Ubisoft states that The Division 2 will not have a dedicated Xbox Series or PS5 version because many players will be left behind.

Although it went unnoticed, last week Ubisoft organized an event dedicated to to divideas a concession, and in the process, reveals that A.J Section 2 A year full of novelties awaits youa new version of Section 2 For Xbox Series, PS5 is not one of them. As part of his interview with the portal MP1STAnd Yannick Panchero, the game’s creative directorThey said they weren’t ready to leave the bulk of their players behind.

This is unlikely because if we really want to take advantage of them (Xbox Series and PS5), since we only have one version of the game available on all platforms, Taking advantage of it means that the game is no longer available for past generations. We still have a lot of players playing across all generations, and we’re not ready to leave them behind and ask them to step up. [a la generación actual]. Right now, we’re trying to make sure that every time we add something, it works perfectly on the old build as well.

It should be noted that to divide It will not necessarily cease to be available in past generations. There will be multiple versions of the game, but Massive will likely be unable to continue maintaining it and pumping out new features across all versions.

Rockstar faced exactly the same situation and what it did is, in fact, apply its latest updates, only on the PS5 and Xbox Series version, which means abandoning its previous communities, which it has 2, one in the seventh generation of consoles and one in the eighth generation. However, Rockstar has managed to sell millions and millions and millions of copies GTA V game in all its versions. People will buy the title again, when it moves to a new system, an expectation that neither Ubisoft nor Massive are clearly willing to live up to.

When will The Division 3 release?

During the event, Ubisoft also provided updates on split backand f2p and Heartland divisionfor mobile, and it’s also on the road, in case you get bored Section 2. As you can see, there isn’t Section 3 In the calendar and that’s because Ubisoft doesn’t want to make a traditional sequel to this saga either. the reason? Well, while he wasn’t forthcoming about it, it’s clear that given its dire financial situation, the publisher would be better off betting on games as a service, a model many of its franchises would apply.