{"id":119883,"date":"2024-10-30T01:46:46","date_gmt":"2024-10-29T18:46:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=119883"},"modified":"2024-10-30T01:46:46","modified_gmt":"2024-10-29T18:46:46","slug":"sony-closes-concord-studio-and-permanently-shuts-down-the-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=119883","title":{"rendered":"Sony closes Concord studio and permanently shuts down the game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph mb-20 font-fkroman text-18 leading-160 -tracking-1 selection:bg-franklin-20 dark:text-white dark:selection:bg-blurple [&amp;_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-franklin dark:[&amp;_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-blurple [&amp;_a]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&amp;_a]:shadow-underline-white\">Sony is closing Firewalk Studios, the studio behind its PlayStation <em>Concord <\/em>game that it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2024\/9\/3\/24234909\/sony-concord-ps5-shutdown-poor-sales-launch-pc\">took offline last month<\/a> after a disastrous launch. In a <a href=\"https:\/\/sonyinteractive.com\/en\/news\/blog\/an-update-from-playstation-studios\/\">message to PlayStation staff<\/a>, Hermen Hulst, CEO of the PlayStation studio business group, says Firewalk Studios will close alongside Neon Koi, a mobile game studio.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph mb-20 font-fkroman text-18 leading-160 -tracking-1 selection:bg-franklin-20 dark:text-white dark:selection:bg-blurple [&amp;_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-franklin dark:[&amp;_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-blurple [&amp;_a]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&amp;_a]:shadow-underline-white\">\u201cWe have spent considerable time these past few months exploring all our options,\u201d says Hulst. \u201cAfter much thought, we have determined the best path forward is to permanently sunset the game and close the studio. I want to thank all of Firewalk for their craftsmanship, creative spirit and dedication.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph mb-20 font-fkroman text-18 leading-160 -tracking-1 selection:bg-franklin-20 dark:text-white dark:selection:bg-blurple [&amp;_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-franklin dark:[&amp;_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-blurple [&amp;_a]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&amp;_a]:shadow-underline-white\">Hulst says <em>Concord <\/em>didn\u2019t hit Sony\u2019s targets and that the PlayStation maker will \u201ctake the lessons learned from <em>Concord <\/em>and continue to advance our live service capabilities to deliver future growth in this area.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph mb-20 font-fkroman text-18 leading-160 -tracking-1 selection:bg-franklin-20 dark:text-white dark:selection:bg-blurple [&amp;_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-franklin dark:[&amp;_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-blurple [&amp;_a]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&amp;_a]:shadow-underline-white\"><em>Concord<\/em> debuted on August 23rd on both PS5 and PC, but Sony took the game offline on September 6th after poor sales of the game. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/concord-is-estimated-to-have-sold-only-25000-units-heres-why-analysts-think-its-failing?utm_source=twitter\">Estimates have put sales<\/a>\u00a0at under 25,000, and <em>Concord <\/em>only managed to hit an all-time peak of just 697 players on Steam, lower than the launch peak of\u00a0<em>The Lord of the Rings: Gollum.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph mb-20 font-fkroman text-18 leading-160 -tracking-1 selection:bg-franklin-20 dark:text-white dark:selection:bg-blurple [&amp;_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-franklin dark:[&amp;_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-blurple [&amp;_a]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&amp;_a]:shadow-underline-white\">Sony\u2019s Neon Koi mobile game development studio is also shutting down, despite Hulst saying \u201cmobile remains a priority growth area.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/8\/29\/23326666\/sony-playstation-studios-mobile-team-games-phone-savage\">Sony originally acquired<\/a> the German-Finnish studio when it was known as Savage Game Studios in 2022, and the team was working on an unannounced triple-A mobile live service action game.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph mb-20 font-fkroman text-18 leading-160 -tracking-1 selection:bg-franklin-20 dark:text-white dark:selection:bg-blurple [&amp;_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-franklin dark:[&amp;_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-blurple [&amp;_a]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&amp;_a]:shadow-underline-white\">\u201cWith this re-focused approach, Neon Koi will close, and its mobile action game will not be moving forward,\u201d says Hulst. \u201cBoth decisions were given serious thought, and ultimately, we feel they are the right ones to strengthen the organization.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph mb-20 font-fkroman text-18 leading-160 -tracking-1 selection:bg-franklin-20 dark:text-white dark:selection:bg-blurple [&amp;_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-franklin dark:[&amp;_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-blurple [&amp;_a]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&amp;_a]:shadow-underline-white\">Some of the impacted developers may find roles within Sony\u2019s other studios, but the rest will join the thousands in the game industry that have been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/24172733\/summer-game-fest-video-game-announcements-layoffs-labor-live-service-fortnite\">laid off over the past couple of years<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2024\/10\/29\/24282900\/sony-shutting-down-concord-firewalk-studios\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sony is closing Firewalk Studios, the studio behind its PlayStation Concord game that it took offline last month after a disastrous launch. 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