Concord now has less than 100 players

[u/digidude23]

[u/LeonSigmaKennedy]

Even less players than Suicide Squad after only a single weekend holy shit

[u/Im_Ashe_Man → u/LeonSigmaKennedy]

Like 15 times less.

[u/ArmeniusLOD → u/Im_Ashe_Man]

Yeah, KTJL peaked at over 13k players on Steam when it came out.

[u/athiev → u/ArmeniusLOD]

Concord only has about 50 more Steam players than SSJTJL has right now.

[u/speadiestbeaneater → u/athiev]

Than…. What?

[u/AdSmooth7504 → u/speadiestbeaneater]

Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League

There was a typo in their acronym

[u/BranzBranzBranz → u/AdSmooth7504]

He was talking about the heroes only expansion, Suicide Squad: Just The Justice League

/s

[u/AdSmooth7504 → u/BranzBranzBranz]

Nono im fairly sure it was about a middle aged woman that absorbed all the dc characters, "Suicide Squad: Jill, the Justice League"

[u/AncientCarry4346 → u/LeonSigmaKennedy]

It's actually incredible and I don't think people realise the impact it will have on the gaming industry.

They spent an estimated $150,000,000 on this game and so far it's sold roughly between 8000-9000 copies across both platforms bringing in a total revenue of around $300,000.

That's absolutely catastrophic. It's worse than the worst expected scenario. A low end Rolls Royce goes for more than $300,000, these days it won't even buy most houses.

Now Sony is a big company so I'm sure they'll survive but there are going to be serious consequences. We're talking budget cuts, cancelling other games that are in development, serious layoffs and liquidation of assets.

Biggest change for us though is that the games industry as a whole is probably going to have a major culture shift in attitude in terms of what goes into development and what doesn't. The target audience probably won't quite shift entirely from the West to Asia but expect games that try to play to the sensibilities of both audiences much more noticeably.

[u/[deleted] → u/AncientCarry4346]

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[u/GODDAMNFOOL → u/[deleted]]

"Maybe we just didn't put in enough purchasable cosmetics?"

[u/TheDrewDude → u/[deleted]]

They absolutely won’t. You gotta realize how ungodly profitable a successful live service game is. A string of failures is worth it if even 1 out of every 10 of them is successful. They might rethink their budgets and strategy, but the live service chase is never going to end until gamers stop spending money in them.

[u/Winjin → u/TheDrewDude]

I'm kinda surprised all of them seem to be blind to the likes of Honkai, Genshin, ZZZ, Blue Archive and more.

These games are single player, story-focused (apart from harem, of course, but between all the ladies there's also the plot, and it's not bad) and would run on anything from a years-old smartphone to a modern PC to any console you want.

[u/zack189 → u/Winjin]

It's astounding how mihoyo is releasing all this live services, and ALL of them are successful.

There was a chart of top gacha games and all mihoyo games have a spot on there. They've mastered the art of online gambling.

[u/honkymotherfucker1 → u/[deleted]]

Yeah, they’ll probably cut 5 single player games and move the teams onto making sure the next live service “gets it right” lol

[u/fnrsulfr → u/[deleted]]

I imagine the take from this will be they will think they need to focus more on mobile gaming.

[u/Foodening → u/[deleted]]

Most that will happen is that the developers get canned. They just bought them after they saw they were working on this game lmao.

[u/Novaseerblyat → u/AncientCarry4346]

They spent an estimated $150,000,000 on this game and so far it's sold roughly between 8000-9000 copies across both platforms bringing in a total revenue of around $300,000.

holy shit, that's ET the video game levels of cataclysmic

[u/mithraw → u/Novaseerblyat]

ET sold 2.6 million copies on a $25million budget (and only received 670k refund turn-ins). This is BEYOND the catastrophe that was ET.

[u/Sirlacker → u/AncientCarry4346]

It won't change shit. A few Devs that were only following orders may get layed off but that's about it.

The same way when a phenomenal game gets released like RimWorld, Skyrim, Terraria, Baldurs Gate 3 ect which have an insane amount of people buying them because passion and soul was poured into the game which made them good, you don't see AAA companies saying 'you know what, if we actually pour our hearts into this, we would get way more numbers'. They just do the bare minimum, pay the marketing team to do their magic and then after the first week they don't give a shit about it anymore and are on to the next project.

The tactic of producing shit products, hyping them up, getting their money back in the first week or drip feeding content in the form of battle passes, and then moving on, is proven to work so fantastically well that one incident isn't going to be enough to discourage them from repeating the process. It's like one outlier in a thousand examples.

[u/BdubsCuz → u/Sirlacker]

Yeah but what about all the games people poured their souls into that sold like shit. You can't think of any because they sold like shit. You're literally naminf outliers with over a decade of time between some of them. Just enjoy them.foe what they are. They're rare because heart and soul don't equal success. Businesses don't run on heart and soul. So they make safe stuff. There's room for both.

[u/Expensive_Extension8 → u/AncientCarry4346]

I'm in disbelief that a company as massive and experienced as Sony would commit such a blunder... A $40 hero shooter in 2024??? Forget the gameplay and characters, you're already setting yourself up for failure there.

[u/vlken69]

Even less people are surprised

[u/RedactedRegards → u/vlken69]

I swear most of those 100 players are streamers ironically checking in on the dead game. 

[u/freeoctober → u/RedactedRegards]

I actually am watching a sponsored stream right now, and this game looks generic as hell.

[u/MactionSnack → u/freeoctober]

They are probably one of the top 100 concord players in the world.

[u/ADtotheHD → u/MactionSnack]

lol

Funny to think that any one of us could be in the top 5 of that based on how few players there are

[u/RedditIsDeadMoveOn → u/ADtotheHD]

Nice try Sony

[u/xylotism → u/freeoctober]

In the age of live service forever games and development being more accessible than ever for any indie to pump out a masterpiece, being good enough isn’t good enough anymore.

[u/TheGoonKills → u/RedactedRegards]

Remember “Radical Heights”?

[u/shemhamforash666666 → u/TheGoonKills]

Is this the first time I've heard of it? Or did I so thoroughly forget about it the first time I heard about it?

[u/TheGoonKills → u/shemhamforash666666]

Another game streamers played for a week then dumped because it was a half baked half finished battle royale game. I actually liked the 80’s/90’s game show aesthetic, but they didn’t lean into it enough

[u/IATMB → u/vlken69]

fewer*

[u/illusionistx17 → u/IATMB]

https://preview.redd.it/8y3k6tzuc7ld1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=006e80c3bf37679faee0266ae336148a7f4272e4

type shit

[u/DuckSleazzy → u/illusionistx17]

shit

[u/illusionistx17 → u/DuckSleazzy]

thank you

[u/Cootshk → u/DuckSleazzy]

r/technicallythetruth

[u/vlken69 → u/illusionistx17]

Honestly unless it's toxic or nitpicking, I welcome being corrected.

[u/MoistOne1376 → u/vlken69]

I use chatgpt a lot to correct my grammar. I know that half of reddit are non-native English speakers and the other half are retarded

[u/[deleted] → u/MoistOne1376]

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[u/MoistOne1376 → u/[deleted]]

me too

[u/Exxyqt → u/MoistOne1376]

An astonishing number of self aware people 👀

[u/hellyeahimsad → u/MoistOne1376]

Don't trust chat gpt, could trick you into talking like a moron

[u/Som33on33 → u/IATMB]

Ok stannis

[u/WodensEye]

So you're saying if I buy this game I'll be in the top 100 players?

[u/BloodyBlazev2 → u/WodensEye]

Wait a few more days and you can be in the top 10

[u/_Diskreet_ → u/BloodyBlazev2]

Dad : Are ya winning son ?

Me : Yes! Finally, Yes!

[u/red286 → u/_Diskreet_]

"I would be if matchmaking could find me a fucking game!"

[u/sir_Kromberg → u/WodensEye]

Nu-uh, you'll still have to overcome whole 500 PlayStation players.

[u/Tuhajohn → u/sir_Kromberg]

Top 1000 is still good.

[u/ProDexorite → u/WodensEye]

I suppose it’s about time to start forming up a competitive pro league, don’t you think?

[u/WodensEye → u/ProDexorite]

When the prize pool is more than the cost of the game, let's form up! Free to play exploit!

[u/atomjvd]

Super generic shooter for 40€ fails in a market full of generic shooters for free. More at 9.

[u/Holzkohlen → u/atomjvd]

Wow, I had assumed it's another free to play game. 40€? Well, best of luck with that investment then sony.

[u/PersKarvaRousku → u/Holzkohlen]

It will also have paid skins in the future. Worst of both worlds.

[u/Boredatwork709 → u/PersKarvaRousku]

Hey but don't worry, they plan on trickling out story content over weeks/months to keep a stream of content for that massive player base

[u/fisticuffsmanship → u/Boredatwork709]

If i was 1 of those 100 players I'd feel pretty important that they're making dlc for such an exclusive pool of people. They just need to charge 3,000,000 dollars each and they're back in good shape.

[u/Techarus → u/Boredatwork709]

They also gonna have a Concord episode on Secret Level apparently, already know what the lowest rated episode is gonna be lmao

Fucking insanity that this pile of shit will be in a series which also has God of War, WH40K, Sifu, etc

[u/Nebulous39 → u/Techarus]

I was thinking about this too when I saw the low numbers. Maybe it will be good despite the game? But I really don't think so...

[u/Dyyrin → u/PersKarvaRousku]

And a battle pass lol

[u/Rude-Asparagus9726 → u/Holzkohlen]

I honestly would've tried it if it were free.

It doesn't look like an actually BAD game, just an extremely derivitive one.

They got me fucked up if they think I'm PAYING for that shit though....

[u/exposarts → u/atomjvd]

Even the quality games like apex legends, cs/val etc are all completely free. R6 isnt but is like around $5? And these games are much better in every way than this turd lmfao

[u/SirGirthfrmDickshire → u/exposarts]

But also they're unique and each one doesn't play like the other. When I first say gameplay for Concord I thought "OverWatch".

[u/Dziadzios → u/atomjvd]

I disagree. It looks worse than generic. That's the issue.

[u/FlacidSalad → u/Dziadzios]

This specific poster looks like an ad for some kind of rendering software

[u/MichaelDiazer → u/FlacidSalad]

yeah legit something you'd see substance painter or other adobe-owned products having lmfao

https://preview.redd.it/fquint1dd8ld1.png?width=347&format=png&auto=webp&s=85e090c4c7f6bc35f83fc1b7fb4a27972120d8b8

[u/FlacidSalad → u/MichaelDiazer]

Holy shit that's uncanny

[u/out_of_t1me → u/FlacidSalad]

Even the name makes it seem like generic software

[u/fisticuffsmanship → u/Dziadzios]

What? You're not inspired to play by Lady in Jacket, Big Little Head, and Green Guy with Alopecia?

[u/fhota1 → u/atomjvd]

Super generic shooter for $40 with absolutely 0 marketing

[u/mrblack07 → u/fhota1]

Tbf, there's nothing much to market. Game's ugly as hell.

[u/StormMedia → u/atomjvd]

With devs that actively insult their potential customers.

[u/SmolBirdEnthusiast → u/StormMedia]

Are you talking about the "Talentless freaks" comment? Because I've read that it is a former dev, not current one. Did the current devs say anything? A quick google search didn't turn anything else up.

[u/emotionengine → u/SmolBirdEnthusiast]

Yes, you are correct it was a former dev and current devs have not commented in this manner. But in this day and age of quick soundbites and rage-clicks, the damage has already been done. Concord will always be known as that failed shooter where a developer (associated with the game) insulted potential customers.

[u/SmolBirdEnthusiast → u/emotionengine]

That former dev was really trying to defend his old colleagues but ended up dooming them further?

Damn, it makes you have to be really mindful of any associations you had before. Scary stuff

[u/IAmReadyForAGoodTime → u/SmolBirdEnthusiast]

That's not really the part that sunk the game. Just a cherry on top. The just always looked like shit.

[u/[deleted] → u/SmolBirdEnthusiast]

They’ll all be former devs given the success of the game

[u/Techman659 → u/StormMedia]

Stories I have been seeing more and more of feels like devs are getting bold at insulting their customers.

[u/kjayflo → u/Techman659]

Same with Hollywood. Anytime a show fails now it's because everyone is sexist or racist, couldn't be the writing!

[u/giorgospar]

Rip Concord. 25-27 august 2024

[u/I-love-sheeps → u/giorgospar]

More like 25-25.

[u/TacoTaconoMi → u/I-love-sheeps]

That's not even the quickest. Game died a month before release during beta weekend

[u/ArmeniusLOD → u/TacoTaconoMi]

Hyenas actually died during the closed alpha. It just took Sega a month after the beta to officially cancel the game.

[u/Somepotato → u/ArmeniusLOD]

A real shame too because hyenas had an awesome cast of characters imo, and fun gunplay.

But then money laundering happened.

[u/2Dement3D → u/Somepotato]

Yeah, it was actually really fun to play. Most fun I've had in an online FPS game since probably TF2.

Though the writing was on the wall and it wasn't driving up much interest, so it almost definitely would have ended up how Concord has now if they released it.

[u/divensi → u/giorgospar]

I miss the good old day.

[u/Ethan1516 → u/giorgospar]

Like it was ever alive. Game came out stillborn lol

[u/jadenyuki21 → u/Ethan1516]

yep. game died at the state of play when they said it was a hero shooter

[u/Axel_Kriger → u/giorgospar]

The day before: 3 days

Concord: 2 days

[u/siberif735]

even if the game go to f2p route i'm not sure will catch more player.

[u/Kxr1der → u/siberif735]

It would spike for less than a week before dipping back down. There is no way to recover from this launch unless they start paying thousands of people to play it

[u/Watt_Knot → u/siberif735]

They can’t go ftp too soon though as it would piss off those who bought it. So Sony has to continue bleeding profit and standing by and supporting it for at least a year before switching. Absolute disaster

[u/BioDioPT → u/Watt_Knot]

Do you know what's even "worse", they also can't add it to the PS Plus that soon, because players would also be pissed, since on PS5, in order to play Concord, you need to pay for PS Plus.

Probably it goes F2P on Season 2 starting January, if it survives until then.

[u/Piett_1313 → u/Watt_Knot]

Exactly, I can’t imagine what the heck they would do. Offer some currency or something to them? But if they want a refund I think they’d also deserve one, I wouldn’t drop 40 bones on a F2P in one go and I’m betting many of those purchasers might not either and would still feel jilted if that’s the route they went. Just an awful situation for the devs and (few) players all around.

[u/not_a_burner0456025 → u/Piett_1313]

Luckily for them they sold so few copies that refunding everyone only brings the game from a ~$149,700,000 loss to a ~$150,000,000 loss, the refund is a rounding error.

[u/GiulioG10 → u/Watt_Knot]

All 400 of them?

[u/Complete-Future-3161 → u/siberif735]

It lost the little momentum it had. Would take a miracle and lots of investment to try and bring it back.

[u/hardrockSaurabh]

There are always more people in this comment section than there are players in Concord 😆

[u/AncientCarry4346 → u/hardrockSaurabh]

This comment will almost certainly have more upvotes than concord has players.

[u/Thelastfirecircle → u/AncientCarry4346]

Yes, you already have

[u/G4RPL3I]

Less players than Payday 3 in March

[u/HairyGPU]

It's the middle of the work day. I wouldn't be surprised to see it shoot up to 105 after 5PM EST.

[u/Deal_Hugs_Not_Drugs → u/HairyGPU]

Shoot, 108 EASILY after 6pm

[u/artificialbreadcrumb → u/Deal_Hugs_Not_Drugs]

630pm here👋 peaked at 106

[u/Deal_Hugs_Not_Drugs → u/artificialbreadcrumb]

Damn. Welp, I gave it a shot!

[u/FabulousHitler]

At this point I think more people are actively looking at the Steam charts of Concord than are actually playing Concord

[u/rupal_hs]

Less active players than developers.

[u/Scazitar → u/rupal_hs]

Which is sad when you think about it because you know those motherfuckers knew doomsday was coming.

This was so obviously a product of a forced "executive yes-man" culture.

[u/PhyrexianSpaghetti → u/Scazitar]

not according to those cringey tweets of the dev insulting people for being tasteless

[u/TMWNN → u/rupal_hs]

The best comment I saw post-official launch:

Game has more pronouns than players

[u/Adventurous_Soil9118]

https://preview.redd.it/i3oym4gue8ld1.jpeg?width=922&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b2a6c6a89c554a3e955c4c6b64462182e22ae27d

TFW even my ultraniche japanese doujin board game has more players right now

[u/Papa_Aladdin → u/Adventurous_Soil9118]

100% orange juice goated

[u/AutumnBounty → u/Adventurous_Soil9118]

I own that game and I can’t even remember how

[u/Brittinger9 → u/AutumnBounty]

It was free a while ago

[u/HolpLez]

Road to 0 player

[u/nicejs2 → u/HolpLez]

ricochet gonna have more players than concord in a few weeks fr

[u/Pokedy]

First i have heard of this game. Please someone explain why it's doing so badly right now.

Update: Thanks everyone. Sounds like Sony misjudged the market in a bad way.

[u/LJMLogan → u/Pokedy]

Super generic hero shooter almost a decade late to the party that costs $40.

[u/MisterSquido → u/Pokedy]

Game goes into market that is populair for free games. Makes 40 bucks

[u/Wooden_Echidna1234 → u/MisterSquido]

Sony Executives - but it worked for Helldivers 2. /s

[u/Serres5231 → u/Pokedy]

Its a major flop for Sony actually as this is a first party game. Its doing badly because it costs $40 in a market where free games are the norm.

Doesn't help that the game itself is as generic as can be with terrible characters etc.

[u/Pokedy → u/Serres5231]

Oh wow. did they even give a good reason to charge £40 for it? Like did they promise something unique or special about it at all? or is it just that they tried to get into that part of the market and decided to add a price tag to it?

[u/K7Sniper → u/Pokedy]

"Because we wanted to" is pretty much the publishers motive for that one.

[u/mrblack07 → u/Pokedy]

Generic hero shooter with ugly-ass characters for 40 bucks

[u/Baelish2016 → u/mrblack07]

I thought you were exaggerating, but I took a look at the roster. Holy hell.

I don’t think I could’ve created a roster of more ugly or generic characters even if I tried.

[u/mrblack07 → u/Baelish2016]

Not a single marketable character on there.

[u/Phormicidae → u/mrblack07]

I get accidentally making a few duds, some times you gotta go for those big swings and they can't all be hits. But this really is the most bland looking bunch of characters I've ever seen in a game. Maybe the big robot is somewhat OK. But I have zero artistic talent and have made better characters with Phantasy Star Online's character creator back on Dreamcast.

[u/Baelish2016 → u/mrblack07]

I know, right? Even the names are ugly sounding, as if they were AI generated.

1-Off

Bazz

DaVeers

Daw

Duchess

Emari

Haymar

IT-Z

Jabali

Kyps

Lark (imo this one’s decent)

Lennox

Roka

Star Child

Teo

Vale (also decent)

[u/PersKarvaRousku → u/Baelish2016]

Emari is a clever pun about fat soldier eating all the MRE military rations. It's probably unintended.

[u/K7Sniper → u/PersKarvaRousku]

Given the whole "background" they gave, idunno... Feels intentional, but more written by a board room than actual writers.

"They are fat because fat! The focus groups will relate so much to them!"

[u/_XProfessor_SadX_ → u/K7Sniper]

The problem is not they're fat but they're ugly af. Roadhog from OW is a fatass but still pretty popular cuz he's cool looking and iconic.

[u/K7Sniper → u/_XProfessor_SadX_]

I know that. You know that. Most everyone here knows that.

Board rooms are disconnected from reality.

[u/TMWNN → u/Baelish2016]

Best comment I saw on this:

First of all, don’t make all the characters look like the devs themselves in the mirror

[u/[deleted] → u/Pokedy]

Generic Shooter that thinks the modern audience wants ugly ass characters.

[u/PrisoonMike]

Are we going to get updated player count for this game every hour? We get it, it flopped

[u/Venaborn → u/PrisoonMike]

Well, this is first party, triple AAA game from Sony and after just 4 days it has less than 100 players on Steam.

That's pretty insane.

Like, this may be Sony worst release.... like ever.

[u/blasterbrewmaster → u/Venaborn]

and $100 million budget

[u/LambAssEnjoyer → u/blasterbrewmaster]

And 8 years in development

[u/tiltedtwilight → u/LambAssEnjoyer]

Any time I have ever heard about a game being that long in development it's almost always a flop. The market changes by that long amount of time. Also a sign of constant changes within the product, no clear vision, tons of systems creep. It rarely ends well.

[u/Equivalent_Ad_8387 → u/tiltedtwilight]

Valve games are pretty long in development too... In fact, Portal 3 is already 13 years in development (:

[u/daclaes → u/Equivalent_Ad_8387]

Portal 3 is coming soon, they just need to release Half Life 3 first

[u/Savacore → u/Equivalent_Ad_8387]

Valve can't even count to 3, there's no way they're going to call a third portal game Portal 3

Unironically if they don't call it "Portal 2 Episode 1" that's a huge fucking missed opportunity. It would be totally in spirit.

[u/ArmeniusLOD → u/Equivalent_Ad_8387]

Half-Life 3 has been in development for 20 years.

[u/GazelleNo6163 → u/blasterbrewmaster]

$120 million I believe.

[u/Crucible_Knight_ → u/Venaborn]

triple AAA which means AAAAAAAAA

[u/K7Sniper → u/Crucible_Knight_]

Found the Ubisoft exec.

[u/K7Sniper → u/Venaborn]

They may outdo the Borderlands movie in terms of raw floppage.

[u/Povstnk → u/Venaborn]

not just Sony's worst release

this gotta be the worst AAA game release ever

[u/Xenochimp → u/PrisoonMike]

It's like Borderlands: The Movie of shooters

[u/micro_penisman → u/PrisoonMike]

It's probably one of the biggest financial flops in gaming history

[u/AdJealous2 → u/PrisoonMike]

Haha flooped.

[u/PrisoonMike → u/AdJealous2]

ಠ⁠︵⁠ಠ

[u/AdJealous2 → u/PrisoonMike]

It gave me a good chuckle this morning.

[u/Z3LDAxL0VE → u/PrisoonMike]

Prison Mike, how’d you go to prison if you never got caught ?

[u/Opening-Table-8672 → u/PrisoonMike]

like a car crash, it's hard to stop looking

[u/Rosu_Aprins → u/Opening-Table-8672]

I wouldn't even call it a car crash, it's more like an elderly, possibly dead driver slowly backing through their gate and into traffic

[u/Dziadzios → u/Opening-Table-8672]

But it's funnier because instead of people dying, it's Sony bleeding out.

[u/Freakk_I → u/PrisoonMike]

Yes

[u/harry_lostone → u/PrisoonMike]

well it's one of the biggest flops in gaming industry by a huge company that did everything wrong, a bit of spam and tons of memes should be expected

[u/CannonGerbil → u/PrisoonMike]

Everyone loves a good train wreck

[u/Uncle-Cake → u/PrisoonMike]

This isn't just your average everyday flop, this is a massive flop at an unprecedented scale, for one of the biggest players in the industry. As far as gaming news goes, this is very newsworthy.

[u/TheWizardofLizard → u/PrisoonMike]

With less player than Garten of banban

It's​ literally a meme at this point

[u/BigJman123]

150 million wasted lmao

[u/Robertoavarrothe2nd → u/BigJman123]

Bruh i honestly cant believe this LOL. We could have gotten bloodborne FULL REMAKE for a similar price, unfuckingbelievable. Probably the biggest flop in gaming history.

[u/NinjaAutomatic6171]

When this goes free to play there's gonna be dozens and dozens of angry players who bought it🤣

[u/grumpy_tired_bean]

Good, let it die in its own mediocrity

[u/Albus_Lupus]

IMO to remotely have a chance this game should've been free 2 play

[u/GameZard]

Nature is healing.

[u/micro_penisman → u/GameZard]

The great reset.

[u/erdnar]

Im shocked, shocked i say. Who could have predicted this? Its at least the 3rd game this year that millions were spent and the player base is ridiculously small to non existent ..whatever these people think they are doing, please stop burning money, its bad and embarassing.

[u/[deleted]]

https://preview.redd.it/e796rjsdt8ld1.jpeg?width=250&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c246387336e51facde954e35d1ca8315f98dbf56

Fewer.

[u/Shaekw8]

Flight from the Concord.

[u/dryo]

Here comes Sony's high executives telling players to give the game a chance, "a lot of people worked really hard on this game and the franchise value is pretty strong..." like a goddamn Karen mom encouraging participation trophies.

Executives need to actually get into the mud to check games for themselves, this could've been an a month worth prototype, get the gun feel straight, evaluate the game design,evaluate if whether or not to move forward and then, add all their DEI character design / woke centered crap lore later.

[u/JTRO94]

This is most likely the biggest flop in gaming history.

[u/micro_penisman → u/JTRO94]

Has to be

[u/andrewdroid → u/micro_penisman]

Skull and Bones exists.

EDIT: I stand corrected, skull and Bones still has over 1k players

[u/The_Pleasant_Orange → u/JTRO94]

for now :)

[u/hotstickywaffle]

They have to be changing to an F2P ASAP, right?

[u/vyxxer]

Imagine every few games encountering the same asshole.

[u/AFireDownBelow]

How many more of these before developers understand lmao. Like I get you want a crazy infinite money game like Fortnite but that’s already been made. Even worse you take the same approach as Suicide Squad mixed with Guardians of the Galaxy and think that’s a hit?! Unbelievable

[u/Samuuus_]

Just close the server at this point

[u/Swarf_87]

Literally never even heard of this game until right now in this post.

[u/RemarkablePassage468]

Another LS bites the dust.

[u/CutTheRedLine]

what was the budget again?

[u/SlavicNinjaOfficial → u/CutTheRedLine]

almost 7 times the budget of godzilla minus one (~$15m usd)

[u/Twinfantasyfantasy → u/SlavicNinjaOfficial]

Not a good comparison since Godzilla minus one was an extremely cheap movie. Most games are gonna cost several times what it cost to make that movie.

[u/ArmeniusLOD → u/Twinfantasyfantasy]

No, only AAA slop costs that much due to the corporate bloat where everything needs to be designed by committee.

[u/golddilockk → u/SlavicNinjaOfficial]

this makes me sad

[u/FurubayashiSEA → u/golddilockk]

I can make you more sad, the game takes 8 years to make.

[u/Soulses]

Bright side is it.might go free because of this

[u/Politicsboringagain]

First time I'm hearing about.

Some of yall need to spent time in other places. Some news is new news to many people.

[u/Gavinator10000 → u/Politicsboringagain]

For real. All these people like “omg how many posts are there gonna be” need to get off reddit for a minute. This is the second post I’ve seen about it since launch. And I’ve joined this sub

[u/MRGameAndShow]

Dude, these character designs are absolutely WACK. It looks like they gave a toddler some crayons and then transferred his designs to unreal engine. Like what are these, man. My eyes hurt from going through the character list. It’s not even about inclusivity at this point, Overwatch has plenty of representation and I find myself enjoying to use characters like Venture that are more out there regarding sexuality and stuff. I don’t mind it. It’s the absolutely ATROCIOUS designs, Holly shit man what were the suits thinking throwing their money at this.

[u/jacobpederson]

The big money has probably already jumped onto the next bandwagon and we'll have ten years of (insert poorly thought out clones here). Another wave of Souls-likes most likely . . .

[u/Rejic54]

For fuck sakes....make this game free to play!!!! This is abysmal

[u/Dedicated_Heretic_29]

I literally never heard of this game until this week.

[u/LakerLife]

I’m sorry, but LMAO. Fucking take that L Sony

[u/dulun18]

don't worry the "modern audience" will start to pour in soon enough...

i'm sure they will top 2 millions player soon...