Wasting Millions to Make Hundreds (Concord Trilogy Meme)

This meme uses the classic three-panel progressively poorly drawn horse template to mock Sony's recent string of failed high-budget video game projects labeled the 'Concord Trilogy'. The first two panels show the cover art for the recently cancelled online PvP shooter *Concord* and the scrapped game *Highguard*, each crossed out with a large red X to indicate their cancellation after millions in development costs were spent. The third panel shows the cover for the upcoming *Marathon* game, paired with the lopsided, derpy, poorly drawn final panel of the horse, implying that the only remaining project from this set is underwhelming and unlikely to recoup the massive losses from the first two cancelled titles, playing on the original title of 'Wasting millions to make hundreds'.

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"Trilogia Concord"

Overview

This meme uses the classic three-panel progressively poorly drawn horse template to mock Sony's recent string of failed high-budget video game projects labeled the 'Concord Trilogy'. The first two panels show the cover art for the recently cancelled online PvP shooter Concord and the scrapped game Highguard, each crossed out with a large red X to indicate their cancellation after millions in development costs were spent. The third panel shows the cover for the upcoming Marathon game, paired with the lopsided, derpy, poorly drawn final panel of the horse, implying that the only remaining project from this set is underwhelming and unlikely to recoup the massive losses from the first two cancelled titles, playing on the original title of 'Wasting millions to make hundreds'.

Origin notes

This meme originates from the Reddit Meme subreddit, sourced via RSS. It references the 2024 high-profile cancellation of Concord just weeks after its launch, followed shortly by the cancellation of Highguard, two high-budget live service games from Sony-backed studios, leaving Bungie's Marathon as the only remaining title from the group of projects. It is an edited remix of the widely used three-panel poorly drawn horse meme template, with the original editor credited via the watermark @pastorxbox.