CONCORD THREAD

[Rand]

Hyenas was Sega's highest budget game ever and they canned it before release

Yeah, but that one cost cca. $100 million. Still a good lesson Sega won't soon forget, but Concord is on another level. Sony, in their infinite wisdom, actually bought the studio that was making Concord.

And yet any actual gamer, shown the proposed game that included ANY of the intended characters, would have immediately told them with 100% conviction and accuracy: "Yeah, this is going to fail before it releases. It's not worth spending $30k on, much less $300m. It's a guaranteed flop. How do you not understand what makes something like Fortnite successful?"

[gerey]

And any gamer

Any random nobody on the street even. Hell, just look at Hyenas - it was allowed to stay in development for nearly as long as Concord, yet one look at the art direction should have clued everyone involved onto the fact they had a massive liability on their hands.

Then again, we are talking about the kind of people that will go out of their way to encrypt Overwatch models to prevent porn of them being made, despite said porn being what made the game popular in the first place.

The simple fact is that the MBAs in charge are either the same kind of religious zealots as the developers, or that they're well aware their future prospects depend wholly on diplaying the proper amount of piety. What's amazing is that shareholders aren't suing the everloving **** out of everyone running these companies for failing to uphold their fiduciary responsabilties.

[Thor Kaufman]

And any gamer

Any random nobody on the street even. Hell, just look at Hyenas - it was allowed to stay in development for nearly as long as Concord, yet one look at the art direction should have clued everyone involved onto the fact they had a massive liability on their hands.

Then again, we are talking about the kind of people that will go out of their way to encrypt Overwatch models to prevent porn of them being made, despite said porn being what made the game popular in the first place.

The simple fact is that the MBAs in charge are either the same kind of religious zealots as the developers, or that they're well aware their future prospects depend wholly on diplaying the proper amount of piety. What's amazing is that shareholders aren't suing the everloving **** out of everyone running these companies for failing to uphold their fiduciary responsabilties.

fiduciary responsabilties.

it's not about this.
They print the money.

[Rand]

What's amazing is that shareholders aren't suing the everloving **** out of everyone running these companies for failing to uphold their fiduciary responsabilties.

This baffles me, too. Recently, a couple of people tried to get the idiot shareholders to course-correct the Disney CEO and board, but got shot down.
Disney proceeded to lose more money on garbage and the share price started dropping further.
How do you get through to people this ******* idiotic? You're letting Jewish gay race scum that hate you lose your money, ffs!

[Rand]

And any gamer

Any random nobody on the street even. Hell, just look at Hyenas - it was allowed to stay in development for nearly as long as Concord, yet one look at the art direction should have clued everyone involved onto the fact they had a massive liability on their hands.

Then again, we are talking about the kind of people that will go out of their way to encrypt Overwatch models to prevent porn of them being made, despite said porn being what made the game popular in the first place.

The simple fact is that the MBAs in charge are either the same kind of religious zealots as the developers, or that they're well aware their future prospects depend wholly on diplaying the proper amount of piety. What's amazing is that shareholders aren't suing the everloving **** out of everyone running these companies for failing to uphold their fiduciary responsabilties.

fiduciary responsabilties.

it's not about this.
They print the money.

No, they don't.
The venture capitalist institutional investor Jewish scum are connected to that pipeline, but the shareholders are not and will not get a bailout when the company inevitably folds.

[gerey]

What's truly amazing is that we're seeing history repeat itself (again and again... and again) here. LawBreakers was basically Hyenas/Concord 1.0 - the exact same kind of hubris, both in terms of the art direction, and thinking that your dogshit product was somehow going to be successful in an already oversaturated market.

At least Cliffy B had the IQ necessary to recognize his fuckups and own up to them:

“One big epiphany I had was that I pushed my own personal political beliefs in a world that was increasingly divided.”

“Instead of the story being "this game looks neat" it became "this is the game with the 'woke bro' trying to push his hackey politics on us with gender neutral bathrooms." Instead of "these characters seem fun" it was "this is the studio with the CEO who refuses to make his female characters sexier." Instead of "who am I going to choose" it became "white dude shoehorns diversity in his game and then smells his own smug farts in interviews" instead of just letting the product ... speak for itself.”

[Rand]

What's truly amazing is that we're seeing history repeat itself (again and again... and again) here. LawBreakers was basically Hyenas/Concord 1.0 - the exact same kind of hubris, both in terms of the art direction, and thinking that your dogshit product was somehow going to be successful in an already oversaturated market.

At least Cliffy B had the IQ necessary to recognize his fuckups and own up to them:

“One big epiphany I had was that I pushed my own personal political beliefs in a world that was increasingly divided.”

“Instead of the story being "this game looks neat" it became "this is the game with the 'woke bro' trying to push his hackey politics on us with gender neutral bathrooms." Instead of "these characters seem fun" it was "this is the studio with the CEO who refuses to make his female characters sexier." Instead of "who am I going to choose" it became "white dude shoehorns diversity in his game and then smells his own smug farts in interviews" instead of just letting the product ... speak for itself.”

Correct. Again and again in these types of games that are successful, it's because people like the way the characters are designed and can find one or more that resonates with them.
And people are not subtle. What they like is simple and predictable. A fantastic route is the Fortnite one where it's the kitchen sink approach and anyone can find a dozen avatars that amuse them.
Few want to play as the wannabes even Antifa sniggers at behind their backs.

[gerey]

A fantastic route is the Fortnite one where it's the kitchen sink approach and anyone can find a dozen avatars that amuse them

Yeah, and more importantly, the avatars in Fortnite look cool/attractive. People actually want to buy these characters and skins for them.

Also, ****** are making a Marvel hero shooter. Here's their rendition of Storm:



Who wants to bet the mage will have ten times more players on launch than LawBreakers and Concord combined?

[UltraFan123]

No, they don't.
The venture capitalist institutional investor Jewish scum are connected to that pipeline, but the shareholders are not and will not get a bailout when the company inevitably folds.

This always reminds me of the iconic Joker quote of "It's not about the money but about sending a message".

Funnily enough I do believe it applies to the real world when referring to the people behind games like these; clinically insane individuals willing to see the world burn.

[gerey]

This always reminds me of the iconic Joker quote of "It's not about the money but about sending a message".

Here's the vile **** in charge of BlackRock outright admitting this is exactly what he's burning trillions to accomplish:

[Rand]

What really burns me is that I have what should be a valuable skill, doing what to me would be an easy job, saving companies hundreds upon hundreds of millions and helping great games to be made and enjoyed by millions of gamers, yet I see the exact wrong people getting exorbitantly well paid to fail at it, despite their obvious incompetence (at best), yet I'm stuck doing pointless work that pays poorly because I have no way into those boardrooms where I would be proven correct in my predictions again and again.
Because I couldn't afford to go to a top university and get a degree in something useless and/or ******** that gives me the credentials & connections to let me be a corporate executive. I'm also the "wrong demographic" that is, not a Jew or a ******.

[Stack of Turtles]

No, they don't.
The venture capitalist institutional investor Jewish scum are connected to that pipeline, but the shareholders are not and will not get a bailout when the company inevitably folds.

This always reminds me of the iconic Joker quote of "It's not about the money but about sending a message".

Funnily enough I do believe it applies to the real world when referring to the people behind games like these; clinically insane individuals willing to see the world burn.

That describes the executives, though, not the shareholders, who are mostly normal people with retirement funds or the King of Saudi Arabia.

[UltraFan123]

What really burns me is that I have what should be a valuable skill, doing what to me would be an easy job, that I see the exact wrong people getting exorbitantly well paid for despite their clear incompetence at best, yet I'm stuck doing pointless work that pays poorly because I have no way into those boardrooms where I would be proven correct in my predictions again and again. Because I couldn't afford to go to a top university and get a degree in something useless that lets me be a corporate executive. I'm also the "wrong demographic" that is, not a Jew or a ******.

I'm a Latino guy that lives in a Central American country yet I feel like I can relate to you a lot, since I'm usually told by both my relatives and other people I interact with that I'm supposedly "very smart" and I also have a lot of knowledge of the English language which is relatively rare in the country I live in, yet the ones that have good paying jobs are the ones who either got themselves a useless degree like you pointed out, or the ones who just happened to be related to some higher up in a large company. And just like you also say, most of these nepo babies are quite incompetent and I know for a fact I could make a better job than they do. lol

[Vaako]

What really burns me is that I have what should be a valuable skill, doing what to me would be an easy job, saving companies hundreds upon hundreds of millions and helping great games to be made and enjoyed by millions of gamers, yet I see the exact wrong people getting exorbitantly well paid to fail at it, despite their obvious incompetence (at best), yet I'm stuck doing pointless work that pays poorly because I have no way into those boardrooms where I would be proven correct in my predictions again and again.
Because I couldn't afford to go to a top university and get a degree in something useless and/or ******** that gives me the credentials & connections to let me be a corporate executive. I'm also the "wrong demographic" that is, not a Jew or a ******.

Well if you really want in on that do it like that teacher who was anti woke and once they tried to cancel him he identified as ***** and carried arround giant fake boobs and lipstick etc and he was cancel proof. But yeah thats maybe a little much for some.

[RangerBoo]

Is Concord the biggest flop in gaming history?

I would assume not, but I can't really think of another project that is (rumored) to have cost cca. 300 million, flopped this spectacularly and is unlikely to ever make the money back.

They all got paid while they were making it and they'll all find new jobs to do it again.

I'm glad, actually. They need to keep hiring these ******* and allow them to ruin more expensive projects, and keep doing it until the whole Western industry collapses under the weight of their retardation.

Suicide Squad is rumored to have cost somewhere between 300-400 million. This year has been a year of big budget flops. I love it. This has been a long time coming. These devs should have realized that centering their games around 2016 identity politics would be both a financial diaster and horribly date their games.

[gerey]

These devs should have realized that centering their games around 2016 identity politics would be both a financial diaster and horribly date their games.

I think they are well aware of the fact, hence why there was a full-on push by game journalists begging people to give the game a try, and why they removed the LGBT tag from the Steam store. It's also why so many woke devs are desperate to hide that their games are laced with liberal politics and fly into a rage when exposed.

They are fully cognizant their ideology is poison, yet will keep pushing for more of it.

[UltraFan123]

These devs should have realized that centering their games around 2016 identity politics would be both a financial diaster and horribly date their games.

I think they are well aware of the fact, hence why there was a full-on push by game journalists begging people to give the game a try, and why they removed the LGBT tag from the Steam store. It's also why so many woke devs are desperate to hide that their games are laced with liberal politics and fly into a rage when exposed.

They are fully cognizant their ideology is poison, yet will keep pushing for more of it.

If I were an idealistic who always assumed the best of everyone, I would have said that perhaps these devs began to slowly realize their grave mistake as the years of development went by, but by that time they were already too deep and it was too late to change course or jump ship so they kept pushing through hoping for the best.

However, now that I'm super jaded to libtard ********, I know for a fact that these devs don't regret anything, except perhaps the fact that the average everyday normie began to take notice of their malicious intent and thus aren't as easy to fool nor manipulate as they were 10 years ago.

[wndrbr]

“One big epiphany I had was that I pushed my own personal political beliefs in a world that was increasingly divided.”

“Instead of the story being "this game looks neat" it became "this is the game with the 'woke bro' trying to push his hackey politics on us with gender neutral bathrooms." Instead of "these characters seem fun" it was "this is the studio with the CEO who refuses to make his female characters sexier." Instead of "who am I going to choose" it became "white dude shoehorns diversity in his game and then smells his own smug farts in interviews" instead of just letting the product ... speak for itself.”

did Cliffy B really said that? No way

[Oyster Sauce]

“One big epiphany I had was that I pushed my own personal political beliefs in a world that was increasingly divided.”

“Instead of the story being "this game looks neat" it became "this is the game with the 'woke bro' trying to push his hackey politics on us with gender neutral bathrooms." Instead of "these characters seem fun" it was "this is the studio with the CEO who refuses to make his female characters sexier." Instead of "who am I going to choose" it became "white dude shoehorns diversity in his game and then smells his own smug farts in interviews" instead of just letting the product ... speak for itself.”

did Cliffy B really said that? No way

Kind of. His conclusion was that he should have made all his inclusive decisions without going out of his way to advertise them, not that he shouldn't have made them at all.

[rusty_shackleford]

[rusty_shackleford]

What's truly amazing is that we're seeing history repeat itself (again and again... and again) here. LawBreakers was basically Hyenas/Concord 1.0 - the exact same kind of hubris, both in terms of the art direction, and thinking that your dogshit product was somehow going to be successful in an already oversaturated market.

You forgot about Radical Heights, The Amazing Eternals, Lemnis Gate, Crucible, Bleeding Edge, Battleborn…

[Thor Kaufman]

That should be easy because pederasts are into boys.

For those who may still be wondering.

[gerey]

did Cliffy B really said that? No way

Yes. or at least according to the Forbes article I pulled the quote from.

You forgot about Radical Heights, The Amazing Eternals, Lemnis Gate, Crucible, Bleeding Edge, Battleborn…

True, but also, I don't think most of those leaned into the political angle as much as LawBreakers or Concord did. They were just ******, unremarkable games releasing into an already crowded market.

[Shillitron]

why they removed the LGBT tag from the Steam store

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[Shillitron]

Player Count Watch Thread
https://steamcommunity.com/app/2443720/ ... 921938346/

510deshawn 1 hour ago
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already bleeding players
https://steamcommunity.com/app/2443720/ ... 043809979/

What are you talking about, there’s 168 playing right now according to steamcharts.com, that’s more than enough for at least 16 matches.

People’s job are at steak
https://steamcommunity.com/app/2443720/ ... 925566868/

I get having a little trolling fun, I used to browse /b/ back in 2019. But you guys really need to lock in. There are hundreds, if not thousands of people who’s lives depend on this game succeeding. Just food for thought before you gloat.

You could say they're cooked

Holy **** the forum has 10x more players than the game and is 1000x more entertaining apparently.. Jannies gave up days ago - already job hunting.

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I'm shocked that he's shocked

[Oyster Sauce]

Amazon has an upcoming anthology show called Secret Level where each episode will tell a story from a different game's universe, such as Warhammer 40k, D&D, and Pac-Man. Concord is going to get its own full hour long episode.