[STEAM] Sony Appears to Be Going the Helldivers 2 Route for Concord's Pricing Based on PS Store Listing

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Sony’s upcoming team-based shooter Concord appears to be following the example of Helldivers 2 in having a more affordable price tag to garner interest.

Although the

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doesn’t list Concord’s price, eagle-eyed users on

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spotted the game’s listing on the

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. With the help of some cursory currency conversions ($1 USD roughly equals $1.50 AUD), users believe they have a ballpark for how much Concord will cost gamers in the ******* States.

According to the *********** PlayStation Store listing, Concord — like with Helldivers 2 before it — will have a Standard and Digital Deluxe Edition that will run players roughly $59.95 and $94.95 *********** Dollars. In layman’s terms, Concord’s Standard and Deluxe edition price tags in the ******* States would be roughly $40 and $60, if directly converted to U.S. pricing.

IGN reached out to Sony for comment.

If that price does pan out, it seems that Sony would be taking a page from Helldivers 2's smash success, which had a similar asking price. It's little wonder, too, that Sony would want to follow Helldivers 2's example, considering the hit third-person shooter shot up the charts as

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by selling over 12 million copies in its first 12 weeks.

Though, as ResetEra users point out, Helldivers 2's meteoric success is thanks in large part to word-of-mouth recommendations from players as well as its engrossing gameplay. This, coupled with Sony's lack of ******* PlayStation 5 exclusives, puts some pressure on Concord to recapture the same lightning-in-a-bottle appeal that Helldivers 2 did on launch, especially in the wake of

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During

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, Firewalk Studios game director Ryan Ellis said the 5v5 first-person shooter was designed to inspire social play. According to Ellis, players will be awaited by a new adventure every time they log in, and "every match is an opportunity for a new story." Time will tell whether Concord lives up to the hype.

Concord will release on August 23 for PlayStation 5 and PC. A pre-launch beta is planned for July sometime in July for both platforms.

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