The 11 biggest tech flops of 2024, ranked – from Windows Recall to the Apple Vision Pro We’ve picked out the worst tech fails of this year, with our readers deciding on the ranking order for the top flops. TechRadar · Dec 24, 2024
Gaming's Worst Trend Came To A Head In 2024 Chasing trends produced some of the industry's biggest flops ever. Inverse · Dec 18, 2024
As PlayStation turns 30, 2024 has seen some of the brand's highest highs and lowest lows Year in Review | Franchise celebrations, PS5 Pro, ludicrously expensive failures, former Xbox exclusives, layoffs, and buyouts – it's been a rollercoaster anniversary year for PlayStation GamesRadar · Dec 16, 2024
Marvel Rivals director says Concord 'didn't bring any unique value' that would convince players to give it a shot, but admits that no one can really predict what will or won't succeed Thaddeus Sasser says there's a "switching cost" to bringing in players who are already committed to other games. PC Gamer · Dec 11, 2024
Marvel Rivals director reckons Concord flopped because it wasn't original enough: "I don't think anybody can accurately predict this" "I think the trick is that you need to have that reason that people want to come and play your game." GamesRadar · Dec 11, 2024
Marvel Rivals debuts with one of the biggest free-to-play launches in Steam history after the year-long live service bloodbath that claimed XDefiant and Concord Marvel Rivals has had an impressive debut GamesRadar · Dec 6, 2024
The Concord episode of Secret Level is like a message from a ghost whose unfinished business is creating a global multimedia franchise The defunct multiplayer shooter speaks from the afterlife in Amazon's upcoming videogame-themed anthology series. PC Gamer · Dec 6, 2024
Secret Level review: our take on every episode of Amazon's videogame anthology show 15 games, from Mega Man to Armored Core to the now-defunct Concord, are adapted in a new series from the creator of Love, Death, and Robots. PC Gamer · Dec 6, 2024
Secret Level creator and Deadpool director never considered pulling the Concord episode when the game was taken down: "I can't see any reason why we wouldn't put it out there" Exclusive: Secret Level's Tim Miller and Dave Wilson open up about the Concord episode in their new show Total Film · Dec 2, 2024
Keanu Reeves is somehow an even more perfect sci-fi dirtbag in Secret Level's Armored Core adaptation than he was in Cyberpunk 2077 The latest teaser for Amazon Prime Video's video game inspired anthology series gives Keanu Reeves the spotlight Total Film · Nov 27, 2024
Sony's 'LEGO Horizon Adventures' Struggles To Outperform Concord's Abysmal Player Numbers LEGO Horizon Adventures is Sony's latest commercial flop as it struggle to even outperform the now-shut down Concord on Steam. Player One · Nov 26, 2024
Elon Musk Says 'Pronouns In Fantasy Games Are Utterly Unacceptable': Failure Of 'Woke' Games Proves It Elon Musk slams 'woke' gaming and urges developers to prioritise gameplay over ideology, echoing the sentiments of many gamers. International Business Times UK · Nov 25, 2024
Why It’s So Hard To Trust Video Game Recs Right Now Andre Rebelo, better known as “Typical Gamer” to his millions of followers on YouTube and Fortnite, was one of several creators paid to promote PlayStation’s now-failed live shooter. “I was actually sponsored by Concord. I actually enjoyed the game,” Rebelo said. “It was lacking in some parts, for sure, but… Inverse · Nov 18, 2024
Secret Level's producer can't fathom why Concord ended up failing: 'There was no nicer, more invested group of developers than the team on Concord' Unfortunately, nice doesn't shift product. PC Gamer · Nov 13, 2024
Total Film · Nov 13, 2024 Deadpool director and Amazon's Secret Level creator on PlayStation's failed FPS Concord: "I honestly don't understand why it didn't work" Tim Miller is adapting Concord for TV in Amazon's Secret Level
PC Gamer · Nov 11, 2024 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 bombed.
GamesRadar · Nov 8, 2024 Sony leads say the company "gained a lot of experience" from Concord's failure and will have to do more "user testing or internal evaluation" in the future Live service games are a learning process
Pedestrian.tv · Nov 1, 2024 Nintendo’s New Music App & Russia Sues Google: Tech & Gaming News This Week Nintendo launching two new apps, Russia sues Google for an eyewatering amount and more for this week's tech & gaming breakdown.
PC Gamer · Oct 30, 2024 Is Concord the biggest live service failure of all time? Here's how it stacks up next to other major flops The live service graveyard got another headstone this week, and it's starting to feel awfully big.
Inverse · Oct 30, 2024 Sony Is Blaming Everyone But Itself For PlayStation's Most Embarrassing Failure Sony is shuttering 'Concord' developer Firewalk Studios, while deflecting any blame for the shooter's failure.
The Guardian - UK · Oct 30, 2024 Pushing Buttons: the biggest flop in video game history caps off a brutal year for game development Sony is shutting down Firewalk, the studio behind its live-service flop, Concord. It’s the biggest, most expensive casualty of an increasingly crowded hero shooter market – but it won’t be the last
Player One · Oct 30, 2024 Sony Shuts Down 'Concord' Dev Firewalk Studios 2 Years After Acquiring It Sony shut down Concord developer Firewalk Studios just two years after acquiring it following the shooter's commercial flop.
GamesRadar · Oct 29, 2024 Concord development deal reportedly rivaled The Last of Us Part 2 and Horizon Forbidden West at $200 million, which Sony has now chucked into a big ol' furnace Concord was a huge loss in every sense
Windows Central · Oct 29, 2024 "I know none of this is easy news to hear, particularly with colleagues and friends departing SIE." Sony closes two PlayStation studios and shutters Concord for good PlayStation maker Sony has revealed that it's closing its Neon Koi and Firewalk Studios teams, with the latter's unsuccessful hero shooter Concord being sunset permanently.
GamesRadar · Oct 29, 2024 Concord is officially, fully, "permanently" dead as Sony announces it's closing the failed hero shooter's studio and moving on: "We will take the lessons learned" Concord is officially, fully, "permanently" dead