Sony leads say the company "gained a lot of experience" from Concord's failure and will have to do more "user testing or internal evaluation" in the future
Despite being in development for about eight years, Concord's potential legacy was cut short when its servers went offline just two weeks after launch - and according to Sony's president and vice president, the company has learned quite a bit from the ...
Sony on Concord's failure: "With new IP, you don't know the result until you actually try it"
"With regards to new IP, of course, you don’t know the result until you actually try it," he said. "We probably need to have a lot of gates, including user testing or internal evaluation, and the timing of such gates. And then we need to bring them forward, and we should have done those gates much earlier than we did.
Sony Talks Concord's Failure And The Hard Lessons Learned From It
The disastrous launch of Concord was the focus of a new interview with Sony president Hiroki Totoki, who spoke about how the company plans to avoid a repeat of this with future game releases. Part of Sony's strategy will ensure that a game goes through a more rigorous period of testing and evaluation prior to it being released.
Sony President Promises Better PlayStation Quality Checks After Concord's Failure
There have been two massive questions hanging over Concord, the expensive PlayStation 5 hero shooter that almost nobody played. The first one is: how did a game that wasn’t busted or terrible bomb so spectacularly?
Playstation needs to do better after Concord’s failure, says Sony president
Sony’s COO and CFO Hiroki Totoki reflects on Concord’s colossal failure. He says Playstation needs detailed user testing to prevent such situations in future live service multiplayer IP, which the company still has plans for.
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State rejects Concord Casino sale, says it can't reopen
The Attorney General's Office has rejected the sale of Concord Casino, increasing the likelihood it won't resume bringing in ...
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Sony's CEO Commented on Concord's Failure. Hiroki Totoki Explains What Went South and Pledges Lessons Learned
Totoki stated that Sony is still learning how to navigate in the category of games-as-a-service and sometimes this will result in flops. With a new brand like Concord, you never know for sure if it ...
Concord polling place provides peace and quiet amid raucous election cycle
While interest in this presidential election has been at an all-time high, there were still places where the job of poll ...
Sony commits to single-player games in wake of Concord failure
It’ll also retool its live-service strategy a bit, with the company “improving our live service game processes” and sharing lessons it learned from Concord‘s development and shutdown.
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Concord University to host major E-sports tournament
Up to 32 collegiate teams from across the country will make their way to Concord University this weekend to put their video ...
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Jackson prep roundup: Concord sweeps district semifinal
The Concord volleyball team opened district play with a 25-11, 25-7, 25-8 win over Vandercook Lake on Wednesday. Iyla Weeks ...
PHOTOS: West Concord home catches fire early Friday morning
A home in western Concord is destroyed following an early morning fire, according to the Concord Fire Department. Firefighters were called to the blaze on Grand Canyon Road NW around 5:48 a.m. on ...
Concord field hockey player is the Week 9 Delaware Online Athlete of the Week, presented by Delaware Orthopaedic Specialists
Powell won an online vote over four other nominees. Check out the Week 10 nominees on Monday and vote for your favorite.