Thread 717566705

What made Sony think that this game would be successful?

Because it was greenlit in 2018 back when Overwatch was still relevant and people weren't sick of the MCU.

>>717566705 (OP)
A mixture of hubris and mistaking Twitter for real life.

>>717566705 (OP)
I honestly couldn't say. Maybe the devs knew it was going to fail and purposely made every character ugly to make people not want to buy it?

>>717566705 (OP)
Probably some weird AI oracle that was right 90 percent of the time.

>>717566705 (OP)
They bought Bungie, and let them make big decisions on their live service strategy.

See also MARATHON and FAIRGAMES. as well as the canceled TLOU game.

>>717566705 (OP)
>What made Sony think that this game would be successful?
Toxic positivity and the game development having started back when people actually thought that feminism in gaming was about "respectful" designs(whatever that means)instead of women's sexual insecurities, which is the reality.

>>717568592
is this really how corpo chooms speak to each other

>>717566705 (OP)
the grifters that pitched and made it probably produced a library worth of studies that shows that it's what the modern audience wants and that sony should totally give them billions of dollars to make it

>>717566705 (OP)
I remember seeing the reveal trailer.
>huh is that guardians of the galaxy?
>looks interesting!
>could be fun
>"FPS multiplayer online hero shooter"
>oh nevermind I'm out

>>717570565
And that was before we were seeing the full extent of the DEI design.

Because they initially focused on the yellow white--guy and the conventionally attractive Asian woman. Keeping the rest of their designs completely hidden

>>717566705 (OP)
It's jewish approved.

Cuckifornian brainwashing

>>717566705 (OP)
Based on the best info I have, which is slightly more trustworthy than a brick, I heard that it basically boiled down to rot at the top of the dev structure like anywhere fuckin else. A demand that everyone only ever had nice things to say. Sunshine as law.

Nobody was allowed to say “Hey, could this be better?” Or “Are we missing this?” or “We should redo this!”. No. It was supposed to be sunshine and rainbows development. Always compliment each other. Only ever positive vibes. Isn’t the robot guy so cool? Better say yes cuz this is good vibes only.

And so the game basically fucked itself up. If you are super focused on only seeing the silver lining in what you are working on you tend to not end up making a good game.

>>717566705 (OP)
It was successful.
They got billions out of the investors.

>>717568592
What the hell

>>717566705 (OP)
If garbage like Guardians of the Galaxy, which inspired Concord, can be successful, then there is no reason for it not to have succeeded.

>>717566705 (OP)
>What made Sony think that this game would be successful?

1. The guys at the top, in the boardrooms, are pure money men. They know literally NOTHING about the products their company makes and get furiously angry if anybody tries to tell them anything about the products. Only thing they want to hear is "line goes up".

2. Guys below them, in charge of product lines, are absolutely out of touch with the audience. They know, roughly, what a videogame is, but with a gun to their head they couldn't tell a good game from a bad one. They listen to expensive market consultants and believe every word.

3. Said consultants are con artists. All of them.

4. Of the employees who actually make the game, very few like games or play games. It's just a job for them, one they don't intend to stay at for long. Ones that do like games may know that they're making a piece of shit, but they are not incentivized to point that out - doing so would most likely get them fired for negative attitude. So they keep quiet and just do the job.

And that's how you get Concord.

>>717569369
>woman frowning having to look up another womans asshole
>must be jealousy
It's called, not being a lesbian, faggot.

>>717566705 (OP)
A circlejerk of self-gratifying retards thinking their shit didn't stink and that everyone else was wrong tried to push a game that nobody wanted and they were so out of touch they wouldn't accept any criticism whatsoever.

>>717566705 (OP)
At some point, when you're rigging something into "success", you have to take the training wheels off and let it fly on its own.

Concord was that moment for wokeshit.

Somehow, somewhere, someone who shouldn't have had the sway and control they did, got exactly that.
That in combination with a "Toxic Positive" work environment. So designs which were literal shit were promoted similar to how everyone in a girls circle of friends tells the ugly fat bitch she's beautiful even though no one actually believes it.

>>717566705 (OP)
Compare this to TF2. Not a single character in Concord have their own silhouette.

What were they thinking?

>>717566705 (OP)
Toxic positivity
They unironically convinced themselves this would be the next Star Wars level IP

>>717566705 (OP)
>What made Sony think that this game would be successful?

Echo chamber..

>>717566705 (OP)
The budget. "We're spending $400M on this, OF COURSE it will be a hit."

>>717566705 (OP)
>people love hero shooters
>people love lgbtq representation
>people love a diverse cast
"What's not to love in there?" - delusional studio

>Executives don't know anything about the product and are only tasked with managing the business.
>These people rely on consultants, market analysts etc, etc.
>These people are either frauds or have agendas
Combine these with a work environment where only positivity is allowed, creating an environment that is toxic where no one wants to risk their job or reputation for a product they don't care about and you get Concord.

tldr; don't let money men and consultants make your game for you.

>>717571704
>someone
Herman Hulst. A cancer on the game industry.

>>717571412

If seeing beautiful sexy women makes you angry, you are 100% the problem.