It's no secret that 2024 hasn't been kind to live-service games, with recent months seeing games like XDefiant and Concord shut down—although not always without reason—so it's a bit refreshing to see the recently released Marvel Rivals hit what can only be described as a home run. Not only is the ga...
This is why I think saying live service overwatch likes have no space isn’t a fair explanation to why Concord failed.
Some of the reasons why I think it failed:
Or Deadlock for that matter, which is even sillier to declare DoA given that its still an in development, limited access product, and one aimed at more dedicated players. Not that any of thar has stopped people.
Hard agree. Valve is known for quality of course, but Concord failed for a variety of reasons that wouldn’t have been immediately obvious.
Not to mention it’s still in closed beta, even if a lot/most people have a key now
There’s a time and place for games to not feel like video games imo. It’s definitely not in what’s supposed to be a fast-paced multiplayer PVP setup.
Most definitely. Idk why they thought weekly cutscenes of literally nobodies would be something PvP players would be into.
I often don’t even hear anything about those games until the news about their shutdown goes around.