PlayStation boss finally pulls the plug: The return of the shooter is off the table

Nearly two weeks after its launch, Sony has shut down its Concord shooter once again. The live service game was a huge flop. Since then, the options have been evaluated, and now the decision has been made. The Firewalk development studio has closed and Concord's return is off the table.

Sony shuts down developer Concord Firewalk

with Concord Sony's new direct service strategy should already start. Instead, the shooter quickly evolved into one of the worst flops in the company's history. Now draw PlayStation President Hermann Holst Serious consequences. He announced in a blog post that they had decided to close Concord studio Firewalk and put the shooter on file:

As announced in early September, some aspects of Concord were exceptional, but other aspects weren't exciting enough players, so we retired the game. We've spent a lot of time over the past few months reviewing all of our options.

After careful consideration, we came to the conclusion that this is for the best To permanently stop the game and close the studio. I would like to thank everyone at Firewalk for their skill, creative spirit and dedication.

In the same blog entry, Hulst also announces this Another studio closed To: Neon Koi. The team was recently tasked with developing a mobile action game, but that has now been discontinued as well (Source: she).

Sony wants to learn from its mistakes

The head of PlayStation states that they clearly missed their target with Concorde. However, he admits that this means some Valuable lessons learned To help make future endeavors in the live services sector successful.

It seems that not all game studio employees work at other PlayStation studios. At least Holst states that they will try to find other jobs for those affected, but in the meantime Farewell to some “colleagues and friends” You must take.

Sony wants to stick to its live-service games strategy for now:

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