A new report claims that Firewalk Studios’ Concord Open Beta had 8% less players that its Early Access Beta on PlayStation.
A screenshot from Concord (2024), Firewalk Studios
Kes Eylers Stephenson at True Trophies reports that the Open Beta, which ran from July 18th to 21st had 8% less players than the much-more restricted Early Access Beta that ran from July 12th to the 14th. Firewalk Studios initially limited the Early Access Beta to those that pre-ordered game; however, it opened it up to PlayStation Plus subscribers. Nevertheless, the Open Beta was “available to all players on PS5 and PC.”
Stephenson writes, “Using a gameplay data sample from over 3.1 million active PSN accounts (courtesy of our partnership with GameInsights), we can see that Concord has 8.1% fewer players in the second Open Beta than in the Early Access beta.”
He added, “In our PlayStation Chart that ranks the top 40 most popular games every week, Concord ranked in the #29 position both weeks.”
A screenshot from Concord (2024), Firewalk Studios
READ: ‘Concord’ Open Beta Fails To Top 2,500 Concurrent Players In First Day
This report comes in the wake of Steam DB data showing that the peak concurrent players for the game on Steam only hit 2,388 on July 18th when the Open Beta went live. By the end of the Open Beta, the game was only hitting a peak concurrent of 1,117 players.
Concord Open Beta Steam DB charts
The game’s Early Access Beta only hit a peak concurrent player base of 1,124.
That means the player base actually increased by 112%. However, sub 2,500 peak concurrent players is not good for a free Open Beta for a game that will cost $40 when it goes on sale a month from now on August 23rd.
Concord Early Access Beta Steam DB charts
READ: ‘Concord’ Early Access Beta Torched By Gamers As Player Base Evaporated Over The Weekend
The fact that PlayStation users declined from the Early Access Beta to the Open Beta indicates that this game is going to be a massive financial loser for Firewalk Studios and its parent company PlayStation Studios.
There is clearly little interest in the game given people did not even choose to play it despite it being free. On top of that, those that have played the game have not been impressed with the game likely driving interested in the game down even further.
YouTuber DreamcastGuy described the game as “Walmart brand Overwatch. It’s a hero shooter that doesn’t really have any of that spark of crazy originality.”
YouTuber Angry Joe was also unimpressed. He said, “How is the game? It’s mid. It’s not worth $40. Everybody’s saying this and it’s true. It would be great as a free-to-play game because to be honest it does have its moments. The graphics actually look good. It has some great character animations, some good facial expressions. There are high quality cutscenes even if the story is not all that interesting.”
He later added, “The maps are not memorable. Pretty much every single other hero shooter has better maps: Overwatch, Marvel Rivals. These maps aren’t very good. So that’s a problem. And then finally, I didn’t feel much of a sense of progression.”
What do you make of Concord’s Open Beta seeing an 8% decline in players on PlayStation compared to its Early Access Beta?
