The new online shooter The Division 2 appears in Ubisoft’s new business report. However, there are confusing signals. While the game ran 10 times better on Uplay, the PC platform, than The Division 1 – the results on PS4 and Xbox One fell short of expectations, according to Ubisoft.
This is what Ubisoft says: In the official financial report for the 2018/2019 fiscal year, The Division 2 only has positive mentions. It states that the title has reached “record heights” for player engagement and the Season Pass.
Furthermore, The Division 2 achieved 10 times more sales on Uplay than The Division 1.
So it sounds like everything is great. This also corresponds to some reports from market researchers from March 2019. At that time, the title was considered the most successful game on PS4 and Xbox One.
Below expectations on consoles
What’s the catch? Alongside the business report, there are also analysts’ questions and the responses from those responsible.
As Venturebeat reports, Ubisoft’s CFO Frederick Dugeut stated that The Division 2 has fallen short of expectations on consoles, namely on PS4 and Xbox One.
This is partly due to the “fierce competition in the market.”
Dugeut believes that the first update with the raid promises improvement. Ubisoft likely expects a lot from it.
Why does The Division 2 run so much better on PC than on PS4 and Xbox One?
This is what’s behind it: After the news, one is left with mixed feelings and questions:
- There were already reports that The Division 2 sells well on PC due to pre-orders – evidently, this is a strong PC title or at least a significantly stronger PC title than The Division 1. But why?
- Why has the title fallen short of expectations on PS4 and Xbox One? Was the advertising campaign too focused on “veterans” of The Division 1 and failed to convince many new players? Or were the expectations too high?
- Could the “10 times better” trends on Uplay perhaps simply be due to the fact that The Division 2 did not launch on Steam and the PC numbers are not “strong” in absolute terms?
- Who does Ubisoft mean by “fierce competition”? Is Anthem being referred to, or rather titles like Fortnite or Apex Legends?
- And how well has the title actually sold overall? 10 times more sales on Uplay compared to The Division 1 sounds good at first, but we don’t know how it exactly performed for the first title and how well it ran on Uplay.
After the financial report, there are certainly more doubts than before.
Ubisoft’s hope for the first raid could be disappointed
Here’s an additional problem: The CFO’s hope that the first update will perform very well can currently be doubted. There are strong reactions against the announcement that the first raid of The Division 2 will come without matchmaking.
A visible upswing, as planned by the CFO, is currently absent – the mood seems to be tipping rather negatively.
