New Concorde details reveal high budget and troubled development
Concorde Crash and Burn is more disastrous for Sony than initial reports would suggest. If you haven't looked into it – I'm not going to say “no” if you haven't played harmonybecause about three people played harmony – This game was considered to be Sony's favorite release this year, it is a first-person shooter designed by Firewalk Studios, which is owned by Sony, which was the main attraction This year's PlayStation State of PlayIt looked somewhat silly and cartoony, something like Fortnite Clones but with little difference or personality, and the trailer and State of Play showcase didn't excite anyone. Then came the character designs, which emphasized things like inclusivity and body positivity came up with the pronouns listedwas also detected notes Concorde main character designer about white privilege, which scared away gamers looking for fun and escapism. (It probably didn’t help that harmony It had an LGBT tag on its Steam store page. Bud Light isn't just a crappy beer, folks; it's a canary in the coal mine.) So, harmony was issued, and It explodedand finally sony took it offlinestopped selling it, and refunded money to those who had already bought it. It was a disaster for Sony, but now, two and a half weeks later, we're starting to realize just how bad a thing it was. Colin Moriarty shared a clip from his podcast, Sacred symbolswhere he revealed some insider information harmony,
I spoke at length with a guy who worked on Concorde, and found out it's a lot worse than you'd think.
It was internally described as “the future of PlayStation”, with Star Wars-like potential, and a developer culture of “toxic positivity” prevented any negative feedback.
It cost $400 million to build. pic.twitter.com/F5O0oy4gaQ
— Colin Moriarty (@longislandviper) September 20, 2024
Wow. This number is actually more meaningful than the previous one. Some time ago, while Sweet Baby Inc. and the discussion on ESG in gamingFormer Blizzard producer Mark Kern said modern video games are extremely expensive, with some costing up to $600 million. harmony cost of $100-150 million It didn't feel right to me; I don't want to give the game too much credit, but it didn't feel cheap. And for a company as big as Sony to completely shut down something like this, it should have cost more than the reported amount. However, it's surprising that it cost less than that Spider-Man The games, which look wonderful; I figured they would be at the high end of video game budgets, and – despite my measured praise a few sentences ago – they look better than that. harmony.In fact, if harmony It is the most expensive game developed by Sony either by itself or through a third party, which means it also cost more than god of war Or God of War: RagnarokWhich… oh my god. Talk about a money pit.
The fact that the game isn't ready for release yet and needs double its initial budget and an extra year of development is absolutely ridiculous. harmony It took eight years to develop; there's no reason why it should be in the state it is after seven years. It actually reminds me of Star Wars Outlaws; I wonder what they considered “minimum viability” on that one. At least Sony tried to fix it harmony; that game was abandoned in the very early testing phase. According to Colin Moriarty, this is even more surprising, since Sony essentially considered it the face of its video game empire, comparing it to Star Wars. With all this, why wasn't there anyone from Sony at the studio to kick these people out and get the game in shape? Instead, they had that “toxic positivity” environment where no one was allowed to be honest, which is amazingly stupid. And why did they incorporate this stupid awareness into something that was going to be such a massive failure for them? Granted, development started several years ago, and they had no idea the response would be this big, but still, why take the risk? You'd think they'd make up harmony With very traditional heroes and villains, a group of fun and cool characters that gamers will want to become while playing, and maybe even grow into later. Sony was hoping to make up for this loss.
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