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Then when I found out it had a $40 asking price, I turned off altogether.

But I’m rarely representative of gamers at large.

Concord space ship.

You have to think that Concord will go free to play if it stands any chance of survival.

Not just bad, but catastrophic.

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There are a few things to unpack from that singular post.

First is a massive yikes that at that point there were less than 100 players in Concord on PC.

Concord promotional screenshot

You have to think that Concord will go free to play if it stands any chance of survival.

The second is that even at its peak, Concord hasn’t broken 1,000 concurrent players.

But why is it so dire?

Surely Concord will go free to play?

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And that’s not even a competitive game.

It feels inevitable, then, to ask when Concord will go free to play rather than if.

I also know I’m not alone.

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It’s just the market we live in.

Competitive games are almost entirely dominated by free to play titles.

The top 5 competitive multiplayer games on Steam as I write this are all free to play.

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Meanwhile, Concord is losing out heavily to Sony’s other PC games.

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