Sony’s latest PlayStation 5 and PC shooter, Concord, is being yanked offline just a fortnight post-launch, with the gaming giant offering up refunds to the players. Announced via the PlayStation blog, this move comes after a low reception, with analysts like GameDiscoverCo pinpointing sales figures that couldn’t even break the 25,000 mark, an embarrassing statistic for a title that was in the works for some eight years and cost upwards of a cool $100 million to develop, as The Guardian reports.

Caught in a desperate attempt to form teams, players grappled with embarrassingly low concurrent counts on Steam. In quoting Concord director Ryan Ellis, Sports Illustrated shared his admission: "While many qualities of the experience resonated with players, we also recognize that other aspects of the game and our initial launch didn’t land the way we’d intended." Hence, starting September 6, the game servers will go silent, and sales will halt immediately.

In a PlayStation blog post, Ellis confirmed that refunds will be issued back to the original payment method for PlayStation Store purchases. At the same time, digital storefronts like Epic Games Store and Steam are lined up to do the same in the coming days, as reported by NorthJersey.com.