Concord Still Has a Handful of Steam Players Online

Concord Still Has a Handful of Steam Players Online

From Game Rant (Written by Viraaj Bhatnagar) on | OpenCritic

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Even though it was pulled offline a few days ago, a handful of Steam users are still playing Concord somehow. The live-service hero shooter barely lasted two weeks on the market, as publisher PlayStation decided to delist Concord due to its shockingly low player numbers.

With reported sales figures of a meager 25,000 copies and less than 700 peak concurrent players on Steam, Concord's disastrous two-week run is regarded by many as the most unsuccessful and unpopular of any PlayStation first-party game ever. Concord was delisted on September 6 and refunds are currently going out to every buyer, which is unprecedented not only for PlayStation, but for the industry at large. Developer Firewalk Studios did remark in Concord's shutdown announcement that it would "explore options" to bring the PvP hero shooter back, but there remains a chance the entire game could be written off.

A PS5 Platinum trophy for a 2024 game may very well become the rarest PlayStation trophy of all time.

A recent petition to bring Concord back has accumulated 2,000 signatures, but it remains to be seen whether the infamous live-service title will get a chance at redemption. While Concord remains in limbo,...

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