Concord's backend files are seemingly still being updated despite its unceremonious, maybe-temporary shutdown.
Despite acquiring the developer and reportedly spending hundreds of millions of dollars on the project, publisher PlayStation was quick to pull the plug on its would-be live service contender just two weeks after release. The $40 FPS failed to attract hero shooter fans en masse or court newcomers to support its ambitious post-launch roadmap, which included expensive-smelling weekly animated cutscenes that would flesh out its sci-fi universe.
There's no clue as to what exactly is being updated - that's all under wraps - but the updates have spurred speculation that Concord might not be properly dead. Many guessed that PlayStation would want to recoup some development costs by repackaging Concord as a free-to-play release with all the money-making battle passes that it initially promised not to include.
Such a comeback isn't impossible. Final Fantasy 14 and Fallout 76, just to name a few, also turned around dismal launches. But Concord stands out because it was never an especially bad or broken game; it was just one that never inspired any excitement. It was eight years late to a trend that was no longer trending, and didn't quite do enough to reignite the hero shooter craze. Here's hoping Firewalk can get something going.
