Concord, Sony and Hiroki Totoki

Sony’s president Hiroki Totoki has said the company is “still in the process of learning” from the failure of ‘Concord’
After 'Concord' proved to be a failure, Sony's president Hiroki Totoki has now said the company is "still in the process of learning" what went wrong with its hero-shooter
Concord Failure Addressed By Sony’s Hiroki Totoki
Sony president Hiroki Totoki has addressed the failure of Concord during a Q&A following the company's latest earnings call.
Sony president on Concord’s historic failure – ”we are still in the process of learning”
PlayStation parent company Sony has commented on the huge failure of Concord, but the brand is still doubling down on the idea.
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.
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.
Sony reflects on Concord's failed launch and removal after two weeks
Sony's president Hiroki Totoki has reflected on the release and ultimate failure of the company's live-service flop, Concord.
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?
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Sony's CEO Commented on Concord's Failure. Hiroki Totoki Explains What Went South and Pledges Lessons Learned
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PlayStation Boss Hopes To Avoid Another Concord Flop By Holding More Tests/Internal Evaluation
In regards to avoiding future problems in in wake of pulling Concord offline for good, Totoki-san revealed that they “probably need to have a lot of gates, including user testing or internal ...
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Sony Promises It'll Launch Major PS5 Single Player Games Every Year Moving Forwards
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