Game Scoop! 778: Plight of the Concord

Welcome back to IGN Game Scoop!, the ONLY video game podcast! This week your Omega Cops -- Daemon Hatfield, Sam Claiborn, Justin Davis, and Nick Limon -- are discussing Concord, Astro Bot, Star Wars Outlaws, Castlevania Dominus Collection, Black Myth Wukong, and more. And, of course, they play Video Game 20 Questions.

[@simon6051]

Please get Sam a new microphone

[@nickmajora]

Be nice if his employer of many years could provide him with one so we could hear him during his weekly show.

[@BioluminescentTree]

Please don't get greedy with your outlandish requests, it's just the biggest gaming network on the planet after all

[@FreshWitcher]

He’s new to podcasting.

[@babermac]

came here to say this. could also be he has one but is backed way too far off of it. no shame in having the mic visible on video if it means we get to hear more than 60% of the words being spoken.

[@superbadisfunmy]

Lower your standards. Very low on the lowest key

[@branboom3342]

1:07:55 love hearing the kids fight in the background 😂

[@kevinwelchhhh]

WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN PLEASE STOP LEAVING US

[@kdkseven]

IGN is one of the biggest videogame websites on the internet, if not the biggest-- why can't their podcasts get decent microphones for all it's participants?

[@Kingtoadpipe]

Goose camp isn't ign priority. It should be seeing it's a flagship show with some off the most knowledgeable people in gaming.

[@Leah-yz4rj]

And not have children screaming in the background

[@jonathanirwin9566]

Dang Sam's audio is cutting out a ton this episode

[@JohnWilfredSaunders]

It’s weird because the rest of the panel can clearly hear what he’s saying…

[@MaylorTaylor]

yeea sounds like he has an Audio Gate on his mic that wont let sound go out if it's too quite.

[@dean_dv]

Welcome back, Fridays aren't the same without Gamescoop!

[@WEK-kh8gd]

Man, Nick's knowledge of older games is incredible, considering he was probably born in 92 or 93.

[@0FFICERPROBLEM]

He must have a time machine.

[@thefattmish]

Pro tip if your kids are screaming, temporarily mute your mic.

[@tbuckets2522]

Seriously was that Justin's girls screaming??

[@superbadisfunmy]

That was annoying asf lol

[@shamnarayan9582]

The kids screaming in the background haha

[@sirownzalotgaming3025]

Oh yes!!! 1hr 20 min episode. Let’s goooooooo

[@stevelampron100]

Get Sam a mic…please!

[@budakaimaster3]

Here is request number 564 for Sam to either buy/or be given by IGN a new mic that's doesn't make him sound like he's podcasting from 2009. Thanks 👍

[@JComm57]

This is one of the best podcast name episodes ever.

[@theunitedstatesofspace]

Well done on the title. 👍🏻

[@IGNGames]

I tried - Daemon

[@stuartbagley2586]

@@IGNGamesAnd succeeded!

[@EXxileOnline]

My body is ready...for more SCOOP! Welcome back, gentlemen.

[@RichardHannay]

Sam’s voice keeps voluming down that it’s hard to understand him at times… :-/

[@gmalanga]

What's going on with this podcast quality. There's always an audio issue. On this one, it's mic audio cutting from one side, and at the same time, kid's screaming from the other side.

[@mickael486]

My official favorite 4 Omega Cops. 🇺🇸

[@gmanengineer]

These guys are the most beautiful podcasters (on this podcast)

[@fearghalbarry7866]

"People have turned against Helldivers" - ummm what???

[@mustbemcally2536]

Would have loved it Justin got up and screamed in his kids faces to stop then Sat down like nothing happened

[@tbuckets2522]

More like Plight of the Audio Issues! Sam still needs a microphone and Justin needs to tell his quiet while I'm podcasting/working!

[@MichaelSilverwood]

Well done with the title "Plight of the Concord" lol, S tier episode title. Whoever came up with that wins bonus points

[@tomgroot7039]

The episode title is hilarious, well done.😂

[@devinforman8213]

Kinda surprised about the high praise for outlaws. Kinda Funny really tore into it, and most people think it'd ok

[@michaelroth6975]

Concords cancelation is more publicity than it ever had

[@mcclog3975]

Worth missing a week for this amazing title.

[@threeswordssama]

Super excited for the Castlevania collection for sure.

[@pclarkson85]

Love to see the main crew back at it; mark is always cool too though.

[@danielellis8672]

Thanks for using the word “kerfuffle” it’s on my list of favorite words.

[@17craigers]

It’s Concordin’ Time!!!

[@fernandogaray8215]

The answer to Sam's ladder rant about why would you want to go slow on a ladder is Stellar Blade

[@johnvocatura1019]

We missed you guys.

[@KratosRager]

I’ve been waiting all week for Scoop to talk about Concord.

[@deedeepilgrim6658]

Love the podcast but come on, every single week someone has audio issues

[@nickj2838]

Sam comparing the stealth in this to MGSV is completely insane lol. The stealth is no where near that level.

[@KipCasper]

The crew is back!

[@jonathanirwin9566]

Scoop there it is!

[@mattrobinson891]

Not surprised they’re dancing around the white elephant in the room about why Concord actually failed.

[@elpiquetegames787]

So happy that scoop is back!!! 🔥

[@ADukesJustice]

That was a great swerve from Daemon, Balatro is peak

[@pacellichapa]

SCOOP IS BACK! GLORIOUS FRIDAY!

[@s.m.1981]

It's business. It's business time! 🎵

[@FatalFord]

Plight of the Concord is WILD

[@mclovin2005]

Gamescoop is back baby!

[@usedfuzzbox]

Back with the pun, Plight of the Concord, fantastic!!

[@MikDunkin]

If you say there's going to be a twist, you've already spoiled it

[@marcusclark1339]

people didn't "turn on helldivers" it turned on them from discord mods to PSN debacle, nerfing and other things has killed its interests

[@natedunn3933]

Ok cowboy

[@Onyyyxx]

Daemon have you seen the movie Longlegs and if so what did yo think

[@maxducoudray]

I'm surprised there is confusion about Concorde. It didn't underperform; it CATASTROPHICALLY underperformed. When your peak userbase is less than 700 players in launch week, there is no path to success. Server support will be a loss and within a month there won't be enough players for matchmaking. It was literally dead on arrival and there's no way to save it.

[@kdkseven]

Astro Bot looks a _lot_ like Super Mario Galaxy. Also, isn't the little Astro Bot guy just a robot Sackboy?

[@inigomontoya619]

Knaye once said. SCoop. Scoopidy scoop

[@FreshWitcher]

Concord isn’t coming back. Sony is not spending another dime on a game with almost no chance of rebounding.

[@_Matt_handle_taken_]

Great show as always fellas, hopefully a regular weekly cadence for a bit 🙏

[@mekman4]

Great Stuff as always!

[@rasputinafreak]

It’s business time!

[@samirmann5099]

Blastoise could be the 5th Ninja Turtle

[@realrobrose]

To pull the plug this quickly they must've been considering canceling altogether but maybe wanted to just see if it accidentally hit first. My guess is that whatever convinced them to cancel Last of Us Factions must've carried over to the other games as a service games they're making right now as "not it" and want to get these developers off of this stuff and onto the stuff that Sony is known for.

[@T.R.A.N.C.E]

If they wanted to see if it hit they should have released as free to play, launching at $40 was a death sentence.

[@realrobrose]

@@T.R.A.N.C.E wanted it to hit =/= see if it hits

[@RodXLeon]

Ladder.. amongst other things like holding a weapon and not being able to move to high ground with it. Etc. Allll of it can be explained with the fact that this is just the Assassin's Creed with a Star Wars paint. I'm sure the AC engine (which isn't just for graphics) was used to build this game. So if you can't go up ladders while keeping the new weapon you just picked up on AC, most likely won't you be able to here.

[@tommymccraith4670]

Ign continuing to ignore the elephant in the room but that's why we watch other youtubers

[@xGminimum]

What’s the elephant in the room?

[@dementedavenger2784]

Elephant? We?

[@westinbye]

It's so interesting that everyone liked Star wars and it is optimistily conflicted. But the opposite is true on starfield. They probably are influenced by each other.

[@DonatoXlll]

Everyone said the game would fail after the open beta... its not that "unbelievable"

[@Deguchi666]

Sam! Get a new microphone 😅

[@balkibeatbox1131]

The genre combo questions cast too wide a net. Should only be permitted if there is a common thread between the genres.

[@SeRiOuS1675]

concord should have been a single player FPS

[@JGribble]

Scoop!!

[@kurtissmith3409]

Shout out to my home town of Roseville as well!

[@akidnamedtimmy5603]

Concord didn’t have any design flaws?…

[@wfophill4536]

Why is Damen so shocked...they literally had 600 players at max(on steam) when it was FREE. Charging $40 for it would bring more players?

[@eric_mosqueda]

you guys are recommending Star Wars Outlaws like a really heavy book

[@jzilla1380]

Castlevania collection is great, classics!!!!!!

[@bozlakian3329]

SCOOP !

[@JPD2587]

I’m back in the U.S.S.A. 🎶

[@AlwaysRollsAOne]

Scoop!

[@Gusbusbus]

I'm glad to hear the Outlaw's and Playroom are both enjoyable

[@brandonwoodward9515]

6:20 Anthem isn't dead yet. It is just not getting regular updates

[@WusijiDoctor]

amazing titleeeee 😂

[@Kingtoadpipe]

You're back. Was getting worried ign canceled you guys

[@toot1st105]

Justin this game is nothing like overwatch concord is an arena shooter it has more in common with halo or destiny multiplayer than overwatch

[@Blackcard_XCII]

BESTIARY NOT BEASTIARY 🤦🏾‍♂️

[@vietimports]

despite all of the yapping, the only thing that matters came from the guy who said this is pretty much the open acknowledgement that consumers do not like gaas multiplayer games. how many more hundred million dollar bombs have to happen until the industry understands this? hopefully this finally scares away venture capitalist ghouls and shareholder vampires who dont actually care about games and they leave the space.

[@Dogman52x]

Not sure Astro Bot can win over Black Myth Wukong for GOTY?

[@BankingClan]

Degree’d 🎉

[@Ddarke11]

Launching a hero shooter with a $40 price tag with terrible skins and alright gameplay was what tanked it. I'd at least wait for Marvel Rivals to come out before assuming anything about the desire for the gaas market.

[@lightbeware9875]

We are in an age where one person can make a game that's a masterpiece, and huge triple-A titles with massive budgets flop at launch. Death by committee.

[@ValeskaX-m3b]

Death by Blackrock ESG

[@jermelpurse3018]

That’s not deaf by committee no committee voted that this game should fail. It’s deaf by consumer. The consumer didn’t go out and consume your product. It’s not like you can just keep selling it and say buy it anyway. If people don’t want it, you’re not going to sell it and you lose money. Back to the drawing board.

[@mjsacg]

Part of marketing is getting to know your competition. It's like Concord deliberately disregarded any of the competitors on purpose. It also appears as if they didn't conduct any polls or surveys either because it seems like they're just now becoming aware of all the negative publicity it's getting.. It's almost like they've been working inside a bubble all this time or something. The outcome of this game is just unreal. The game has some aspects on point, but not the main ones that really matter like the general appeal.

[@symbolic503]

loved starfield. sunk over 250 hours into it. not a star wars fan but starfield made me interested in this game once it gets a discount.

[@jermelpurse3018]

No, it’s not a tax write off. If the game were never released, they could write it off on their taxes, but since the game was released, they cannot write it off on their taxes. They tried to go out there and score points. It failed. They have to actually take the loss.

[@FrawgfithAmblose]

You'd be incredibly surprised the amount of leeway and exclusive help big corporations have over the common person in that regard...

[@MoFoTRex93]

Concord will go down in history as one of the biggest game failures. Throughout all consoles

[@JetLagRecords]

IGN Games, amazing video

[@bort6727]

Daemon is correct Monster Train is superior to Slay the Spire.

[@pellejons7804]

maybe tone down the B-roll spoilers a bit

[@RajibHossain-d5n]

Johnson Kevin Lopez Brian Perez Thomas

[@combo9114]

Every time the scoop crew asks about genre in 20 questions, part of me dies inside. Please no more! Great episode!

[@brandonwoodward9515]

9:28 Unless Phil Spencer was lying about Redfall, it is possible that these big companies with all their research and data can still get incorrect or misleading data

[@MrJohnhoward02]

Justin discipline those kids! 1:07:56 😂😂😂

[@RolandMIA71]

Algorithm scoop comment 💪

[@BobBill-z8u]

What about firewalk they botched it

[@holddamayo7474]

Other than Mark, Nick has the most sensible takes on this show

[@FrawgfithAmblose]

It's Da emon by far, everyone else on the show has many bad takes/ taste

[@caffedinator5584]

I've got hurt feelings...