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Sometimes I still don't quite believe it. After years, decades, of Atlus stubbornly refusing to put a bunch of Persona games on anything but a PlayStation, I now have 3, 4 and 5—in their expanded-edition forms—plus a 3 remake in my Steam library. What a time to be alive.
After eight years in development, PlayStation's latest exclusive, , was launched on PlayStation 5 and PC on August 23, 2024, and on September 3, 2024, not even a full two weeks later, PlayStation has announced it will be shutting down the game on September 6, 2024. The writing seemed to be on the wall for Firewalk Studios' live-service shooter before the game even launched, as it seemed to have a somewhat underwhelming player count during its beta, but when it launched, its recorded figures on Steam were surprisingly low, even when compared to other notable live-service bombs this year, such as.
As its new hero shooter Concord prepares to go offline, PlayStation is reportedly feeling bullish about one of its next multiplayer endeavors.
Black Myth: Wukong was the success story of August in the games industry; that much is certain. The debut title from Chinese developer Game Science sold 10 million copies in three days and crushed Cyberpunk 2077's record for the highest player concurrency on Steam registered by a single player game. CD PROJEKT's game reached 1.05 million concurrent players at its height, while Black Myth: Wukong, no doubt thanks to the massive Chinese community, has peaked at 2.41 million players, ranking second in the all-time peak concurrency Steam chart only behind PUBG: Battlegrounds.
Only two weeks after launch, PlayStation made the shocking decision to shut down Concord. Firewalk Studios’ much-derided hero shooter had a disastrous launch, one that analysts estimated only 25,000 players picked up, according to IGN. In a PlayStation Blog post, game director Ryan Ellis was transparent about the fact that “aspects of the game and our initial launch didn’t land the way we’d intended” and that Firewalk will shut the game down on September 6 to “explore options, including those that will better reach our players.”
Sometimes a great TV tie-in can give a game a popularity boost—The Witcher and Cyberpunk 2077 both got Netflix bumps—but it doesn't seem likely that an upcoming TV short based on the world of Concord will have the same effect, given that the hero shooter can't even be purchased anymore. Sony and developer Firewalk are taking Concord offline this week after a dismal player turnout; it didn't even crack 1,000 concurrents on Steam.
The sudden shutdown of the newly-launched hero shooter Concord sparked an entirely unsurprising wave of unfortunate grave dancing amongst people who decried the game for being too «woke» or diverse, rather than being a game «for gamers,» whatever that's supposed to mean. But amidst all that predictable sound and fury, there are also messages of support for the developers at Firewalk Studios, and expressions of hope from fans that Concord will be back.
After only ten days on the market, Concord sales are ceasing immediately as Sony and Firewalk Studios explore better options to better reach their players.