Sony’s upcoming team-based shooter Harmony seems to be following the instance of Helldivers 2 in having a extra inexpensive price ticket to garner curiosity.
Though the United States PlayStation store doesn’t record Harmony’s value, eagle-eyed customers on (*2*) noticed the recreation’s itemizing on the Australian PlayStation store. With the assist of some cursory foreign money conversions ($1 USD roughly equals $1.50 AUD), customers consider they’ve a ballpark for how a lot Harmony will value avid gamers in the United States.
In accordance to the Australian PlayStation Store itemizing, Harmony — like with Helldivers 2 earlier than it — can have a Customary and Digital Deluxe Version that may run gamers roughly $59.95 and $94.95 Australian {Dollars}. In layman’s phrases, Harmony’s Customary and Deluxe version value tags in the United States could be roughly $40 and $60, if instantly transformed to U.S. pricing.
IGN reached out to Sony for remark.
If that value does pan out, plainly Sony could be taking a web page from Helldivers 2’s smash success, which had an identical asking value. It is little marvel, too, that Sony would need to observe Helldivers 2’s instance, contemplating the hit third-person shooter shot up the charts as PlayStation’s fastest-selling recreation of all time by promoting over 12 million copies in its first 12 weeks.
Although, as ResetEra customers level out, Helldivers 2’s meteoric success is thanks largely to word-of-mouth suggestions from gamers in addition to its engrossing gameplay. This, coupled with Sony’s lack of larger PlayStation 5 exclusives, places some stress on Harmony to recapture the identical lightning-in-a-bottle attraction that Helldivers 2 did on launch, particularly in the wake of Concord’s prolonged showcase at the most up-to-date Sony State of Play.
Throughout Concord’s reveal eventually yr’s State of Play, Firewalk Studios recreation director Ryan Ellis mentioned the 5v5 first-person shooter was designed to encourage social play. In accordance to Ellis, gamers can be awaited by a brand new journey each time they log in, and “each match is a chance for a brand new story.” Time will inform whether or not Harmony lives up to the hype.
Harmony will launch on August 23 for PlayStation 5 and PC. A pre-launch beta is deliberate for July someday in July for each platforms.
Isaiah Colbert is a contract author for IGN. You may observe them on Twitter @ShinEyeZehUhh.