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F2P Hero Shooter Marvel Rivals Shatters Expectations With Over 400,000 Concurrent Players Less Than 24 Hours After Launch (www.techpowerup.com)
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[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

This is why I think saying live service overwatch likes have no space isn't a fair explanation to why Concord failed.

Some of the reasons why I think it failed:

  1. It was $40 when all competitors at free.
  2. We didn't know or care about the cast of characters but were asked to pretend as if we're big fans. They were quite generic
  3. It had a stank of trying to be better than the rest. Helldivers 2 and Marvel Rivals were unapologetically video gamey games, but Concord felt like it thinks it transcends game and movie industry.
[–] PlzGivHugs 11 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

This is why I think saying live service overwatch likes have no space isn't a fair explanation to why Concord failed.

Or Deadlock for that matter, which is even sillier to declare DoA given that its still an in development, limited access product, and one aimed at more dedicated players. Not that any of thar has stopped people.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

Hard agree. Valve is known for quality of course, but Concord failed for a variety of reasons that wouldn't have been immediately obvious.

[–] Cyberspark 1 points 2 weeks ago

Not to mention it's still in closed beta, even if a lot/most people have a key now

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

There's a time and place for games to not feel like video games imo. It's definitely not in what's supposed to be a fast-paced multiplayer PVP setup.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Most definitely. Idk why they thought weekly cutscenes of literally nobodies would be something PvP players would be into.