The Fall and Continued Fall of Concord

>release the game F2P

>make purchasable cosmetics that turn the uggo characters into sexy people

>???

>profit

SONY HIRE THIS MAN (Me)

Unfortunately, the truth, or at least reports of it, is far harsher than it seems, with Ellis allegedly stepping down as game director, according to three sources who spoke to Kotaku's Ethan Gach. On top of this, there's a general pall of not knowing what's next for the studio. While pitches are reportedly being explored for concepts that are "completely different" and internal speculation about the studio acting as a co-development studio for other first-party projects, there are also fears of Firewalk being shut down. This is to the extent that some have already left the studio while others are preparing for the worst.

The best part is that with the refunds they gave out, this game may have genuinely made zero dollars

>A recent report by Colin Moriarty indicated that it cost $400 million and that a culture of "toxic positivity" was present that ignored any negative feedback. Take it with massive grains of salt, but while Ethan Gach couldn't confirm the budget, he did corroborate the toxic positivity.

>"Some sources I've spoken with blamed a head-in-the-sand mentality carried over from the studio's Bungie roots. A sense the game would come together because the team was too good to fail

400 million dollars and it went nowhere in two weeks. Incredible

On top of this, there's a general pall of not knowing what's next for the studio.

Burger flipping, floor cleaning, lawsuits over mismanagement of funds

Sony delenda est

Keyed? Keyed on what?

Snapshots:

https://gamingbolt.com/the-fall-and-continued-fall-of-concord:

• ghostarchive.org

• archive.org

• archive.ph (click to archive)