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PlayStation’s ‘Concord’ Is Officially Dead

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PlayStation's 'Concord' Is Officially Dead

Harmony is formally useless. In an official assertion launched in the present day on PlayStation’s weblog, the corporate has introduced that its just lately launched multiplayer shooter will likely be taken offline after simply two weeks of service.

The choice comes after a disastrous launch for the sport, which launched August 23 on PlayStation 5 and PC to principally constructive evaluations however a middling participant depend. On Steam, the PC model of the sport peaked at an all-time excessive of solely 697 gamers on its launch day — a quantity so low, it’s dwarfed each day by many video games launched many years in the past. As of reporting, there are solely 28 gamers actively taking part in the sport on Steam, with a 24-hour peak of 110.

Within the weblog put up, the sport’s director Ryan Ellis confirms that Harmony will go offline on Sept. 6 and can now not be obtainable to buy as of in the present day, Sept. 3, acknowledging that the sport’s efficiency failed to fulfill expectations.

“[While] many qualities of the expertise resonated with gamers, we additionally acknowledge that different features of the sport and our preliminary launch didn’t land the best way we’d supposed,” the put up says. “Subsequently, at the moment, we’ve determined to take the sport offline starting September 6, 2024, and discover choices, together with these that can higher attain our gamers.”

The weblog put up additionally confirms that anybody who bought the sport digitally will likely be eligible to obtain a refund, though anybody who bought a bodily model on disc might want to undergo the refund strategy of their particular retailer.

The state of affairs is a significant blow for Sony whose different massive multiplayer recreation of the yr, Helldivers 2, noticed viral success on-line after releasing in February. Many had questioned if Harmony might reside as much as the lofty gross sales and participant depend of Helldivers 2, however the response was in the end extra tepid.

Developed by Firewalk Studios, Harmony was rumored to have been in manufacturing for upwards of eight years, making the choice to drag the plug stunning regardless of its failure. Supposed as a giant franchise for Sony, the sport was receiving common updates for its first two weeks, together with new, absolutely motion-captured cinematic cutscenes to be added weekly. Whereas it resembles different multiplayer shooters like Overwatch 2 superficially, the large finances scope of the sport and the formidable plans for its future content material rollout have been in contrast to something seen beforehand in its style.

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Though the sport is being pulled from storefronts and its servers are going offline, Sony and its builders stay imprecise about its future. May Harmony return in one other type? There’s a chance that it might come again as a free-to-play recreation, very similar to Bungie’s Future 2, one other aggressive multiplayer shooter that noticed a stagnant post-launch reception however discovered its viewers after being reworked as F2P.

However for now, followers of the sport can have lower than per week to say goodbye. Farewell, Harmony, we hardly knew thee.

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