Concord is not completely dead. Community developers have brought Sony's shut-down hero shooter back online with fan-made custom servers, rebuilding its backend API and getting full matches running again.
It’s early stages and buggy, but it’s on its way. All games, even bland, boring, or bad ones, deserve to remain playable.
What makes you think people will work for free?
I need some work done at my house, will you come take care of it for me?
I wouldn’t do an Internet stranger’s house. But I absolutely would help a friend’s or neighbors if they so asked.