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If you’re one of the people who just can’t wait to play Warhawk and want to save $20, it just went live on the Playstation Store. The price is $40, which may make it the most expensive downloadable game to date. Alternatively, you can buy the Blu-ray version that comes with a Bluetooth headset and DVDs for $60.
I wonder how Sony’s two pronged strategy is going to work out. It’s nice to have more options, but I imagine that bundled hard drive is going to fill up fast if people opt to get downloadable versions of Warhawk and SOCOM. Also in the future Warhawk, like every other game on retail shelves, will be discounted. Will Sony drop the price of the downloadable release to match it?
It’s way too early to answer these questions, but just late enough to enjoy online dog fighting.
Props on Sony’s behalf for releasing Warhawk at only $40 on PSN, whereas Shadowrun, another title that focused squarely on multiplayer first and foremost, retailed at $60 with none of the additional extras included in Warhawk’s Blu-ray debut, yet alone an alternative to buy the game at a cheaper price.
I plan to buy Warhawk in retail, not only because I’d simply like to have a hard copy of the game at hand for collector’s purposes, but I really want that Bluetooth headset most of all. With that said, the included DVDs in this package is a nice additional bonus that sweetens the deal and justifies the spending point of $59.99 for me.
@Angelous - it’s only 800MB? Wow that’s not too bad then. I was thinking because it was on a blu ray disc it might be a good old gig or two, but 800MB should allow gamers to store dozens of full games on the 60GB hard drive.
@Veilknight - it’s hard to beat the $60 package with the a bluetooth headset, that was a really good bundle by Sony.
Warhawk is a great model for online games. Online multiplayer is the 21st century arcade (at least for those of us in fly-over states) and Warhawk kicks ass.
It’s surprisingly small. I guess that goes along with how fast it’s net code handles so many players. I’m really impressed.
I’m thinking about buying a Japanese copy of the game if it’s available on BluRay. Does anyone know if that’s coming. I know HongKong got a BluRay along with a 50HKD PSN Ticket. I’ve only got a 20gig so every MB counts.
August 28th, 2007 at 9:18 am
Actually, the game only takes up 800meg. So my 60gig PS3 has plenty of room to spare for all the full size PSN games down the road.
As far as the actual games, I downloaded it last night. I never played in the beta and this game is awesome!