Former Concord Developer Calls Haters as “Talentless Freaks,” Blocks People and Locks Account

With Concord’s release seemingly not going as planned by developer Firewalk Studios, it’s understandable that some people will offer their sympathies to some of the people who worked on it, but to see a dev who worked on it act in a hostile manner is a bit surprising to see.

This is what happened on Twitter/X, where Xander Ferrell, gameplay animator at PUBG Corp. and has previously worked on Concord, called those who hated the game as “talentless freaks.”

Not only that, but Ferrell has also started telling people to pay them $8 to “unhide” their tweet:

Ferrell has since set their Twitter/X account to private, and has seemingly deleted their LinkedIn account, and other social platforms. While we do NOT and never will condone any harassment to developers in any form, the person who offered their sympathies to Ferrell wasn’t hostile at all, and seemed genuinely sad that Concord launched with a thud rather than a bang.

Speaking of which, in its first full day of release, Concord has failed to crack even past 1,000 concurrent players, with the highest peaking at 660. Today, the 24-hour hour high is at a paltry 298 according to Steam Charts.

Of course, this is just the PC player base, and does not count those playing on PS5. While we do not have any numbers for the PS5 release (and we’re not counting on Sony to release any stats at all), it’s highly improbable that it has reached a million or anywhere close to it given the game’s social media presence, Reddit community and the like.

For a deeper look at Concord’s struggles, we did a breakdown of its beta stats, player reception and more, which you can read about here. Hopefully, Concord finds its footing soon, as this is not how you want a game that took eight years to make be received by gamers.

[Thanks, DANNYonPC!]

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