In an industry known for its high stakes and even higher expectations, few games have flopped as spectacularly as Sony’s Concord. Launched with much fanfare, the hero shooter lasted just 11 days before being pulled from shelves, marking what may well be the most colossal commercial failure in gaming history.
To put it into perspective, notorious flops like the Sega 32X and 3DO sold hundreds of thousands—if not millions—of units, while Concord is estimated to have moved just 25,000. For comparison, even the widely criticized E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial for the Atari 2600 which is often blamed for the 1982 video game crash and the downfall of the seemingly unstoppable Atari sold about 1.5 million copies.
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