The PlayStation 4 is going to be expensive. We assume that’s a given, as new consoles tend to be high in price and gradually fall as components and chips and processors and everything else become more affordable to manufacture. Throw in the cost of a game or two at launch, plus the added costs of a PlayStation 4 camera that may or may not be bundled, and you can bet there’s a pretty hefty price tag on day one for the latest Sony home video game console. Wouldn’t it be nice to pick up a few games this year for your brand new PS4, free of charge? Sony Online Entertainment thinks it is, which is why their free-to-play MMOs DC Universe Online and Planetside 2 will be making their way to the PS4.

Planetside 2 has only been available to PC players, while DCUO released concurrently on the PS3 and went free-to-play on both platforms last year. Sony Online won’t be the only developer bringing PC free-to-play games to the platform this holiday season, either: yesterday, Digital Extremes announced that their space-ninja combat game Warframe will be a launch title for the PS4. These games join Zombie Studios’ Blacklight: Retribution and Gaijin Entertainment’s War Thunder on the F2P landscape of the console. And with Blizzard already bringing their popular Diablo III to the PS4, might we eventually see their mega-hit World of Warcraft come to the console as well?  Or whatever their rumored followup, codenamed Titan, happens to be?

For now, fans of free-to-play MMOs — and having free games at a console launch — can rejoice, with E3 sure to bring more game announcements just under a week from now.

Discuss:

Are you interested in free-to-play games on PS4?

[Via IGN]