Summary
- Sony is manually removing Concord from player's consoles, an unprecedented move.
- Players with a physical edition of Concord can still boot as far as the title screen.
- The future of Concord is uncertain, as Sony and Firewalk evaluate the best path forward.
The release and subsequent immediate shuttering of the hero shooter Concord is in many ways, unprecedented, especially for a massive publisher like Sony. It would appear that Sony is continuing to take unprecedented steps as Concord is now being manually removed from people's PlayStations.
If you had purchased and downloaded the digital version of Concord before the game's closure, you may be greeted with a home screen notification with the heading 'Concord' the next time you open your PlayStation 5. "Thank you for being a valued PlayStation customer. Live services for Concord went offline [September 6]. The game is not playable and as a result, we have removed this content from your account," the notification reads.
While the servers shutting down means players wouldn't have been able to access Concord anyway, the complete removal of the game from people's consoles isn't something that's happened with other live-service shutdowns. We tested the physical edition of Concord and though you're able to boot the game, you're not allowed to progress past the title screen. This is more in line with what normally happens after a live-service game ceases being supported. The reason why Sony has decided to take this step is unknown.
The Tumultuous Life Of Concord
Concord had an extremely rough launch period for a🍒 high-budget live-service game, failing to attract the player base necessary to sustain an exclusively multiplayer game. After just over a week since release, Concord was taken offline and full refunds were issued as Firewalk Studios and Sony evaluated the best path forward for the title.
The future of Concord is unknown. Some have speculated that Sony might re-release Concord as a free-to-play title, while others just think the publisher wants it gone and forgotten about. The latter option could be difficult as Amazon's upcoming Secret Level anthology series is still planned to 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:feature an episode based on Concord.
Concord is an upcoming FPS from Firewalk Studios, par💎t of the PlayStation Studios family. A PvP multiplayer title, it is slated for launch on both PS5 and PC in 2024.
