Concord Players Are Waiting Upwards Of Eight Minutes For Matches

Summary

• Concord's rocky start includes a $40 price point and low player numbers, struggling to hit triple digits on Steam.
• Matchmaking issues plague Concord, with players waiting upwards of 8 minutes for a match and experiencing timeouts.
• Black Myth: Wukong's successful launch contrasts with Concord's struggles, with the former hitting almost 2.5 million players on Steam.

It's safe to say that Firewalk Studios' Concord is off to a rocky start. An unusual marketing campaign, a $40 price point, and entering a saturated market means the Guardians of the Galaxy-like hero shooter is struggling to find its feet.

Concord Needs To Go Free-To-Play, And I Hate That

I wish more live-service games could charge more upfront and reduce monetisation, but it’s tough out there.

The game's poor launch is punctuated by its player numbers. On Steam, the game peaked at 697 total players, and now, it's struggling even to hit triple digits. As I type this, the game has 51 players on Steam, peaking at 103 in the last 24 hours. Considering you need ten players to fill a lobby, there could be, at most, ten games ongoing at any one time — providing everybody attempts to join a match at the same time.

This has, as you can imagine, caused issues with players joining games, with the matchmaking process taking upwards of eight minutes in many cases.

"I Don't Know What I Paid $40 For"

Over on Reddit, players are sharing their plight with Concord's matchmaking.

There have been a range of times thrown around in discussion, but several players are reporting that they're waiting upwards of eight minutes on the central USA server with cross-play turned on — a damning indictment.

It seems as though those waiting eight minutes for a match might actually be the lucky ones, though. One player shared a screenshot of the game with an error stating, "Matchmaking request timed out" after nine minutes, and another player reportedly waited over an hour for a match on the Southeast Asia server.One thread on Reddit had over 300 upvotes and 150 comments, with people talking about the game's matchmaking. As one player pointed out, "More people liked this post than are playing the actual game."

Concord's launch couldn't have been more different to that of Black Myth: Wukong, which came out four days prior. Game Science's Journey to the West-inspired title hit almost 2.5 million concurrent players on Steam around launch, broke multiple records on the platform, and quickly sold over ten million copies. Not bad for a single-player game.

Concord

WHERE TO PLAY

Concord is an upcoming FPS from Firewalk Studios, part of the PlayStation Studios family. A PvP multiplayer title, it is slated for launch on both PS5 and PC in 2024.