Concord has gone down in infamy as an all-time Sony and PlayStation blunder. It’s also understandable that the company wants to sweep the game’s existence under the rug, which is why Sony has presumably and swiftly issued DMCAs notices to gameplay videos of a fan-inspired Concord reboot, causing access to the game to be halted.
We don’t think much needs to be said about Concord at this point. The live-service shooter apparently cost over $400 million to develop, the team behind it was quickly shut down by Sony, and PlayStation took Concord offline within days of launch.
Now, a community effort to resurrect the game has been met with strong action.
Sony Issues DMCAs To Concord PC Revival
We reported on November 14 that Concord got a playable fan-made revival on PC. Users cleverly managed to get custom Concord servers up and running—requiring special access to let you play.
What seemed like innocent fun has quickly turned into the gaze of Sony being cast upon them.
A dev post in the Concord Delta Discord updated everyone on a serious development:
“Due to worrying legal action we’ve decided to pause invites for the time being.”
It transpires that gameplay videos of the Concord project had made their way to YouTube. DMCA action was immediately imposed by MarkScan—a name that works a lot on Sony’s behalf. If you add the facts up, it’s fairly obvious to see what’s happened.
As a result, the Concord PC project and servers are on hold, and unless something drastic changes, it probably means Sony is once again responsible for the death of Concord.
Is it better that we all move on from Concord at this point? Or is it a shame to see a handful of people who cared about the short-lived shooter have their hard work up in flmaes? The Insider Gaming Discord Server is the perfect place to share your thoughts.
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