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Concord Developer Firewalk Studios Is Being Shut Down

By 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Joshua Robertson

Published Oct 29, 2024

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Sony has shut down Firewalk Studios, the studio behind Concord.
It has also been announced that Concord will be permanently sunset, and that the game will not return to storefronts.
Despite this high profile failure, PlayStation has explained that it will take the lessons it's learned from Concord to "advance our live service capabilities".

Concord was a pretty huge disaster for both 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:PlayStation and developer Firewalk Studios. After failing to make a splash and draw in players upon launch, with 💞the game regularly falling to double🅰-digit player counts on Steam, the game was almost i🅷mmediately pulled from both PlayStation and PC storefronts, with all 🤡paying customers issued automatic refunds.

That much of a disaster would be tough for any studio to come out unscathed, and rumors were circling about Firewalk bracing for potential layoffs as a result of Concord's failure. However, it seems as though Sony has taken even more drastic actions than that, 𒅌and has now decided to shut down Firewalk Studios completely, first reported by Bloomberg's Jason Schreier.

Schreier announced that Firewalk was being shut down , which was very quickly followed u😼p by . In the statement, PlayStation revealed that it is indeed closing Firewalk Studios, but it has also𝔉 announced that Concord itself has been sunset permanently, meaning the game will not return to storefronts and will pretty much cease to exist.

Sony Will Continue Its Live Service Push, Despite Concord Failure

Concord's main menu splash image showing Lennox, Leo, Vale, and Star Child.

Interestingly, it also appears as though PlayStation hasn't been put off continuing its live service endeavors despite such a high-profile failure. Later in the company's statement, it acknowledges that the first-person shooter is "a competitive space", and that Concord didn't hit or draw in the players that it wanted. Ho𓃲wever, PlayStation says it will take the lessons it learned from Concord going forward w𝓰ith other live service projects.

We will take the lessons learned from Concord and continue to advance ♚our live service capabilities to deliver future growth in this area.

As for the people at Firewalk affected by the shutdown, Pla💖yStation doesn't mention how many are now out of a job, but has promised that it will "work to find placement" for them across other studios under its umbrella. PlayStation also thanks tho🐠se who worked at Firewalk for their "craftsmanship, creative spirit and dedication".