By Tom Warren , a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Sony is takin

Sony is taking Concord offline on September 6th after disastrous launch

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2024-09-03 16:30:04

By Tom Warren , a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years.

Sony is taking its latest PlayStation game, Concord, offline on September 6th, following poor sales of the game. The first-person hero shooter launched exclusively on PS5 and PC on August 23rd, but estimates have put sales at under 25,000. Concord also only managed to hit an all-time peak of 697 players on Steam, lower than the launch peak of The Lord of the Rings: Gollum — widely regarded as the worst game of 2023.

“We have decided to take the game offline beginning September 6th, 2024, and explore options, including those that will better reach our players,” says Concord Game Director Ryan Ellis in a PlayStation blog post. “While we determine the best path ahead, Concord sales will cease immediately and we will begin to offer a full refund for all gamers who have purchased the game for PS5 or PC.”

If you purchased the game for PS5 from the PlayStation Store, a refund will be issued back to your original payment method. If you purchased Concord on Steam you’ll get a refund in the coming days, and the same will occur on Epic Games Store.