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Sony Acknowledges, Explains Concord’s Failure, And Future Changes
Concord will go down as one of the biggest video game disasters of all time, no exaggeration given its $200 million budget. What did Sony learn?
Sony on Concord's failure: "With new IP, you don't know the result until you actually try it"
"With regards to new IP, of course, you don’t know the result until you actually try it," he said. "We probably need to have a lot of gates, including user testing or internal evaluation, and the timing of such gates. And then we need to bring them forward, and we should have done those gates much earlier than we did.
Sony Discusses What Lessons Can be Learned from the Failure of Concord - News
Sony president Hiroki Totoki in a Q&A session with investors was asked about the failure of Concord, which [...]
Sony Talks Concord's Failure And The Hard Lessons Learned From It
The disastrous launch of Concord was the focus of a new interview with Sony president Hiroki Totoki, who spoke about how the company plans to avoid a repeat of this with future game releases. Part of Sony's strategy will ensure that a game goes through a more rigorous period of testing and evaluation prior to it being released.
Sony commits to single-player games in wake of Concord failure
Sony Interactive Entertainment. Sony is not giving up on single-player games despite investing a lot into live-service games over the past few years, with plans to release at leas
Helldivers Success And Concord Failure Were Learning Lessons For PlayStation
Sony is learning from the failure of Concord by implementing more gates in the development process. Sony intends to combine single-player games with live-service games in order to optimize their title portfolio.
Sony says it should've gotten more feedback before launching Concord, but it isn't done with live service games despite 'a certain amount of risk'
The PlayStation maker says singleplayer games are its strength, but it's not calling it quits on multiplayer after Concord ...
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Sony Talks About Lessons Learned From Concord Including Earlier Testing And Working With "Proven IPs" A Bit More
Well, diving into the investor presentation and Q&A call, I'd personally put the answers at "yes, and mostly no" in my book.
'You Don't Know The Result Until You Actually Try It': Sony CEO On Concord's 11-Day Shutdown
Sony closes Concord 11 days post-launch, citing live-service challenges; execs share insights to improve future game ...
Sony President Promises Better PlayStation Quality Checks After Concord's Failure
There have been two massive questions hanging over Concord, the expensive PlayStation 5 hero shooter that almost nobody ...
Sony President Says PlayStation Needs To Have More User Tests To Prevent Another Concord Situation
Sony president says that the PlayStation division needs to have more checks and gates to make sure another situation like Concord doesn't happen again ...
Sony Says It Should Have Done User Testing and Internal Evaluation Earlier on Concord
Concord, a live service hero shooter from Sony-owned Firewalk Studios, has gone down as one of the biggest flops in ...
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Sony's CEO Commented on Concord's Failure. Hiroki Totoki Explains What Went South and Pledges Lessons Learned
Totoki stated that Sony is still learning how to navigate in the category of games-as-a-service and sometimes this will result in flops. With a new brand like Concord, you never know for sure if it ...
Secret Level‘s Creator Hopes Concord Episode Showcases Its Lost Potential
Tim Miller hopes Amazon's anthology series will help viewers appreciate the "blood, sweat, and tears" Firewalk Studios put ...