What were you up to on Friday night? Well, Concord players were busy watching it go offline for the time being following an error message which signaled the race to grab its platinum trophy was up.
Since we learned that the game would be disappearing into the ether, there’s been a lot of chatter about whether Concord will actually return in the future, with one industry analyst having called the game’s current state of play an “unprecedented situation”.
Back when the news of Concord’s impending shutdown arrived, Circana executive director Mat Piscatella said he thinks what’s happening to the Sony shooter is pretty unique. “What’s happening with Concord is unprecedented,” he wrote on Bluesky (thanks, IGN). “I’m seeing folks pointing to Anthem as a comp, and… no. Anthem was the best-selling game of its February 2019 launch month, and was the 15th best-selling game of that year, and can still be played today.”