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Concord aside, PlayStation is having a great year

By all accounts, Concord looks like a painful failure for Sony. However, that flop aside, PlayStation is quietly having a great year overall.

For perspective, Galaxy Burger, an indie cooking sim I'd never heard of that came out on the same day, had more than four times the number of concurrent players on Steam (469) as Concord(104) at one point on Wednesday. The first wave of characters is bland, which is not ideal for a hero shooter when Apex Legends and Overwatch 2( vastly more popular rival titles that are free-to-play) each have dozens of distinct, engaging personalities for fans to connect with. Given that Microsoft's new Xbox variants either add internal storage, change the box's color or take away a disc drive, the PS5 Pro may look like an even tastier option for current-gen holdouts.

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