Harmony, Sony’s subsequent huge live-service online game, will apparently price $40 in accordance with a pre-order web page discovered on the PlayStation retailer in Australia. This places it in the identical worth vary as Helldivers 2 and appears to be one other signal that Sony’s live-service titles gained’t all be free-to-play like Future 2.
Harmony, the debut recreation from Firewalk Studios, was first introduced in 2023 throughout a big PlayStation showcase. That preliminary trailer didn’t present a lot, and plenty of might need forgotten about it till Could 30’s State of Play occasion, the place the net shooter kicked the entire showcase with a considerably generic-looking cinematic and a few gameplay that didn’t win over the web. Throughout that occasion we realized the sport is a live-service 5v5 hero shooter set in a brand new sci-fi universe. And now we all know that this new FPS from Sony is (possible) going to price $40.
As noticed by Insider Gaming on June 5, a PlayStation Retailer web page in Australia went dwell and revealed the value of Harmony’s base version and its fancy particular version. The usual version will price $60 AUD or about $40 USD. That model solely consists of Harmony and nothing else. In the meantime, the Digital Deluxe Version prices $95 AUD ($60 USD) and consists of early entry to the sport and a bunch of additional cosmetics and skins.
Harmony, which is deliberate to launch on August 23 for PC and PS5, appears to be following the same playbook to Helldivers 2, Sony’s huge hit from earlier this yr.
That on-line sci-fi co-op shooter additionally offered for $40 and in addition launched on PC and PS5, too. It appears Sony’s hope is that the cheaper price level will entice extra gamers to offer a live-service shooter an opportunity. It additionally, hopefully, means the sport gained’t be full of a bunch of free-to-play nonsense and grinding, one thing Helldivers has principally averted since launch.
In fact, I’ve already seen some folks shocked that Sony is charging cash for Harmony in any respect, which isn’t stunning contemplating the response the sport acquired on-line. It additionally seems, as revealed by a special leak, that the actual star of final week’s PlayStation occasion—Astro Bot, launching later this yr—will possible price round $60 to $70. Needless to say none of those costs are verified by Sony but or confirmed for the US variations of both recreation. Issues may change.
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