Sony Commits to PS5 and PC FPS Concord Coming Out in 2024
While Sony has said there are no plans to release sequels in its major franchises this financial year, ruling out new games in the Spider-Man and God of War series until at least April 2025, we do know of one new first-party PlayStation game coming out this year: Concord.
Announced during Sony’s May 2023 PlayStation Showcase, Concord is a new PVP multiplayer FPS from Sony-owned studio Firewalk Studios set for release on PlayStation 5 and PC at some point in 2024.
During a financial call focused on the investment community, Sony listed Concord as a live service game coming out in 2024 alongside Bungie’s Destiny 2 expansion The Final Shape. That’s a commitment to the new IP launching during what looks like a particularly quiet financial year ending March 31, 2024 for PlayStation games.
Sony has yet to announce a price for Concord, or whether it will launch on PS5 and PC at the same time. But given the explosive success of Helldivers 2, a live service co-op shooter that sold 12 million copies in just 12 weeks after launching across PS5 and PC with cross-play, it seems likely Sony will shoot for something similar for Concord. Sony may be set to reveal more on Concord soon, if it plans a showcase for May.
In February, Sony announced a significant round of layoffs affecting around 900 staff, or about 8% of its global PlayStation workforce. The layoffs affected a number of PlayStation studios, including Insomniac, Naughty Dog, Guerrilla, Firesprite, and, most significantly, PlayStation's London studio. Alongside the layoffs, a number of in-development games were canceled.
The PS5 launched November 2020 during the height of the pandemic, and has now sold 59.3 million. Sony is expected to launch a PS5 Pro model later in 2024.
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