Ghost Recon Breakpoint Sales and Reception Were "Disappointing"

Earlier this month,Ghost Recon Breakpointwas released for PC, PS4, and Xbox One by Ubisoft. While its predecessorGhost Recon Wildlandswas quite successful despite its mixed reception at launch, that was not the case forBreakpoint.When discussingUbisoft’s financial targets for the next two fiscal years, Co-Founder and CEO Yves Guillemont confirmed that theGhost Recon Breakpoint’sperformance thus far has been disappointing.

While DualShockers had fun with the game,awarding it a 7/10, the general reception surrounding the game has been negative, in part because of its controversial implementation of microtransactions. This apparently came as a surprise as Guillemont said “ForGhost Recon Breakpoint, while the game’s quality appeared on track – based on E3, Gamescom, previews and our latest internal playtests –, critical reception and sales during the game’s first weeks were very disappointing.”

As for why exactly the game fails, the first thing he attributed this two was that “it is harder to generate interest for a sequel to a Live multiplayer game;” consequently, Ubisoft will now “need to verify there is more time between each iteration of Live games.” As Ubisoft creates a lot of games in this style, it will be interesting to see how this impacts the company’s development pipeline. Another issue identified withGhost Recon Breakpointhad to do with innovation. “Our strategy of introducing gameplay innovations in our games has had a very positive impact on our brands. However, to win over players, these innovations need to be perfectly implemented in order to offer an optimal experience. This has not yet been sufficiently the case” he stated.

Finally, Guillemont pointed out that the game “did not come in with enough differentiation factors, which prevented the game’s intrinsic qualities from standing out.” The underperformance ofGhost Recon Breakpointand even the briefly mentionedTom Clancy’s The Division 2is causing Ubisoft to rethink their strategy somewhat, which is one of the reasons theydecided to delayWatch Dogs Legion, Gods and Monsters, andRainbow Six Quarantine.

Ubisoft is confident in their ability to improve bothGhost Recon Breakpointand their future titles though, saying “we will continue to support[Ghost Recon Breakpoint]and listen to the community to deliver the necessary improvements” as well as that they “are tackling these issues head-on and already are implementing significant changes to our production processes. We are confident in our capacity to adapt and evolve, as we have done successfully many times in the past.” Ubisoft games likeGhost Recon WildlandsandRainbow Six Siegedid manage to make massive, positive turnarounds after rocky launches, so it will be interesting to see if the same thing happens withGhost Recon Breakpoint.

If you are interested in trying outGhost Recon Breakpoint, it is available for PC, PS4, and Xbox Oneand can be picked up on Amazon.