General gaming discussion

Don't you dare give me hope.

I was in the attic last week and found a box that had some old gaming gear in it. I found the tony hawk skateboard accessory that was out when the whole rock band / guitar hero buzz was going on.

You stood on this thing and did tricks in real life that were reflected in the game was the theory. In reality you tried to turn, it took off across the room and you ended up on your arse.

Will be interesting to see what it is like if/when it reappears.

I reckon it comes back F2P, that seems a certainty, with all the battle passes and skins that come along with it.

I didn't play it, didn't want to spend money on a game that was doomed to failure based on numbers, but I heard the actual gameplay was good - so I will give it a go if/when it comes back as a F2P game.

I hope they can make good of it, as I would have faith in the developers (ex-Bungie) to create an engaging shooter. But a hero shooter that wasn't F2P in this gaming environment was a bad starting point. a F2P shooter, focused on PVP, with some of the old Bungie magic? Thats a good starting point.

Suppose the difficulty there is that there’s a significant cost associated with game maintenance/updates for live service. These games need near constant management with new content/modes/maps as well as continuous QA and game rebalancing. Without enough players and enough revenue it’s probably pointless.

Once again showing how stupid it is to go all in cost wise for these type of games.

Concord won't be back, it would require fundamental changes to the game itself and I don't see Sony throwing another cent at it to do that. An incredible flop that might just be one of the biggest disasters in any entertainment medium ever.

One would hope that these catastrophic failures will teach them a lesson or two, but we all know that's not the case.