Rainbow Six: Siege may have gotten off to a rocky start, but Ubisoft has gradually transformed the tactical FPS over the years, and it's now a slick shooter stuffed with content. The game has been supported constantly since its launch in late 2015, and it seems the publisher has no plans on slowing down -- even as next gen approaches.
In an interview with Daily Star, Rainbow Six brand director Alexandre Remy said, "We don’t want a sequel whatsoever," explaining that Ubisoft doesn't want to "segregate our community between the different platforms." Instead, the publisher has plans to carry the whole game across to PlayStation 5, and provide players with options to transition smoothly to next gen.
It's looking at backwards compatibility and even a small fee to upgrade players from PS4 to the PS5 version of the game. Ultimately, Ubisoft wants to keep the player base together, and it's currently "having a conversation" with platform holders to make it happen.
The idea of carrying a service based game wholesale through to next gen sounds great. Hopefully Ubisoft can pull it off. Do you like the sound of this direction for Rainbow Six: Siege? Do you want to see more games migrate to PS5 in this way? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below.
[source dailystar.co.uk, via ign.com]
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If all games are going to have BC on PS5, why do Ubisoft need to charge people a fee for anything?
Yep as simple and seamless as that. GTAO and RDO are going to continue obviously, meaning GTAV and RDR2 are going to be top 10 for a hundred more years. 😂
Does Ubisoft always refer to next Gen as PS5 b/c I don't recall that being the official name yet, not even in that long magazine article talking about it.
@tomassi not gonna lie Rainbow Six in 4k would be pretty great the ps4 pro implementation isn't the greatest
I think we're going to see a lot of this.
never played this game because Rainbow Six was never like this game☹ I miss the old ones.
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