It is rare for a game that was so prominent and had so much press release with little. Concord released and I would not be shocked if you didn’t know. This game was announced at Playstations day of play then proceeded to show absolutely nothing about the game since. Developed by Firewalk Studios and published by Playstation, Concord was set for a AAA live service 5vs5 shooter. I already felt the game didn’t have a lot going for it. Dead or Alive, Overwatch 2, and Team Fortress 2 all seem to hold a fanbase and have enough going for them. Concord seems to be in a much worse position while the above mentioned games are praised for gameplay or unique characters Concord has nothing going for it. Content seems bare bones and lackluster and as for players it peaked at 660 and is somehow declining. Now we all know how this will go within a month the game has already been delisted and taken down. Then some poor apology from Playstation or Firewatch if that. This is what AAA games are not understanding right now. Yes they make money off of players and constant updates, but if the base game sucks and there is no focus then why would anyone play the game. It is funny to look at the highest rated and most played games right now as a majority of them are single player, but we can guess where this goes no one has learned anything, Firewatch will close, and Playstation will pretend nothings wrong till this happens again in which we will have another cycle of Live service game to dumpster. I tried to look up what made this game so terrible, maybe troubled launch, bad development, or lacking player base and came to the conclusion a mix of all three maybe. Then something else came to mind a lot of Live service games are free to play you don’t need money to at least play them, but it does get you easy loot and cosmetics. Concord released with a $40 price tag. So a lackluster game with nothing going for it with a dwindling player base and a price tag. Or I could play Fortnite for free a game with a lot going for it, increasing player numbers, and cross play on all platforms.

Edit: Less than two weeks since launch and the game is already down not sure if that is some sort of world record, but at least it was quick