{"id":119963,"date":"2024-10-30T06:51:47","date_gmt":"2024-10-29T23:51:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=119963"},"modified":"2024-10-30T06:51:47","modified_gmt":"2024-10-29T23:51:47","slug":"sony-pulls-the-plug-on-concord-and-shuts-down-firewalk-studios","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=119963","title":{"rendered":"Sony pulls the plug on Concord and shuts down Firewalk Studios"},"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>Sony has officially killed off <em>Concord<\/em> and is shuttering the studio behind the game. <em>Concord<\/em>&#8216;s servers were taken down just <a data-i13n=\"elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:1;pos:1\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/gaming\/playstation\/concord-is-going-offline-two-weeks-after-its-ps5-and-pc-launch-163134728.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:two weeks;elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:1;pos:1;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">two weeks<\/a> after the launch of the competitive team shooter from Firewalk Studios after poor sales. Firewalk&#8217;s game director Ryan Ellis chose to <a data-i13n=\"elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:2;pos:1\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/gaming\/playstation\/concords-disastrous-launch-reportedly-leads-to-its-directors-self-demotion-215515013.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:move himself;elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:2;pos:1;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">move himself<\/a> into a more supportive role following <em>Concord<\/em>&#8216;s struggles, and Sony had said it would consider its options for the project. The decision is in.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;After much thought, we have determined the best path forward is to permanently sunset the game and close the studio,&#8221; Hermen Hulst of Sony Interactive Entertainment&#8217;s Studio Business Group said in a <a data-i13n=\"elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:3;pos:1\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/sonyinteractive.com\/en\/news\/blog\/an-update-from-playstation-studios\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:statement;elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:3;pos:1;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">statement<\/a> today. &#8220;I want to thank all of Firewalk for their craftsmanship, creative spirit and dedication.&#8221; A representative told <a data-i13n=\"elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:4;pos:1\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/jasonschreier\/status\/1851332241051513093\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Bloomberg News;elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:4;pos:1;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\"><em>Bloomberg News<\/em><\/a> that Firewalk Studios had 172 employees who will lose their jobs.<\/p>\n<p>The online game business is brutal, and <em>Concord<\/em> may have suffered for its long development time, which meant other team shooters had already risen to prominence and defined players&#8217; expectations. Many similar games are free to play and support themselves financially with a battle pass or seasonal model. Gamers may have balked at the $40 price tag for a new property, or maybe the genre was simply too crowded for <em>Concord<\/em> to muscle in.<\/p>\n<p>Whatever the reasons, today&#8217;s news marks another difficult chapter for the game development world. Firewalk Studios is an outlier for having this level of commercial failure, but it&#8217;s still yet another closure in the industry that has seen a lot of turbulence in recent years. Layoffs and shutdowns have been <a data-i13n=\"cpos:5;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/video-games-in-2023-acquisitions-layoffs-unions-143037174.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:a top story in gaming;cpos:5;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">a top story in gaming<\/a>, but several of the recent cases have been like Firewalk, which was acquired by Sony Interactive Entertainment just last spring. Netflix abruptly <a data-i13n=\"cpos:6;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/gaming\/netflix-has-closed-its-aaa-gaming-studio-133014946.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:shut down;cpos:6;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">shut down<\/a> its AAA studio last week before the team had even announced a project. Microsoft <a data-i13n=\"cpos:7;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/arkane-austin-and-tango-gameworks-have-been-shut-down-183913558.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:closed;cpos:7;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">closed<\/a> three studios from the Zenimax family earlier this year. As fewer parties control a growing share of the games industry, the tolerance for experimentation and slim profit margins will likely shrink too. And this type of sudden upheaval could become all the more common.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Update, October 29, 2024, 2:52PM ET:<\/strong> Story updated with additional context about <em>Concord<\/em>, Firewalk Studios&#8217; staff numbers and broader studio closure trends.<\/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.engadget.com\/gaming\/playstation\/sony-pulls-the-plug-on-concord-and-shuts-down-firewalk-studios-180321212.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sony has officially killed off Concord and is shuttering the studio behind the game. 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