Ubisoft’s been having a tough time with its latest Tom Clancy titles. In fact, things have been going so badly that it’s completely reshuffled its management structure behind-the-scenes. While that will have an impact on upcoming games, it still has a bunch of underperforming entries in its arsenal, and so it’s doing everything it can to get them into players’ hands.
You may a remember a recent fire sale on The Division 2 reduced its price to a couple of dollars in the United States, and now it’s announced incentives to try and boost Ghost Recon: Breakpoint’s playerbase. It all starts with a new six-hour trial, available now on the PlayStation Store. This includes access to the release’s latest expansion, which features Splinter Cell’s Sam Fisher.
There’s more: if you own the full game then you’ll be able to utilise a feature called the Friend Pass through 16th June in order to invite three other buddies into your co-op session for free. All your pals need to do is download the abovementioned trial and accept your game invitation. Co-op playtime registered as part of the Friend Pass will not count towards the six hours trial.
We suspect Ubisoft will eventually give this game away, either as part of PlayStation Plus or PlayStation Now. If that doesn’t work, perhaps it will consider paying people to play the title?
[source news.ubisoft.com]
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Hell at this point i would not be surprised if they trully do put both Ghost Recon and Division 2 on PS Plus ''Free'' games offer, using those games as bait for users to buy the dlc-s connected to those games.
We saw a somewhat similar situation with Destiny 2.
Hate to be that guy*, but Ghost Recon Breakpoint doesn't have a colon in it, either.
https://store.ubi.com/uk/game?pid=5cc81f5f6b54a4cd3c0e9cfd&dwvar_5cc81f5f6b54a4cd3c0e9cfd_Platform=pcdl&edition=Standard%20Edition&source=detail
*not
@kyleforrester87 😠
Sell it for $3 dollars like they did Division 2 and I will buy it.
@get2sammyb 🤷♂️
Well I bought it in the sale and I'm quite enjoying it. Stick that in your pipe and smoke it.
Still wouldn't play it tbh
Pay people to play there game ya ok that will never happen nice dream thow lol
@kyleforrester87 G:H:O:S:T: R:E:C:O:N: B:R:E:A:K:P:O:I:N:T
They'd have to pay me to play it but I'd still call in sick 😜
@carlos82 I’m certainly at my breakpoint
I tried the first ps4 ghost recon titles and didn't like it, breakpoint seems to be worse with the added rpg-lite element so I think I'll keep playing the divisions 2. Unlike ghost recon ps4, the divisions 2 is actually good.
I ended up buying the game + season pass for $25 right after the new update. I probably should have waited but I am really enjoying it as you can customize the sandbox into any kind of game you want to play.
I bought it in the sale with the Year 1 Pass, purely because of the latest update which enables you to remove the Gear Score nonsense.
Apart from going through a chunk of it solo, for the last several days, I've been playing with a couple of friends. The gameplay is solid enough, and it's fun in co-op... but over-all the game is well below what I'd expect in a Ubi title, and much worse than Wildlands.
If I didn't know otherwise, I'd think that this was the older of the two games, as it has multiple issues in terms of performance (regular stuttering and audio issues in cut-scenes, major pauses when there's a lot happening on screen), and is missing features which were present in earlier games.
I wouldn't say it's terrible, but it's very rough around the edges, and feels rough and unfinished. That said, there is fun to be had.
Everybody should just buy remnant from the ashes. Waaaay better game! Play with you friends. Feels like diabolo 2. Yep I said it. Just third person
what a clickbait title pushsquare youre better than that or?
@kyleforrester87 I hate to be that guy too. It seems like they can't decide. On this site they use both.
https://ghost-recon.ubisoft.com/game/no-no/breakpoint.
@Shadowon Sammy must be running that site
So they’re letting it be played for free. Hardly paying players to pay. Misguided headline is sadly misguided.
@Jaz007 it's a joke
Your article heading says it's going to start paying people to play the game but then when you read the article it says perhaps they'll start paying people to play the game so which is it are they paying people to play the game or not I think you need to rewrite your heading for the story
Is this not available in the UK? Am I being stupid and I've missed that is says exclusive to the US somewhere?
I quite enjoyed wild lands and thought yeah it's a pretty solid game.
This though if ubisoft was a mate i'd be like "dude wtf"
I wouldn't play this if someone paid me. It's such a boring and bad Ghost Recon title.
Awwww... Unisoft realise that times are changing and invest with Stadia and now the Sony crew try to throw them under the bus... Cute.
Good luck kids. I hear high towers can be very dangerous.
I'm actually really enjoying it
@get2sammyb @kyleforrester87 this is comedy gold, I couldn't make it up if I wanted to ahahahah 😄😂
I bought the full 99.99 edition so I deserve a bloody refund i ain't played it since I installed it when released it and deleted it about two hours into the game. This year and last was a disaster for games in general with the odd exception. I think big studios like ubisoft need to slow things down alot, and let people enjoy the games rather than rush them and have them broken due to consumerism. People just started the devision 2 and this was released straight after it. Company's need to take responsibility for there greedy actions.
Never buy a game that requires a constant internet connection, that's the first problem. Your purchase should not come with a built in expiration date.
Secondly, and this is for the developers, don't alter a unique franchise to mimic a completely different (though similarly themed) franchise. If people wanted Destiny or The Division, they would have played any number of similar titles, but Ghost Recon fans want Ghost Recon.
And finally, back to the fans...let a game flop, it's good for a big developer. Games like Destiny 2, Anthem, NMS, Sea of Thieves, basically any live service game, that launch broken or otherwise unplayable/false advertised, let them flop. Never ever say "it'll get better within a year"..... That's asinine. The game should have been ready at launch and if it wasn't, then it doesn't deserve a second chance. You perpetuate the constant release of terrible, broken games by having this attitude. Stop it. Every gamer who has supported a live service game, and who said it'll get better, should be ashamed of themselves. If you're not, then you're not a gamer and don't care that you're ruining this hobby.
@wiiware couldn’t disagree more Div 2 is poo...if I want bullet sponge mechanics I’ll play Destiny 2...it’s better in every department. I’ve enjoyed ghost recon Breakpoint even more so since immersive update. AnotherTerminator event needs to come back or even a Predator event similar to Wildands. Personally I thought Wildlands was cack...Breakpoints better on just about every level to me. It still needs a lot of work but immersive mode feels more like the Ghost Recons of old.
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