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[–] TommySoda@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (12 children)

I played the beta and was kinda excited to see it released. It wasn't the best game in the world and felt very generic in some aspects. But less than 700 concurrent players is just ridiculous. That's less players than most of the half baked, asset swapped, copy cat games that release into early access on steam and get abandoned in less than a year. I know Concord isn't the next big thing and has a lot of problems. But if you can tell me why games like Vigor, The Front, and Deadpoly (All on steam) have higher player counts I'd be dying to know. I know Concord got hit with the hate train, but this is just confusing. I'd rather play a generic new hero shooter over another generic early access survival crafting game.

I think people just expect hero shooters to be F2P these days. At the same time $40 may be expensive but that would only get you 1 or 2 skins in a game like Overwatch. Not only that but Overwatch used to cost about $40 and nobody gave a shit back then because you could potentially get all the skins in the game for free if you grinded enough. Nowadays if you want all the Overwatch skins in the game you'd have to spend hundreds if not thousands of dollars to get them all.

[–] Kevo@lemmy.world 20 points 2 months ago (6 children)

I wonder if they made more money from the $80 controller than the $40 game because of how cool the controller looked (in my opinion). I bought the controller knowing full well I had no intention of buying the game

[–] TommySoda@lemmy.world 19 points 2 months ago (5 children)

Well the fact that it doesn't even have the name of the game on it and the fact that it looks cool would be a pretty good selling point. You wouldn't even need to know or care what the game even was.

[–] mihnt@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Looks more like it's themed from The Last Starfghter movie to me. I'm old though so who knows.

[–] TommySoda@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

I'm not that old but my parents loved that movie. Definitely gives off similar vibes. Other movies I'd have listed would be the original Tron and Wargames (I think that's what it was called). Honestly that whole era in the 80's would fit pretty well. I wasn't alive in the 80's but they had a lot of bangers when it comes to movies.

[–] mihnt@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That's what I was comparing it to. It's the symbol for 'The Rylan Star League' aka the good guys from that movie.

[–] TommySoda@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Oh yeah, I see what you mean now. Looks almost exactly the same lol

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