[STEAM] Sony’s axed Concord is surprise collector’s item; disc prices rise 175%

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As recently as a week ago, a new disc copy of Sony's team-based shooter Concord on the PlayStation 5 would

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. Now that Sony has

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, you might think those now-useless discs would be practically worthless.

Instead, the physical version of Concord on PS5 has become a surprise collector's item. An Ars analysis of nearly 300

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listings completed between September 3–8 shows new copies of the now-defunct game selling for a median price of $100 since the game's shutdown. That going rate peaked at a median of $118 on September 5, up from $89.50 on September 3, before settling at $110 for

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sales made on September 8.

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, the price increase has less to do with playability and more to do with rarity. GameDiscoverCo analyst Simon Carless

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that he estimated an underwhelming 25,000 total sales for Concord across PS5 and PC. Even if we assume 80 percent of those sales were on the PS5, most of those console sales probably came as purely digital downloads, given

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and the game's focus on online play.

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