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In 2024, the video game Concord released to the public after eight years of development and hundreds of millions of dollars spent. After release it would stay online for just two weeks, becoming one of the biggest flops in not just video game history, but any entertainment medium.
Sources
https://www.forbes.com/sites/paultassi/2025/08/23/a-year-ago-concord-had-the-worst-video-game-launch-of-all-time/
https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/4/24235163/concord-cancellation-live-service-games
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concord_(video_game)
Image: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Concord_key_art.png
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