Copies of Concord on PS5 are going for up to 300 on eBay
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Copies of Concord on PS5 are going for up to 300 on eBayGameCentralPublished March 20, 2025 6:00am What would you pay for it? (eBay)Sonys failed live service game has finally become a hit with resellers on eBay, who are selling the game and its limited edition controller for crazy prizes.Video games dont have much of a history of famous flops since, unlike movies, its usually unclear exactly how much theyve sold or how much they cost to make. There are exceptions, like the apocalyptic failure of E.T. on the Atari 2600, but its only in the modern era of live service games that its become obvious when something has been a complete disaster.That is one way to describe the impossibly short life of Concord, which didnt even last two weeks before Sony announced it was being discontinued.That meant if you bought the game it was, as an online-only title, suddenly completely useless to you. Sony offered refunds but theres probably some people that were caught out, who had bought it physically and never worked out how to get their money back. But it seems an easy alternative is to now sell it on eBay.Rather than honest customers, that bought the game assuming it was going to be a long-running hit, it seems the majority of copies going up on eBay at the moment are unsold stock, that was taken off shelves once the games cancellation was announced.Its not clear why theyve only started showing up now but a post on the ResetEra forum shows its happening in both the US and Europe. Although one poster has a photo suggesting that the game is still being sold in shops in the UK, unaware that the game doesnt work anymore.As with anything on eBay, its difficult to tell what the going rate actually is, as most copies are being advertised with a Buy It Now price which theres no guarantee anyone will pay.There are several in excess of 350 but its very hard to imagine anyones going to hand over that much for a sealed box and a useless Blu-ray.Instead, the average seems to be around 30 to 40 in the UK. Although curiously thats much more than in the US, where the average Buy It Now price is around $20.More TrendingAt launch the game cost 34.99, although many believe the fact that it wasnt free-to-play, like most live service games, is one of the reasons for its abject failure; no doubt Sony was hoping that it would repeat the success of the similarly priced Helldivers 2.Although Concord is an important game, historically speaking, it does seem madness to spend large amounts of money on what is effectively an ex-video game.However, a more functional heirloom of the games brief existence has also become a hot ticket on eBay, with the limited edition Concord DualSense controller also going for upwards of 300.Unlike the game, this was always intended to be released in limited numbers, so not only is it a genuine collectors item but it actually looks really nice in its own right. The controller is actually really nice (Sony)Emailgamecentral@metro.co.uk, leave a comment below,follow us on Twitter, andsign-up to our newsletter.To submit Inbox letters and Readers Features more easily, without the need to send an email, just use ourSubmit Stuff page here.For more stories like this,check our Gaming page.GameCentralSign up for exclusive analysis, latest releases, and bonus community content.This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. Your information will be used in line with our Privacy Policy
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