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Galaxy on Fire 2 to cost $9.99 on Xperia Play, Dungeon Defenders: Second Wave to cost 'under $10'

Gameloft games to cost 'above Java', Sony Ericsson guesses at 5-10 euros for most games

Galaxy on Fire 2 to cost $9.99 on Xperia Play, Dungeon Defenders: Second Wave to cost 'under $10'
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Following the official announcement of Sony Ericsson's Xperia Play on Sunday we've heard a bit about what games are coming and what publishers are signed up, but not very much about game pricing.

Thanks to a couple of videos that have appeared on Sony Ericsson's YouTube channel we have a better idea. Fishlabs's Michael Schade, after demonstrating Galaxy on Fire 2 running on Xperia Play, reveals that the game will cost $9.99 in the US and 7.99 in Europe. It's unclear whether it'll be 7.99 in sterling as well as euros. Let's hope not.

$9.99 is what the universal Galaxy on Fire 2 app costs on iPad and iPhone.

In another video, Trendy Entertainment's Phillip Asher reveals that Dungeon Defenders: Second Wave – sequel to the Unreal-powered iPhone and Android tower defence game Dungeon Defenders: First Wave – will cost “under ten dollars.”

Depending on how far under $10 is it, it could be as much as twice as expensive as the Android version of First Wave and ten times as much as iPhone version is currently selling for. It had better be quite a sequel.

Pocket Gamer touched on the subject of Xperia Play game pricing in an interview with Gameloft and Sony Ericsson earlier this week. Neither publisher made any promises, but Gameloft's Gonzague de Vallois said, “because it’s a quality increase, we will adapt the pricing of course to suit the market, but we’d expect it to be above Java (currently 4-6 euros).”

Sony Ericsson's Christopher Bulcher, meanwhile, guessed at a guideline price of five to ten euros for third-party titles. He gave less away about first-party games. “Sony Computer Entertainment will obviously be setting the price for PS1 titles and I don't think that’s confirmed yet.”

Rob Hearn
Rob Hearn
Having obtained a distinguished education, Rob became Steel Media's managing editor, now he's no longer here though.