of us 2 had a budget over 200kk)
-one of the features promised was weekly short-movies about the lore and characters
-also they promised at least 3 seasons of content for the game

I can see it costing over 400kk mainly because its a live service game with playstation tier production value.

Not only they had to waste money on their shiny graphical fidelity bullshit (which is expensive as fuck), they had to work to pump content (with the same bloated high fidelity quality) for upcoming seasons and the weekly shorts bullshit.

Playstation games are bloated "muh graphics" movie games, Concord added live service shit (and animations and weekly shorts) to the mix. Bloating their recipe that is already bloated.

Also according to the leaker the game was in a terrible state less than 18 months before release so they had to scramble and outsource a ton of work to other studios.

 

[911 Jumper]

Writer for Kotaku

 

[I eat frozen vegetables]

It got outsold by two of the TimeSplitters games.

 

[ind33d]

everyone who ever made fun of SWTOR better apologize

 

[Ol' Willy]

Jesus Fucking Chirst.

It was internally referred to as "The Future of PlayStation" with Star Wars-like potential, and a dev culture of "toxic positivity" halted any negative feedback. Making it cost $400m.

Nothing like this could ever be conceived without a culture of toxic positivity.

I was about to post that $400m tweet. That's a lot of money and it doesn't even include the cost of the studio. I said it a number of pages back, but I can't see Sony releasing another game with “progressive” character designs again. You can't just forget about a failed project that likely cost close to half a billion dollars and eight years of development time.

Other game publishers will probably be more wary, too, though not entirely discouraged.

This is Jean in the new Wolverine game

Debra is also in the game

How the character looks in the comics

Holy fuck, another manface. They have to ruin every character that was once the pinup of a franchise. I admit that the '60s and Chris Claremont periods of X-Men never had any basic-looking X-women thanks to how they were always drawn, but Jean Grey was always supposed to be a beauty.

comics are cringe for manchildren anyways

 

[911 Jumper]

1,982 people listed in the credits for this game:
Concord – official game credits

 

[mindx2]

I was about to post that $400m tweet. That's a lot of money and it doesn't even include the cost of the studio. I said it a number of pages back, but I can't see Sony releasing another game with “progressive” character designs again. You can't just forget about a failed project that likely cost close to half a billion dollars and eight years of development time.

Other game publishers will probably be more wary, too, though not entirely discouraged.

This is Jean in the new Wolverine game

This just can't be real? It's been photoshoped... right... right?!

 

[Modron]

This just can't be real? It's been photoshoped... right... right?!

They released clips.

 

[Elttharion]

snip

This just can't be real? It's been photoshoped... right... right?!

Its pre alpha so they can change it but, you know...

 

[Cohesion]

Concord’s director is reportedly stepping down as the game’s return remains in limbo Ryan Ellis told staff last week that he would no longer lead as game director

I don't think this game is coming back. Probably the end of the studio.

“Ryan deeply believed in that project and bringing players together through the joy in it,” one former developer told Kotaku. “Regardless of there being things that could have been done differently throughout development, he’s a good human, and full of heart.”

 

[Cohesion]

I was about to post that $400m tweet. That's a lot of money and it doesn't even include the cost of the studio. I said it a number of pages back, but I can't see Sony releasing another game with “progressive” character designs again. You can't just forget about a failed project that likely cost close to half a billion dollars and eight years of development time.

Other game publishers will probably be more wary, too, though not entirely discouraged.

It's not about money, but about pushing agenda. They don't care about money because money is essentially unlimited for ESG affiliated corporations.

 

[deuxhero]

1,982 people listed in the credits for this game:
Concord – official game credits

And amongst the resumes are seen carrier of the accursed Darksign

 

[Semiurge]

snip

This just can't be real? It's been photoshoped... right... right?!

Its pre alpha so they can change it but, you know...

So are they supposed to be older in this game, or did they scan some devs face to use it as a placeholder for Jean's?

Or am I being optimistic again?

 

[ferratilis]

Looking forward to Fairgame$, I hope that one also cost at least 300 million. Progressive games are cool, especially when they're progressively bankrupting the companies behind them. With each new one, we're one step closer to the long overdue great reset.

 

[Valestein]

Concord’s director is reportedly stepping down as the game’s return remains in limbo Ryan Ellis told staff last week that he would no longer lead as game director

I don't think this game is coming back. Probably the end of the studio.

“Ryan deeply believed in that project and bringing players together through the joy in it,” one former developer told Kotaku. “Regardless of there being things that could have been done differently throughout development, he’s a good human, and full of heart.”

Lol, who cares if he's a good human or not? IDGAF if a guy's a complete asshole as long as he creates good vidya.

 

[Valestein]

They made a parody song dunking on this shit.



Edit: Another one.

 

[Valestein]

 

[911 Jumper]

I was about to post that $400m tweet. That's a lot of money and it doesn't even include the cost of the studio. I said it a number of pages back, but I can't see Sony releasing another game with “progressive” character designs again. You can't just forget about a failed project that likely cost close to half a billion dollars and eight years of development time.

Other game publishers will probably be more wary, too, though not entirely discouraged.

It's not about money, but about pushing agenda. They don't care about money because money is essentially unlimited for ESG affiliated corporations.

The money eventually runs out, though. The Saint's Row reboot cost over a $100m to develop. It flopped and Volition was shut down.