I don't think I've seen something like this happen before. The closed beta was a disaster, I think the Steam version didn't even reach 3k players?
For those unfamiliar with Concord (and I don't blame you), it's a team hero arena shooter made by Firewalk Studios. This game has been in development for several years, and Sony was so impressed with what they saw that Sony purchased the studio back in 2021. Concorn has been revealed and....it looks hideous. The playable characters almost look like a parody of a woke game: fatties, aunties, shitty looking aliens, and everyone dressed up like they're wearing costumes for Doug Walker's next movie.
The gameplay, from what I've heard, is okay, but in this oversaturated market with players having several other options (not to mention FREE options when Concord needs $40 and a PSN account to play) there is no reason to play it.
Back in June there was some Playstation Showcase and Concord got nearly a third of the air time dedicated to its trailers, and nobody liked it. Basically a shittier Guardians of the Galaxy with even worse cringe MCU humor.
The closed beta was so bad that players were struggling to find players to match with.
So Sony has switched to having an open beta....and the player count has dropped even MORE. This thing is crashing and burning before everyone's eyes, and the game hasn't even officially released yet! Firewalk Studio employees had better be firing up their resumes. Concord's release date is officially August 23rd 2024, there is no way they can course correct this.
I would have expected for there to still be plenty of idiots eating up the free beta slop at least, but with such low numbers are gamers finally fed up?
Concord happens to be the name of an infamous viaduct that collapsed and wounded + killed a bunch of people a while after it got flagged for careful follow-up, which wasen't done.
Only in Baguette because it happened in Quebec : https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viaduc_de_la_Concorde
TL;DR : The viaduct wasen't up to code, and some structural elements didn't follow the plan, weakening it further. The inquiry after the incident claim the collapse had nothing to do with the previous forgotten recommendation to keep a close eye on the structure of the viaduct and nobody was responsible.
Honk honk.
If the forgotten recommendation has nothing to do with the collapse, then the ones responsible are the crew who built the viaduct, specifically the supervisor in charge of validating the ongoing work lines up with the plan, and the construction company paied to build it.
There was also Costa Concordia an epic failure of a cruise ship crash. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qh9KBwqGxTI