Firewalk Studio's upcoming shooter Concord will reportedly require a PSN account, which aligns with Sony's demonstrated strategy. Starting first with the multiplayer hit Helldivers 2 and then again with the single-player epic Ghost of Tsushima's Legends multiplayer component, the firm seems quite committed to making prospective PC players create and link to PSN, no matter how furiously they might protest.
That's according to reputable insider Billbil-kun, who now writes exclusively for the news-breaking French outlet Dealabs (thanks, PSU), who reports: "Following our latest investigations, we can confirm that connecting with a PSN account will be mandatory to access the Concord game whether on Steam or the Epic Games Store."
While that might not seem like a massive deal to PS5 players, it's another hurdle ahead of the game, another arrow in the quiver of detractors. Reasonably priced at an apparent $40, the game's reveal at last week's State of Play showcase didn't go over incredibly well with core gamers, who appear to be increasingly tired of service games and familiar tropes.
How do you feel about Concord? Will you be giving it a shot? Let us know in the comments section below.
[source dealabs.com, via psu.com]
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At this point we don't really need a leaker to tell us this lol.
no i will not be playing concord it looks so run of the mill so generic so devoid of anything remotely original.
It wont get me to stop playing the games i already play
@trev666 every modern online shooter is generic.
@trev666 I was slightly interested in this game because before, the teaser trailer looked like it was gonna be its own No Man's Sky and man was I incredibly disappointed after finding out what it really was in the reveal trailer. A crappy 5v5 hero shooter with generic quirky Marvel humor.
I lost interest within the first 10 seconds of the trailer.
So, do you guys think they added pronouns for the robot because it fights with what looks like a vacuum cleaner..?
cant believe they are charging $40 for this even with the similar games that are free to play over watch and marvel rivals
even lawbreakers looked more fun than this and we all now what happened to that game.
I seriously doubt this will be another Helldiver's 2 for Sony, so far the reception has been negative at best and very negative at worst. I would have been on board if the game was like the cinematic trailer instead of another 5v5 shooter.
Sad thing is this will still be better received than Fairgame$ who's name preemptively killed it's hype, we better brace for impact as we get through some of Jim's last little gifts he left us.
Well thank you for the PSA Captain Obvious!
Remember when the PS3 had multiplayer experiences such as Starhawk, with air, land, & ground battles occurring at the same time. Now with the power of the PS5, we get a bog standard 5v5 shooter. No destruction, no variety, just a bunch of wise cracking potatoes slapping into each other. Its a pretty sad really
@Ichiban imagine if they had done a ps5 live service game of Warhawk or a socom game i could see them succeeding like helldivers 2
I will be playing day one, and hopefully these PSN requirement articles won't be anymore as it will become the norm.
No interest in this type of repetitive game. The cutscenes actually looked fun though. Shame it isn’t single player.
No idea why people keep running such an obvious story. Most of the big publishers require you to create a free account, both console and PC players are well used to this. At least doing it for PSN means you get additional trophy challenges (I believe Uplay did something similar in the past, although I rarely played Ubisoft games).
@trev666 did you know Warhawk actually began as a PS1 game 👍
So your reporting rumours which anyone could of predicted?
The big mistake this developer and Sony are making is the marketing is so bland and generic. Non of the trailers shown have given me a reason as to why this hero 5v5 shooter is any different to all the rest.
One would think they would know that it has to stand out and be different and this should be shown off from the get go.
Yet we have had a cgi burger and a cgi story beat both in my eyes great cgi and then some how at the end of the great graphically looking trailers we get shown a downgraded very generic looking 5v5 game with no outstanding feature.
It's like no one asked them the big question what makes yours stand out.
Because no one cares if a new story beat comes each week if reality is it's not really influenced by ourselves it's just another cgi trailer for the next 5v5 match.
If one was to watch the trailer without context, I'd say it makes for a great single player game fps/third person game.
Personally, I don't think the PSN requirements are even a big deal, but this game is going to die quickly. What waste of time and money on Sony's end.
The only real hurdle is the lack of PSN availability in so many countries and territories (170?) although it should be noted that 1) PSN is available to most of the largest populations and 2) those currently excluded will include multiple island nations with five people, nine dogs and a shared 28k modem.
As for the game itself? I'd never judge an FPS on watched footage, because it's all about how the gunplay feels when you have the game in your hands. Let's wait and see.
Somehow I spent over 100 hours playing Helldivers II, really surprising because I don’t enjoy multiplayer games. So Concord clearly isn’t for me, I had no interest from the start. But I am finding the narrative surrounding the game to be fascinating. The outcry over requiring a PSN account…pretty one-sided argument about the bland aesthetic or ‘Marvel’ dialogue…concern over the potential price point when the competition is F2P (though the narrative around F2P is generally very negative)…
It has been pretty interesting to watch play out. Will the beta convert the skeptics? Will a PlayStation fan base show up to support the game? Will it crash and burn? We’ll soon see…
As a former PC gamer I never saw the issue with accounts necessary for things like this, especially something like this, Sony publishing first party games on PC.
The line for me would be having a separate client, like Epic or Uplay.
Having to sign up for a PSN account is free and not a problem.
But but but but but but I don't want to make an email, sony is so anti consumer hur hur dur dur.
IMO, a lot of those who are the most outraged are probably the most likely to use cheat software or behave badly online - with PSN requirement, Sony have an easy method to suspend or ban players who do.
Other than encouraging hate and engaging the trolls, what's the point of these articles still? It's common practice around the gaming industry. These pot stirring 'news' articles are becoming very stale.
Not interested in the game, but I don't get the apparent revulsion to having to create a PSN account. Are they perhaps the die-hard Xbots/Microsoft/PCMR fans who really dislike Sony?
I've had to create multiple accounts I didn't really want with various companies over the years, either to be able to play a game at all or simply to get the best out of it. EA, Rockstar, Ubisoft, Microsoft, Krafton, others I can't recall off the top of my head, and no doubt still more I've completely forgotten about. It's nothing more than a minor irritation, yet from the reactions of some, you'd think they were having to agree to the sacrifice of their first born child.
One of the more frequent reasons I see is security, referring to the PSN hack. Okay, and...? Pretty much every gaming company has been hacked in recent years, yet there's never been such resistance or outrage at needing to create accounts on those.
Take a deep breath, give your head a wobble, and get tf over it. 🤷🏻♂️
For a live service game run by Sony, requiring a PSN Account on PC makes sense - you are using Sony servers.
Requiring it for offline, single player games to boost your PSN metrics to look good to shareholders doesn't (at least, not for the consumer).
All 6 players who are interested in this game will be so disappointed.
Sony is putting up as many obstacles as they possibly can for this game, and it doesn't even look great to begin with.
Not F2P when that's the genre standard, requires PSN account on PC which is sure to tick off that group. Let's see what they can come up with next to reduce Concord's chances of success.
I rather say "another nail to coffin".
So does Microsoft, Rockstar, Epic, Steam, Ubisoft, Google, Apple, etc. It is by design if it blocks a region from playing a game. Don't like it? Don't support them. Ever since the Helldiver's 2 nothing-burger, every article is "x Game Requires a PSN account". Who is it that we're informing?
Ps5 owners couldn't care less about concorde. I doubt pc owners will jump through hoops to play it.
@Paranoimia this is a pretty spot on comment, to be fair.
Made an Xbox account for Minecraft, unisoft for Uno etc, e for burnout paradise.
It's really not big news to make an account..
Hard pass. Not buying this.
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