Ubisoft cancels Ghost Recon battle royale and Splinter Cell VR
The decision to end development of the games was made as Ubisoft focuses on achieving "sizable cost optimization" in the upcoming fiscal year, chief financial officer Frederick Duguet said during today's financial call. As part of that process, Duguet said Ubisoft will put "even more focus on our biggest development opportunities, as evidenced by our decision to stop development of the Splinter Cell VR game, Ghost Recon Frontlines, and two other unannounced titles."
Ghost Recon Frontline was announced in October 2021 as a free-to-play battle royale, but the response to the game was profoundly negative—the announcement video has more than four times as many dislikes as likes on YouTube(opens in new tab)—and a planned beta test was halted just one day before it was set to begin. The Frontline Twitter account has been silent ever since.
Splinter Cell VR, on the other hand, may have simply been too niche: The August 2020 Steam hardware survey indicated that only 1.70% of Steam users own a VR headset of any sort, and two years later that number has only increased to 1.87%. The Splinter Cell game was being developed for Oculus hardware so it might've found a larger audience on the Meta Quest store, but the potential player base is still tiny compared to a conventional game. Ubisoft already has one of those in the works: A full remake of the original Splinter Cell(opens in new tab) was announced last year, and drew a much more positive response from fans.
Posted:
Related Forum: Gaming Discussion
Source: https://www.pcgamer.com/ubisoft-cancels-ghost-recon-battle-royale-and-splinter-cell-vr/
Related Articles
Comments
Latest Downloads
- 01. Strider 2014 [CUSA00087] (PS4) "Didn't Miss A Beat" trophy(1)
- 02. Five Nights at Candy's Remastered: SaveGame (The game done 100%)(0)
- 03. The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring - SaveGame (The Game done 100%)(0)
- 04. Hot Shot Burn Save(1)
- 05. [EU] Resident Evil Revelations Story 100%/Ultimate Weapons for Raid Mode(11)
- 06. [US] Unravel - Not so fragile after all Game Save [CUSA02685](0)
- 07. Repentant | Final Chapter Save(0)
- 08. Repentant | The Hold Up Save(0)
- 09. Pokemon Battle Revolution(1)
- 10. WWE'13 - Xbox 360 Game Save(4)
- 11. NHL 14 - Xbox 360 (PROFILE)(0)
- 12. NHL 14 - Xbox 360 (HOCKEY CARD)(0)
- 13. NHL 14 - Xbox 360 (BUILDYOURAISAVE)(0)
- 14. My Summer Car: SaveGame (Regular satsuma)(0)
- 15. Five Nights at Freddy's: JRs - SaveGame (The game done 100%)(1)
Latest Tutorials
- 01. Last Days of Lazarus Achievement Walkthrough (Xbox/PS)(26)
- 02. EDENGATE: The Edge of Life - 100% Trophy/Achievement Guide(40)
- 03. Sherlock Holmes Chapter One | Walkthrough | No Commentary(56)
- 04. Morbid: The Seven Acolytes | Full Game Walkthrough(52)
- 05. Adam Wolfe | Full Game Walkthrough | No Commentary(61)
- 06. ALFRED HITCHCOCK: VERTIGO - 100% Walkthrough(49)
- 07. SHERLOCK HOLMES THE AWAKENED | Walkthrough | No Commentary(41)
- 08. Space Roguelike Adventure | Guide - Cheat Code!(49)
- 09. DETECTIVE Stella Porta Case | Trophy & Achievement Guide(40)
- 10. Tunic 100% Platinum Walkthrough | Trophy & Achievement Guide(74)
- 11. Outbreak: The Nightmare Chronicles Achievement Walkthrough(36)
- 12. Full Void 100% - Trophy & Achievement Guide(38)
- 13. Outbreak: Lost Hope #Xbox Achievement Walkthrough(42)
- 14. CHORUS - Full Game Walkthrough (Gameplay)(56)
- 15. Brothers A Tale of Two Sons Remake 100% Trophy & Achievement(60)
"Ubisoft cancels Ghost Recon battle royale and Splinter Cell VR" :: Login/Create an Account :: 2 comments