This was one of Ubisoft's more half baked products in a while.
No,
A lot also play like... a handful of service games, if that makes sense, but they don't go through titles in the same way that people who just play singleplayer do.
I mean, the additional content they provide to continue supporting their current games keep me coming back honestly...it's great to me. I don't bother with microtransactions personally but more DLC in things like Far Cry and Assassin's Creed are definitely my jam. Keep 'em coming.
People have a lot of confidence in buying Ubisoft games, because they know even if they end up having problems at launch, that Ubisoft will go and fix up the games and make them better.
They're still releasing substantial content for Steep, for fuck sakes. Ubi is ludicrously good at supporting their titles. (That said, still waiting to hear how they're going to turn The Crew 2 around).
Sometimes things are so bad that it takes them a while to figure out exactly how to fix it and then implement the amount of change needed, hahaha.
I mean, strategy games have been doing this for years. civilisation 5 was incredibly barebones at launch, but firaxis pushes more classic expansions for that series with lighter civ dlc thrown in. paradox's entire business model is predicated on recurring mid-size dlcs for a dedicated niche audience. the sims too, etc
This is the reason why I'm buying the division 2 at least a year after release, these type of games only get better from community feedback and it's usually better to just wait.
Considering their audience seems to like it, the best option for anyone who dislikes this stuff is just to instead support other developers you agree more in business practices.
I mean hey worked with Siege, Division, Crew 1, etc.
I think it's mostly just been Ghost War (or whatever the PVP is called) with some SP/Co-op stuff like the Rainbow Six Siege and Predator events.
