$400 million? That’s just insane. Maybe it’s an exaggerated number?
Sharktoothdecay
And with that refund that’s a 400 million dollar loss
Portskerra
Del Walker (Rocksteady, Respawn, Naughty Dog, & BAFTA Committee rep) says the $400m number is not believable. Tom Henderson said to take the number “with a pinch of salt”, and reporter Ethan Gach says bluntly the figure is incorrect.
It would be one of the most expensive games in history. More than Spider-Man, TLoU2, GTA, and both Horizon games.
The figure was first rumoured to be $150m. Then it increased to $200. That was quickly replaced with $300, and yesterday it climbed to $400.
hyrule5
Doesn’t sound accurate. That’s about $100 million more than Spider Man 2. I’m not sure where the money went if that’s the case, because it certainly didn’t go into the gameplay part.
They also barely marketed it, and you would think a game with a budget like that would get a big marketing push.
Pavillian
Question. Is talking about something on your podcast a report?
-FaZe-
There’s just no way. The studio didn’t exist for long enough to make that number even make sense. The game got little marketing so that wasn’t where the money went.
MongolianMango
For reference, Genshin Impact’s initial development cost around 100 million and 200 million to maintain.
There’s no way this is correct…
abe5765
Stellar blade was $50 mill
Wukong was $70 mill
Hell divers was $50-$100 mill with an rough 8 year development time
WheySoldier
Report: A sentence in a podcast, by someone who’s “heard things from a source”.
Great job getting those clicks, Forbes.
Lumpy_Ad_3819
Sony is clearly laundering money.
MrGravityMan
You didn’t watch the clip…. Sony paid for 18 months of contractors …… that’s huge huge money. Hence why it cost so much.
Surveyorman
Actually it cost Sony $800 million.
Source: trust me bro
thats1evildude
This figure seems dubious, but I do know it cost a bunch of developers several years of their limited time on this Earth.
AshenxboxOne
Netflix documentary when
AuEXP
People believe anything these days
LapsedVerneGagKnee
That’s a bigger budget than Avengers Endgame. Just….how?
lce_Fight
Logically this isn’t adding up…is this money laundering?
lunchbox_inc
Not a real report, just something that Colin Moriarty said on a podcast and then outlets picked up. Why aren’t they corroborating the details? Could gaming “journalism” just be in the tank? (Yes)
Their lifetime existence probably adds up to about 400 million spent but Sony did not buy them for 400 million nor did covering that studio for a year cost 400 million. Dear god…why do these podcasters just use their brain. If Insomniac took 5 years to release Spider-Man 2 and that cost $300 million, in no universe did Concord cost $400 million.
Iggy_Slayer
This is beyond stupid. The number that gets thrown around goes up by 50-100m every week.
A MP shooter with a handful of maps did not cost double what the last of us 2 did. It did not cost 100m more than spiderman 2 did (with the disney fee included).
Don’t believe such obvious BS being spread by people who probably have an agenda, as the source seems to be colin moriarty who is a far right gaming personality and Concord has been THE game for them to focus on this year.
(none of this is a defense for concord the game is trash, just saying this report is insane BS)
MagmaAscending
There’s already so much misinformation about this game that can be easily debunked (i.e. no, the game was not in development for 8 years. Firewalk didn’t even exist until 2018) so I’m taking this with a grain of salt until official reports or corroborations come out
FEELS_G00D
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Nova-gunner
You can spread any fake rumor about this game, and Redditors will upvote it.
pahamack
Do people actually believe this game is dead?
It’s going to be retooled into a f2p game for sure.
rydan
Within 6 months we’ll finally learn the truth. It really took the equivalent of the entire US GDP.
Midnight7000
I wonder how much of this is inflated so that it can be used as a tax write off.
400 million sounds ridiculous.
OgSourChemDawg
People are really using Colin Moriarity as final proof? lol what
Fire_is_beauty
Bad games failing is a good thing for the game industry.
Now, they just have to learn from it but that’s the hard part.
arhollowx
Highly doubt the game cost 400 million to make. TLoU 2 didn’t even cost that much and it blows Concord in every department. This is just misinformation and rumors going around.
Broseph_Bobby
Sony could basically print money by releasing Bloodborne on PC but they chose to burn money instead.
brief-interviews
Source: it came to me in a dream
a_man_has_a_name
What are you all talking about? This game cost $1 billion to make, the source is me.
Do I get an article now?
msdtflip
400 million makes zero sense for this game even if it is a colossal failure. Imaginary numbers don’t do anything. Next week an idiot will say it was a billion dollar failure.
snorlaxatives_69
And if my mom had wheels, she’d be a bike. Simply not believable.
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$400 million? That’s just insane. Maybe it’s an exaggerated number?
And with that refund that’s a 400 million dollar loss
Del Walker (Rocksteady, Respawn, Naughty Dog, & BAFTA Committee rep) says the $400m number is not believable. Tom Henderson said to take the number “with a pinch of salt”, and reporter Ethan Gach says bluntly the figure is incorrect.
It would be one of the most expensive games in history. More than Spider-Man, TLoU2, GTA, and both Horizon games.
The figure was first rumoured to be $150m. Then it increased to $200. That was quickly replaced with $300, and yesterday it climbed to $400.
Doesn’t sound accurate. That’s about $100 million more than Spider Man 2. I’m not sure where the money went if that’s the case, because it certainly didn’t go into the gameplay part.
They also barely marketed it, and you would think a game with a budget like that would get a big marketing push.
Question. Is talking about something on your podcast a report?
There’s just no way. The studio didn’t exist for long enough to make that number even make sense. The game got little marketing so that wasn’t where the money went.
For reference, Genshin Impact’s initial development cost around 100 million and 200 million to maintain.
There’s no way this is correct…
Stellar blade was $50 mill
Wukong was $70 mill
Hell divers was $50-$100 mill with an rough 8 year development time
Report: A sentence in a podcast, by someone who’s “heard things from a source”.
Great job getting those clicks, Forbes.
Sony is clearly laundering money.
You didn’t watch the clip…. Sony paid for 18 months of contractors …… that’s huge huge money. Hence why it cost so much.
Actually it cost Sony $800 million.
Source: trust me bro
This figure seems dubious, but I do know it cost a bunch of developers several years of their limited time on this Earth.
Netflix documentary when
People believe anything these days
That’s a bigger budget than Avengers Endgame. Just….how?
Logically this isn’t adding up…is this money laundering?
Not a real report, just something that Colin Moriarty said on a podcast and then outlets picked up. Why aren’t they corroborating the details? Could gaming “journalism” just be in the tank? (Yes)
Their lifetime existence probably adds up to about 400 million spent but Sony did not buy them for 400 million nor did covering that studio for a year cost 400 million. Dear god…why do these podcasters just use their brain. If Insomniac took 5 years to release Spider-Man 2 and that cost $300 million, in no universe did Concord cost $400 million.
This is beyond stupid. The number that gets thrown around goes up by 50-100m every week.
A MP shooter with a handful of maps did not cost double what the last of us 2 did. It did not cost 100m more than spiderman 2 did (with the disney fee included).
Don’t believe such obvious BS being spread by people who probably have an agenda, as the source seems to be colin moriarty who is a far right gaming personality and Concord has been THE game for them to focus on this year.
(none of this is a defense for concord the game is trash, just saying this report is insane BS)
There’s already so much misinformation about this game that can be easily debunked (i.e. no, the game was not in development for 8 years. Firewalk didn’t even exist until 2018) so I’m taking this with a grain of salt until official reports or corroborations come out
🧢
You can spread any fake rumor about this game, and Redditors will upvote it.
Do people actually believe this game is dead?
It’s going to be retooled into a f2p game for sure.
Within 6 months we’ll finally learn the truth. It really took the equivalent of the entire US GDP.
I wonder how much of this is inflated so that it can be used as a tax write off.
400 million sounds ridiculous.
People are really using Colin Moriarity as final proof? lol what
Bad games failing is a good thing for the game industry.
Now, they just have to learn from it but that’s the hard part.
Highly doubt the game cost 400 million to make. TLoU 2 didn’t even cost that much and it blows Concord in every department. This is just misinformation and rumors going around.
Sony could basically print money by releasing Bloodborne on PC but they chose to burn money instead.
Source: it came to me in a dream
What are you all talking about? This game cost $1 billion to make, the source is me.
Do I get an article now?
400 million makes zero sense for this game even if it is a colossal failure. Imaginary numbers don’t do anything. Next week an idiot will say it was a billion dollar failure.
And if my mom had wheels, she’d be a bike. Simply not believable.
And that’s why we have a £700 PlayStation.
Who?
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