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Market performance was disastrous. Concord failed to even reach 700 concurrent players—an abject failure in modern multiplayer gaming terms. Critics and media outlets scrambled to explain away the poor reception with excuses: poor graphics, subpar gameplay, lack of marketing, and fierce competition from other titles like Black Myth Wukong. Yet, beneath the surface, the core issue appeared rooted in the game's contentious identity politics, which alienated a significant portion of its potential audience.