Sony President Promises Better PlayStation Quality Checks

Sony President Admits ‘Concord’ Had Dev Problems, Says Failed Hero Shooter Needed More “User Testing” And “Internal Evaluation”
In the aftermath of the game’s historically short two-week existence, Sony President Hiroki Totoki has admitted to the fact that
Sony President Promises Better PlayStation Quality Checks After Concord's Failure
There have been two massive questions hanging over Concord, the expensive PlayStation 5 hero shooter that almost nobody played. The first one is: how did a game that wasn’t busted or terrible bomb so spectacularly?
Sony President Says PlayStation Needs To Have More User Tests To Prevent Another Concord Situation
Sony president says that the PlayStation division needs to have more checks and gates to make sure another situation like Concord doesn't happen again
Sony Says It Should Have Done User Testing and Internal Evaluation Earlier on Concord
Concord, a live service hero shooter from Sony-owned Firewalk Studios, has gone down as one of the biggest flops in PlayStation history. Amid disastrously low player numbers, Sony hauled Concord offline just two weeks after launch. It eventually shuttered Firewalk and confirmed Concord wouldn’t return.
Sony commits to single-player games in wake of Concord failure
Sony Interactive Entertainment. Sony is not giving up on single-player games despite investing a lot into live-service games over the past few years, with plans to release at leas
Sony says it should've gotten more feedback before launching Concord, but it isn't done with live service games despite 'a certain amount of risk'
The PlayStation maker says singleplayer games are its strength, but it's not calling it quits on multiplayer after Concord ...
Sony Acknowledges, Explains Concord’s Failure, And Future Changes
Concord will go down as one of the biggest video game disasters of all time, no exaggeration given its $200 million budget.
Secret Level‘s Creator Hopes Concord Episode Showcases Its Lost Potential
Tim Miller hopes Amazon's anthology series will help viewers appreciate the "blood, sweat, and tears" Firewalk Studios put ...
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Sony Talks About Lessons Learned From Concord Including Earlier Testing And Working With "Proven IPs" A Bit More
Well, diving into the investor presentation and Q&A call, I'd personally put the answers at "yes, and mostly no" in my book.
'You Don't Know The Result Until You Actually Try It': Sony CEO On Concord's 11-Day Shutdown
Sony closes Concord 11 days post-launch, citing live-service challenges; execs share insights to improve future game ...
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Sony on Concord's failure: "With new IP, you don't know the result until you actually try it"
"With regards to new IP, of course, you don’t know the result until you actually try it," he said. "We probably need to have ...
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Sony write off ill-fated $200 million shooter Concord as a loss by closing studio permanently
Sony have shut down Firewalk Studios, the developers behind ill-fated multiplayer hero shooter Concord - and lose over $200 ...
There’s a Reason Sony Is Doing OK Right Now, and It’s All Thanks to Astro Bot
Sony should be happy selling less consoles but more PS5 games like Astro Bot, even when Concord proved to be an unmitigated ...