Kao i mobilni studio Neon Koi
Sony zatvara Firewalk Studio zaslužan za Concord, kao i Neon Koi, studio za mobilne igre. Ukupno 210 ljudi je ostalo bez posla, sa tim da je većina iz Firewalk studija.
Concord sci-fi hero shooter je izašao krajem avgusta za Playstation 5 i PC. Igrači nisu bili oduševljeni iz više razloga i igra je imala premali broj igrača da bi bila održiva. Nakon samo dve nedelje Concord je povučen sa tržišta, igračima je vraćen novac i Ryan Ellis, vođa studio se povukao sa pozicije. Sada, dva meseca kasnije Playstation je odlučio da potpuno zatvori studio. U pismu čelnika navedeno je da su određeni aspekti igre bili dobri, ali da je za budućnost Playstation brenda, najbolje da potpuno ubiju igru i studio.
Neuspeh Concorda je sigurno bio težak udarac za Playstataion live service planove, ali i finansijski, spominju se cifre i do 400 miliona, ali to nikada nećemo znati sigurno.
Poslednje zbogom Firewalk studija na X (Twitter) platformi.
“Firewalk is signing off one last time.
Firewalk began with the idea of bringing the joy of multiplayer to a larger audience. Along the way we assembled an incredible team who were able to:
– Navigate growing a new startup into a team during a global pandemic: Firewalk was founded in 2018 and was very small for its first couple years, only entering full Production in 2022.
– Build a new, customized next-generation FPS engine in Unreal 4 -> 5, delivering top-tier gameplay feel, beautiful worlds, and a performant 60fps technical experience on a stable and scalable backend on PS5 and PC to hundreds of thousands of players in our beta.
– Manage an acquisition / integration while readying technical and preliminary tests.
– And ultimately ship and deliver a great FPS experience to players- even if it landed much more narrowly than hoped against a heavily consolidated market.
We took some risks along the way – marrying aspects of card battlers and fighting games with first-person-shooters – and although some of these and other aspects of the IP didn’t land as we hoped, the idea of putting new things into the world is critical to pushing the medium forward.
The talent at Firewalk and the level of individual craft is truly world-class, and teams within Sony Interactive Entertainment and across the industry will be fortunate to work with them. Please reach out to Recruiting at PlayStation for inquiries, and thank you to all the very many teams, partners and fans who supported us along the way.
See you in the Tempest.
– Firewalk Studios”
Neon Koi i planovi za mobilni gejming
PlayStation je 2022 godine kupio studio Neon Koi, poznatiji kao Savage Game sa idejom da povećaju svoje prisustvo na mobilnim telefonima.
Prošle godine Neon Koi je izgubio generalnog direktora Michail Katkoff i menadžerku Sophie Ko, dok je PlayStation ostao bez VP za mobilne igre Nicola Sebastiani.
Hulst je izjavio da mobilno tržište “ostaje prioritet za rast,” ali je priznao da je PlayStation “još u veoma ranoj fazi mobilnih napora. Da bismo ostvarili uspeh na ovom polju, moramo se fokusirati na naslove koji odgovaraju standardima PlayStation Studios i imaju potencijal da dopru do više igrača širom sveta.”
Oba studio su zatvorena samo par meseci naon što je PlayStation otpustio skoro 900 ljudi i zatvorio svoj London Studio. Naravno u PlayStation se ograđuju i tvrde kako je ovo dobro za rast platforme i ulaganje u budućnost.
