DC Universe heading to Euro PSN

By Robert Purchese Published 14 March, 2011

Costs 40 quid, 50 Euros.

Superhero MMO DC Universe Online is soon to be sold on the European PlayStation Store.

There you'll pay £39.99 or €49.99, and receive the game plus 30 days free play. That's five pounds more expensive than DC Universe Online sells for at GAME, Zavvi and Amazon.

There's no mention of a specific PSN release date.

DCUO was confirmed for the US PlayStation Store last week.

Released two months ago, DC Universe Online received solid but unspectacular scores - Eurogamer's John Bedford urging PS3 owners to demand more from a monthly subscription game.

Sony Online Entertainment's already on the offensive, however, issuing a massive 2GB update that includes a raid in the Batcave.

DC Universe Online.

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About Robert Purchese

Bertie is Eurogamer's Senior Staff Writer. When he's not hunting down news stories he's often found playing with his kids or gabbling about fantasy games and strange online worlds. @Clert on Twitter.

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Comments (16) Latest comment 1 year ago

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  • ChuckNorris #1 1 year ago

    These prices for downloadable games are RIDICULOUS!

    ME2 for 60€ (on Swedish PSN)? Got to be fucking joking.

  • darkmorgado #2 1 year ago

    digitaldistributionwillmakegamescheaperlol

  • cynical #3 1 year ago

    It's not a joke. Now if you'd just bend over they have another gift for you.

  • aidey6 #4 1 year ago

    Sony have no excuse for not selling below the RRP, but we know that they'll be getting ready for some half arse reason why a digital download where there's less staff or shop space to pay for is still more expensive that a physical hard copy that you can trade in should you get tired of this...

  • SeesThroughAll #5 1 year ago

    50 euro?

    HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.

    No thank you.

    :D

  • kosigan #6 1 year ago

    £40 to be able to play a game for 30 days? No thanks.

  • Lee_Morris #7 1 year ago

    [link url=http://www.gamestracker.com/buy-dc-universe-online-compare-prices-ps3.htm
    ]http://www.gamestracker.com/buy-dc-unive...[/link]

    All online shops are cheaper. Do keep in mind though SOE isn't part of Sony and they set their own prices. Still Sony needs to be tougher of publishers as I'll leave the NGP if the digital versions of games aren't cheaper.

    Still over 10% of ME2 sales on the PS3 are from the digital version. STOP BUYING OVERPRICED STUFF LIKE THIS! (although I doubt anyone who frequents this website would have been stupid enough to buy it from PSN)

  • stevethemeat #8 1 year ago

    How the hell can Sony justify selling this for £40 on PSN, they must think that we are fucking thick, they cut out the physical costs and the retailers and still charge more, its a fucked up world i tell you.

  • cynical #9 1 year ago

    @Lee_Morris: unfortunately I have purchased a game at WAY over the shop price (was StarCraft 2). I paid £45 for the digital download... my free trial ran out at 1am and I NEEDED to play more. I've learnt my lesson now, it won't happen again :p

  • Spence1115 #10 1 year ago

    @Lee_Morris

    Remember, PS3 has a lot of game sharers. £48 means £24 each between 2, or under £10 if split between 5.

    Not saying its right at all, but there are plenty of them so it makes the pricing acceptable for them, which could be where a lot of digital sales come from.

  • Spence1115 #11 1 year ago

    @Lee_Morris

    And even less when you can buy £20 PSN cards for £15 frequently, which means every price is 25% off, so £36 for Mass Effect 2 digital, and £7.20 if shared between 5.

  • coldfoot #12 1 year ago

    Sony cannot sell downloads cheaper than MSRP (RRP in UK-speak) because they don't want to anger the retail channel. Retailers know that Sony can always undercut them on price for content sold through PSN, so they have agreements with Sony on that. This way Sony can sell content on PSN and does not alienate their retail channel partners.

  • Edz72 #13 1 year ago

    I fail to see the issue with this price (not like ME2). £40 is the current retail price in all the shops, and tbh I would prefer paying an extra fiver to not have to keep faffing around swapping over disks.

    But that's just me I suppose....

  • fatbob1080 #14 1 year ago

    Would the 30 day free trial work for everyone who game shared a copy?... The thing I'm hoping for is a demo

  • slippysloppy #15 1 year ago

    An MMO on the PS3 is a tough sell and on the face of it charging £40 for a game that can only be played for one month doesn't look good. This is a very black and white presentation of the facts but it is how many people will see it.

    For me it worked out a little differently. £28 from Shopto (inc Quidco) and after a month of solid and addictive play I'm now paying £6.66 per month (as part of a 3 month discount deal which runs until tomorrow) to continue playing, for new content and server maintenance.

    If Sony want to attract people into buying this online and can't undercut retailers they need to offer other incentives, such as reduced subscriptions fees. £40 for the game wouldn't be so bad if the sub was nearer £5pm as a thank you to those who downloaded it first, which is how the sub I'm on was presented to purchasers of the physical copy.

  • stepneg #16 1 year ago

    The usual practice is to drop the price over time to try and entice new players to try it not put it up! I'll hang on another couple of months until its practically dead and they are giving the client away free in a desperate attempt to keep it going.