Discussion Jeff Grubb says he was told Sony’s latest cancellations of live-service games is because of Concord

[SpartaN]

Timestamp is in the link. (34:03)

“This happened because of Concord, like this should be clear, that’s what I’ve been told.”

“Sony has been shell shocked from Concord and now they’re going around to every studio and they’re reassessing every single project, and if it’s a live-service project, it has a lot of friction going against it preventing it from getting a chance to actually come out.”

He also mentions these games were those studios main projects. (Bend & Bluepoint)

source:

https://www.reddit.com/r/GamingLeaksAndRumours/comments/1i3hqzv/jeff_grubb_says_he_was_told_sonys_latest

 

[Dramatic619]

The time and money lost because of Concord is going to set PlayStation back 5+ years no wonder they barely have showed games the last few years they literally don't have them, Playstation would literally be fucked if it wasn't for Xbox giving up at their strongest and third party deals.

On a sadder note i cant see how this doesn't result is a bunch of layoffs at Playstation, were already hitting record numbers the last few years and i don't see this year any different.

 

[3arret_WaLLace]

Thanks Concord, you did not die in vain.

 

[HazimGeek]

I think we call that a silver lining, perhaps we treated you too harshly Concord.

 

[Adela]

Good. Fuck Concord and fuck the whole live-service push at Sony. I’m sure a large majority of them were resulting in unimaginative drivel.

Concord’s failure should be a strong message to the entire industry.

Wasted essential resources and time at their first-party studios that could have gone into SP titles.

In regards to Bluepoint, they really tried to have them go from a stellar remake with Demon’s Souls to a fuckin live-service God of War game.