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[Draugoth]

Source of the claims is Grummz, so take this as a big ass rumor:

Sources tell me internal emails show the Concord team is shrugging off the criticism of their characters as "white noise," and dismissing it. Very much in their own bubble.

On another note, some websites jumped in to defend the game:

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

They should ignore it if the game is good

Let the beta speak for itself

 

[FoxMcChief]

Let it burn.

 

[jshackles]

"white noise"

 

[feynoob]

 

[UltimaKilo]

Honestly, ignoring your audience is a death sentence. I really don’t get it. You have to give your audience what they want, not what you want them to want.

 

[Unknown?]

Not smart. Imagine if Paramount did this for the Sonic movie! Would have bombed.

 

[nial]

Firesprite has nothing to do with Concord, OP.

 

[Evolved1]

That's the first time I heard "white noise." Lol I generally stay out of this woke war but that's pretty funny... even though it's that attitude which will ultimately close their studio. I'll shrug off their crocodile tears afterwards.

 

[TintoConCasera]

Reminds me of the Saints Row team dabbin' on their consumers criticism before release.

Let's see how a similar tactic pays off for the Concord lads.

 

[GHG]

Saints Row reboot vibes.

 

[Revolutionary]

Good luck ignoring the layoffs in a few months.

 

[Guilty_AI]

I foresee a new studio closure in the future

 

[Draugoth]

Firesprite has nothing to do with Concord, OP.

Mistook them for Firewalk, my bad

 

[Raven117]

Well, when this bombs and they close the studio...it will be everyone else's fault but theirs.....clearly. No doubt.

 

[Cyber_hunter026]

 

[Punished Miku]

I foresee a new studio closure in the future

Or a Lego set. Really could go either way.

 

[Cert.in.Death]

Not all feedback is useful

 

[mayham2199]

They should ignore it if the game is good

Let the beta speak for itself

Exactly. People can say what they want about DEI and woke stuff but if the game is fun to play that's all anyone will care about.

 

[adamsapple]

Just like the topic about SH2 and Angela's design criticism, is anyone really expecting them to make significant changes this late into development?

 

[Evolved1]

They should ignore it if the game is good

Let the beta speak for itself

I think you're missing the point that when competing in a crowded gaas space, it cannot just be good... it has to be better. All things equal, people will stay in the ecosystem they're already invested in. Unless you're novel enough, or better. Marvel and Overwatch's sloppy seconds is what this looks like.... isn't gonna do it.

 

[FalsettoVibe]

They should. Let them make the game they want to make. It's almost done anyway.

 

[[Sigma]]

They have no choice at this point. What are they going to do? Reverse course? On what exactly? They've spent years on this, the game is done. Have to see it through now.

 

[Gamer_By_Proxy]

I look forward to this failing. The quicker Sony moves away from GaaS the better. Half cancelled, hopefully most of the rest fail. Leaving just Helldivers 2 and GT7 as the successful GaaS games.

 

[analog_future]

I mean what else are they supposed to do? The criticisms are coming from people who haven't played the game, and it comes out in 2 months. They aren't going to be able to change much at this point.

 

[Robb]

Let them dig their hole. This is the Saint Row fiasco on repeat.

 

[Punished Miku]

I mean what else are they supposed to do? The criticisms are coming from people who haven't played the game, and it comes out in 2 months. They aren't going to be able to change much at this point.

/thread

 

[rhodesianshepard]

Honestly, ignoring your audience is a death sentence. I really don’t get it. You have to give your audience what they want, not what you want them to want.

pretty easy to ignore an audience who never played the game and only watched a 5 min trailer

also, this game could be the biggest woke piece of trash, but if the gameplay is fire, the game will be a success. Such a small loud minority actually gives a shit about culture war crap

 

[FoxMcChief]

I mean what else are they supposed to do? The criticisms are coming from people who haven't played the game, and it comes out in 2 months. They aren't going to be able to change much at this point.

Kill the bitch.

 

[ahtlas7]

Then blame the gamers when it goes tits up.

 

[Angry_Megalodon]

Ignoring criticism of potential customers is certainly the way to go...

Spoiler

out of business.

 

[Majima Everywhere System]

I’m not asking them to listen, just laughing at malpractice.

 

[SJRB]

This game's development is waaaaaaaay beyond heavy course correction so it's not like they have a choice.

But even then, going "fuck that noise" is not the smartest move.

 

[Kilau]

Honestly, ignoring your audience is a death sentence. I really don’t get it. You have to give your audience what they want, not what you want them to want.

What audience though?

 

[Sushi_Combo]

Too late to change anything at this point.

 

[FeralEcho]

Honestly, ignoring your audience is a death sentence. I really don’t get it. You have to give your audience what they want, not what you want them to want.

But then how else can their narcisistic egos be fed if they can't be right all the time and the audience wrong all the time.

 

[Killjoy-NL]

What else should they do?

Cancel the game or completely change the art direction?

 

[Laptop1991]

yeah because ignoring so many dislikes always works well in the long run, it's just deja vu at this point for games and movies/tv shows.

 

[lughnasadh123]

There seems to be a lot of whiplash sentiment between "don't ignore me, make the game how I like" and "fuck what people want, make the game how you want to".

 

[Spyxos]

The whole thing will be an expensive fail.

 

[GHG]

What else should they do?

Cancel the game or completely change the art direction?

Either that or delay it in order to revamp it.

But yes, preferably just cancel it. It's a waste of time and money at this point, it's going to be dead from the day it arrives.

 

[touchfuzzy]

That's the first time I heard "white noise." Lol I generally stay out of this woke war but that's pretty funny... even though it's that attitude which will ultimately close their studio. I'll shrug off their crocodile tears afterwards.

It's not a woke or anti-woke term actually, it just means any kind of generic, unidentifiable background noise. Like people will often buy a 'white noise' machine to help them fall asleep if they have trouble sleeping when it's too quiet.

In this particular scenario it ends up having a double meaning that probably wasn't intended. Or maybe was, looking at the studio.

 

[Setsuna Mudou]

yep, Rocksteady and WB also ignored the criticism of suicide squad, look what good it did to them

"Bold strategy..."

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

I think you're missing the point that when competing in a crowded gaas space, it cannot just be good... it has to be better. All things equal, people will stay in the ecosystem they're already invested in. Unless you're novel enough, or better. Marvel and Overwatch's sloppy seconds is what this looks like.... isn't gonna do it.

Not really. This space is completely unpredictable imho.

Even being good isn’t sufficient for success, and being bad isn’t a death sentence either.

 

[Sanepar]

One more wore team. I hope they fail and get closed next year.

 

[Topher]

Ignoring criticism is always the right way to go

 

[balls of snow]

Its leaked on the ausie psn store Concord has the same price as HD2. I also googled Lawbreakers at launch and it was a 30$ mp only game that came out before the free to play gaas golden age and still failed.

We might have a Brink level bomba on our hands. Ah well, will thoroughly enjoy the free beta weekend regardless.

 

[Rambone]

Is this where the Saints Row management and dev team migrated over to?

 

[Schmendrick]

Fine with me.

 

[Setsuna Mudou]

They have no choice at this point. What are they going to do? Reverse course? On what exactly? They've spent years on this, the game is done. Have to see it through now.

You're right of course, too late now. But maybe that's a moment of realization to Sony and other publishers to announce things earlier and be more transparent with what's being made. Only way to course correct if the feedback is captured early enough. But no, they keep shit more secret than military nuclear codes and then are surprised when the announcement is not what their clients want...