Concord, Hiroki Totoki and Sony

Sony’s president Hiroki Totoki has said the company is “still in the process of learning” from the failure of ‘Concord’
After 'Concord' proved to be a failure, Sony's president Hiroki Totoki has now said the company is "still in the process of learning" what went wrong with its hero-shooter
Sony's CEO Commented on Concord's Failure. Hiroki Totoki Explains What Went South and Pledges Lessons Learned
Totoki stated that Sony is still learning how to navigate in the category of games-as-a-service and sometimes this will result in flops. With a new brand like Concord, you never know for sure if it will be successful.
Concord Failure Addressed By Sony’s Hiroki Totoki
Sony president Hiroki Totoki has addressed the failure of Concord during a Q&A following the company's latest earnings call.
Sony on Concord's failure: "With new IP, you don't know the result until you actually try it"
"With regards to new IP, of course, you don’t know the result until you actually try it," he said. "We probably need to have a lot of gates, including user testing or internal evaluation, and the timing of such gates. And then we need to bring them forward, and we should have done those gates much earlier than we did.
Sony President Promises Better PlayStation Quality Checks After Concord's Failure
There have been two massive questions hanging over Concord, the expensive PlayStation 5 hero shooter that almost nobody played. The first one is: how did a game that wasn’t busted or terrible bomb so spectacularly?
Playstation needs to do better after Concord’s failure, says Sony president
Sony’s COO and CFO Hiroki Totoki reflects on Concord’s colossal failure. He says Playstation needs detailed user testing to prevent such situations in future live service multiplayer IP, which the company still has plans for.
Sony isn't giving up on PSN account requirement for PC games: Company president says it's necessary so people can 'safely' play its games
It's fair to say that Sony's insistence on requiring a PlayStation Network account for PC versions of its games is not widely ...
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Sony Boss Says It's 'Learned a Lot' from PC Player Pushback
Sony’s decision to mandate PSN account linking with its PC ports has caused friction with the fanbase outside of its ...
'You Don't Know The Result Until You Actually Try It': Sony CEO On Concord's 11-Day Shutdown
Sony closes Concord 11 days post-launch, citing live-service challenges; execs share insights to improve future game ...
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Sony comments on Concord failure revealing deep live-service troubles
Sony COO and CFO Hiroki Totoki was speaking at a financial earning call Q&A (as transcribed by VGC). Naturally, that ...
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Sony Promises It'll Launch Major PS5 Single Player Games Every Year Moving Forwards
Either way, that won’t be the case moving forwards. Speaking with investors as part of the platform holder’s latest financial ...
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Sony Comments on Steam PlayStation Account Controversy
Sony president Hiroki Totoki comments on the controversy surrounding the PlayStation Network account requirement for its ...
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PlayStation Boss Hopes To Avoid Another Concord Flop By Holding More Tests/Internal Evaluation
In regards to avoiding future problems in in wake of pulling Concord offline for good, Totoki-san revealed that they “probably need to have a lot of gates, including user testing or internal ...