The successful Ubisoft title will not leave aside its community of more than 50 million players, in the next generation of Sony and Microsoft.
Rainbow Six Siege will be available on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X when these consoles go on sale, confirmed Leroy Athanassof, director of the Ubisoft title, to Engadget.
The French company will not wait for the more than 50 million players of Rainbow Six Siege, one of the greatest multiplayer phenomena of the present generation of consoles. There were doubts, but the company has confirmed what the current PS4 and Xbox One players wanted to hear: the title will be compatible with intergenerational cross-play; In this way, the four consoles will live together, without fragmenting the community.
Xbox Series X | Microsoft
Of course, they do not confirm that the current players are going to have to buy the game again or if they already have the current one from their platform. There will be new versions, that's for sure. They have also declared their desire to be “completely cross-play,” so that in the future the PlayStation and Xbox community will see each other's faces in the online pairings.
"I can't give you a date because those dates depend, in the end, on the people who are making the new generation of consoles," he begins by saying about the specific departure date of Rainbow Six Siege for PS5 and Xbox Series X, which depends on the day in which these are put on sale. "What I can tell you is that we will be there (PS5 and Xbox Series X) since launch."
Jim Ryan, during the PS5 presentation event held at CES 2020, Las Vegas
It will be the same version as the current PS4, Xbox One and PC: no cuts
Ubisoft's comment is in tune with Microsoft's proposal, which will not launch exclusive games for Xbox Series X during the first two years, but will bet on a model of intergenerational video games; A clear example is Halo: Infinite, which will have an Xbox One and Xbox Series X version since its departure this Christmas.
Another aspect confirmed by Ubisoft is that the version that comes out on PS5 and Xbox Series X will be the same as the current one: there will be no limitations nor will it be a cropped edition. “What we want for this game is that it never, never, never divides our community. We want to be on as many platforms as possible. ” But that is a battle that does not depend on them: "Again, this is more a debate between Microsoft and Sony," he said.
