Sony fecha Firewalk Studios, desenvolvedora da Concord
Ele elaborou que o Concord by the Firewalk Studios não atingiu os objetivos ideais da empresa. Portanto, para projetos futuros, a PlayStation planeja “aproveitar as lições aprendidas do Concord” para melhorar as “capacidades de serviço ao vivo” para um melhor crescimento na área. Firewalk está encerrando uma última vez. Firewalk começou com a ideia de levar a alegria do multiplayer para um público maior. Ao longo do caminho reunimos uma equipe incrível que foi capaz de: — Firewalk (@FirewalkStudios) 29 de outubro de 2024 Sony’s Concord was launched on August 23rd on both PS5 and PC. The game which had $400M invested in the development stage had to see a shutdown after its poor sales hardly reaching the number of 25,000 players. While the all-time high for the game was just 697 players on Steam. According to a report by Bloomberg, the shutdown of these two companies will let go 210 jobs in total. 172 people of Firewalk will be losing their jobs, while a total of 38 people will be moving on from Neon Koi. Neon Koi which was formerly named as Savage Game Studios, was acquired by Sony in 2022. The message by Hermen Hulst stated that mobile gaming is a “priority growth area” for Sony. However, the decision to shut it down while also canceling its unannounced triple-A mobile live-service action game is due to a “re-focused approach”. Hermen has also acknowledged the talent that was involved in both studios. He stated that the company will make efforts to “find placement for some of those impacted within our global community of studios where possible.” By June 2024, the gaming industry had seen 11,000 known layoffs. The number has been increasing, reportedly reaching up to 14,000, exceeding the 2023 layoffs.
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