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Concord sees peak of 1,000 players on PC during beta weekend


Concord began its closed beta testing this weekend on PC and PS5. Console owners were able to enter the competitive shooter if they had pre-ordered the game or had an active PlayStation Plus subscription — a decision made late last week, just days before the test began.

The only way to play the PC version last weekend was to pre-order the game. Which, apparently, Very few people have done this.The agreement has arrived. Peak 1124 players only During the busiest time on Steam this weekend.

To make matters worse, this The peak only lasted for an hour before the Concord PC beta started to drop to around 300 active players.Q. The player base increased to about 600 players on Saturday, but then dropped to 200There were never more than 700 players throughout the entire weekend.

Concord, the only way to get access to the PC beta this weekend was to pre-order the game. Given the skepticism surrounding Concord online, it seems that many PC gamers didn’t spend any money on the 5v5 shooter. Keep in mind that if you pre-order, you’ll also get 4 additional beta codes. So let’s say “1000 players pre-ordered.”

Concord is available in an open beta this weekend on PS5 and PC. The beta is available to all players with or without PlayStation Plus and without pre-ordering the game. So player stats this weekend will be a better indicator of whether PC gamers are buying Sony’s new 5v5 hero shooter.

In May, PlayStation co-CEO Herman Hulst said Sony would focus heavily on PC gaming in the future, with most of the service’s titles launching simultaneously on day one for PS5 and PC.

Concord is the latest PlayStation game as a service to launch on both platforms at the same time. This follows the huge success of Helldivers 2 in March. Concord is scheduled to launch on August 23.

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