The multiplayer beta for Concord was available to play on PS5 & PC over the weekend. If you'd like to find out how they compare, read ahead.
Sony has started removing YouTube videos showing Concord running on fan-made custom servers, raising new questions about how far the company will go to shut down the community revival.
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It feels more like them being bitter that no one supported it, but maybe it's me.
I'd appreciate them bringing back Warhawk—sadly I don't see that happening.
hell yeah bring back warhawk. i thought helldivers 2 would fill that itch but not quite. that to me was the funnest online experience i ever had on playstation. last of us online was also a fun time but warhawk was quite cool made so many friends on that.
You and me both, mate. I'm totally a single player gamer through and through, but there was something about Warhawk that was absolutely captivating. Could play for hours.
Did people really think they would let people potentially profit off of what THEY said was trash? It’s actually funny people even tried this
You gotta admit it’s weird that anyone out there wants to play it considering we were told it was shit.
Profit? Hosting community servers would cost the mod team money, not make it :/
The people who liked it like it
The people who didn't like it, didn't
They made up their minds, its just different people with different views, I can't believe i have to explain this
The overwhelming majority of people think its a dumpster 🔥. Even sony can make trash my man. I personally liked it but I also liked the last 2 medal of honors and people didn't like those either
A former Firewalk Studios dev called the canceled multiplayer first-person hero shooter, Concord, "the most beautiful car that we crashed."
The most ugly car crash you mean, especially the characters. The game was a generic ripoff of Guardians of the Galaxy and Overwatch. It was awful stop trying to defend it. It is dead and I hope it never comes back. The "best" part of the game was probably that it actually ran.
They went in thinking it would be automatically successful because it was a Sony game, but in the end it didn't have the audience they expected.
Because PlayStation is just a third party machine for the next Madden and COD to the majority of owners.
Beautiful or not, it’s gamers who decide and not developers. If gamers criticize something the devs better listen.
In the end we crushed those gaas plans.
There's no automatic success, no one is that naive.
They thought their ugly characters were going to reshape in people's minds what they think is attractive. This is why the ugly female developers keep making ugly characters in games that resemble them ie. Spiderman writer inserting herself as Mary Jane.
Women think status is attractive, so they insert themselves in status positions in media, games etc and believe men will find them more attractive because of that status. Instead, we just don't buy their games, since men are not attracted to status.
Hard to have bad performance when no one plays and the servers never take a load...
O please give me a break 🤣🤣 you made a turd. Open up your nostrils and smell it. You’re not going to learn from your horrible mistakes with this attitude
Y’all might want to start listening to your consumers before going through with things. Or at least have a finger on the pulse of what the people you’re trying to sell a game to are wanting to fork money over.
There can be a lot trash talk and logical criticsm and a game can still sell millions. Concord though didn't pass its test of release.
That's tough, that's unforgiving and it hurts.
But it had its chance. It should be benficial for everyone to dust it off and to just move on.
Hermen Hulst says PlayStation has learned from Concord’s failure, stressing diversity of experiences over number of live service releases.
They can do good multiplayer games too. They had Warhawk, and Killzone 2 was highly praised, Uncharted 2 was simple but stupid fun, MAG was holy unique, Factions was a nice change of pace (I played that shite nightly). Factions 2 was probably going to be their Holy Grail and we got Bungie and the Concord failure to thnx for it's cancelation.
I think the problem is they went too far into Live Service mentality with some of those, specifically with TLoU2 MP. Instead of focusing on just core gameplay and free MP, they focused too hard on how to make it last and create more money for them.
Yeah Sony listen to this guy.... Keep making live service games, it's working out great.... Mag 2 will sell gangbusters. Lol.
In the interview Hermen Hulst reveals that Sony now has many more oversight checks 'in very many different ways.' I really hope that it has added 'cultural' checks to see how a game, its world and its characters will resonate with the audience Sony will be trying to sell the game to. This is because a big part of the criticism of Concord by gamers was the unattractive characters (not necessarily in appearance, although that too) and the perception that the developers prioritised their social messaging over the player experience.
When I think back to my fondest memories as a PS gamer ps3 era was my favorite especially where their 1st party output was concerned, I just loved the multiplayer offerings with Resistance, Killzone, Warhawk, Mag, LBP . Now let's not forget they had a whole division dedicated to LIVE SERVICE gaming in the form of SOE which put out bangers like Everquest, DCUO, Planetside and Star Wars Galaxies but decided to sell it off .
LBP was basically a live service before live service was a thing, i spent so much buying new levels and building materials , man I would love a new LBP with current hardware with a fresh server .. pretty sure it was a cash cow before they gave up on and eventually it abandoning altogether.
If only they put in as much effort like when they actually had to compete , no need to put in the effort though after seeing that ps store and ps+ revenue when ps4 released .... it's gone downhill ever since ... just chasing the dragon now
Hermen Hulst and his leadership team need to deliver or give them the boot. Of course a boot with a lucrative golden parachute. #failup
They've let you down around every conceivable corner this gen. A wasted generwtion for Playstation gamers.... They're paying for the same games they've already played in remakes or simply buying Microsoft games. Ps5 has no games and gets pricier as time goes on. Just eww.
Ok, you're being a bit dramatic now. There are plenty of good PS5 games to play (out now and soon to be released).
"They're paying for the same games they've already played in remakes or simply buying Microsoft games. Ps5 has no games..."
Definitely not the most prolific PS generation but, to hear you tell it, PS5 gamers aren't playing anything except remakes and MS games LOL
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
ReturnalAstro Bot
Astro's Playroom
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
Stellar Blade
Marvel's Spider-Man 2
Rise of the Ronin
Black Myth: Wukong
Final Fantasy XVI
Forspoken
Helldivers 2
Future releases:
Ghost of Yotei
Lost Soul Aside
Phantom Blade Zero
Wolverine
Intergalactic
Those are just the ones off the top of my head.
Rawf - that’s a depressingly short list of mostly average games. This gen is a complete dud imo.
@raWfodog
This list is awful, especially in comparison to previous gens, and that has to include none first party games.
The PS2, PS3 and PS4 all had much better first party output.
@raWfodog on your list, most of them are third party games... Where is the first party games ? We are talking about them !!!!!
What are you talking about? PS5 has more exclusives than xbox and its not even close. Who are you comparing them to?
You didn’t learn the lesson here? That’s like a criminal saying, “Next time I just won’t get caught as easy,” after getting arrested 🤦♂️
"The number [of live-service releases] is not so important. What is important to me is having a diverse set of player experiences and a set of communities."
That sounds like learning to me.
If they were serious about “learning,” they’d STOP chasing live service altogether. Calling it ‘diverse experiences’ doesn’t change the fact they’re still looking to pursue the same model players already rejected.
How about just not focus on them at all? Focus on making games like Astro Bot, you know the game everyone loved and won you GOTY instead ridicule and shame.
What they should do is keep the big focus on singleplayer, keep all your studios that specialize in singleplayer focused there. Have or hire small teams to make live services from your IPs as to avoid going crazy with budgets. Smaller budget means more creativity and less focus on greed and following trends. Live services should be a side thing for you sony.
Lighting and details more crisp on PS5. Just compare the weapons
Why does the PC look worse?
I think ps5 version looks a tad softer, probably a lower resolution