Key Highlights:
- Ubisoft is set to release a Definitive Edition of The Division.
- The news was leaked online during FPS Day, Japan.
- Ubisoft is on thin ice and this does not bode well.
Tom Clancy’s The Division has seen quite a few re-releases across a multitude of platforms, and a moderate amount of success recently. The third person tactical shooter was developed by Massive Entertainment and more importantly published by Ubisoft; a company who has most certainly seen better days.
Amidst a sea of game cancellations and delays, Ubisoft has chosen to release the beloved Division in its Definitive Edition, but with a major caveat, that being a simple collection instead of a true current gen remaster/patch.
Ubisoft Mistakenly Releases News For The Division Definitive Edition
Ubisoft put up a billboard poster for Tom Clancy’s The Division Definitive Edition a bit too early, as it would seem. As noted by multiple users online, this poster was spotted during FPS day in Japan, sometime earlier this month.
The poster has since been removed, but there are pictures of it online. The good news is that this Definitive Edition carries over the same price as the Gold Edition, which is some foreshadowing for later.
The Definitive Edition (as the name implies) includes all content from the DLCs, the base game as well as the cosmetics and outfit packs. This includes Underground, Survival and Last Stand as its three expansions.
This Is Just A Simple Port With No Additional Bells Or Whistles
Unfortunately, there’s nothing extra about this particular Definitive Edition. It’s basically a rebranded Gold Edition, although it does have the benefit of a much less pricier bundle.
It’s most certainly a tempting buy for newer players, since it includes all content at a very reasonable price. On the other hand though, it ignores legacy players, giving them no way to upgrade to the full version for cheaper.
To make matters worse, this is basically all existing legacy content, and comes with no weapon tweaks, balance changes or even a bonus, final mission as one last hurrah before the servers ultimately sink down.
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This makes it a terrible buy, more so when we consider that there is zero trace of new content.
This hasn’t gone well with most players, as you would imagine, and the reaction has been rather lukewarm at best. Not to mention, there is no planned list of technical upgrades to the next gen versions of the game either, making this ‘Definitive Edition’ rather pointless.
While The Division runs perfectly fine at 60 FPS on consoles, it would have been nice to see a higher frame rate option for modern devices, since they are clearly capable of it.
Ubisoft Is On Thin Ice
It’s no secret that Ubisoft has been in tumultuous times as of late. The company fell to the brink of collapse and managed to jump back once, but it would seem that fate has other plans.
Ubisoft is in the midst of a major ‘restructuring’ and is taking drastic measures, such as cancelling a bunch of its beloved IPs (such as the recent Prince of Persia: Sands of Time remake, which spent years in development hell earlier).
The Assassin’s Creed: Black Flag remake hasn’t been cancelled though, but it has been delayed to ensure a higher quality title.
Player patience with Ubisoft is growing thin, and their slew of releases hasn’t been enough to get them to financially recover yet either.
