New Monetization System in Rainbow Six Siege Didn’t Appeal to Players
The Rainbow Six: Siege membership hasn't thrilled players. Especially since the subscription will debut in a season that can hardly be considered filled with content.
Not only do helldivers know how to express their dissatisfaction with the decision of a major publisher. So far, we haven't received a barrage of negative reviews, but players of Rainbow Six: Siege are making it clear that they aren't happy with the announcement of new microtransactions.
Operation New Blood is the title of Ubisoft's online shooter's ninth season. Apart from the standard new features - changes in operator balance, battle pass, etc. - the devs prepared two attractions. The first is the premiere of the full version of the Marketplace, which is a system that allows trading virtual items between players. Its beta was available from the end of January.
While this novelty and the aforementioned balance tweaks generally made R6 fans happy, overall they aren't thrilled with the new operation. First of all, the developers didn't prepare much new content compared to the previous seasons (which also offered fewer and fewer attractions). We are missing a new operator, unless we consider the rework of Recruit. This naturally delights players (excluding rumors about the exact nature of this "rework"), but not sufficiently for them to regard it as a substitute for adding an entirely new character.
R6S membership was the last straw
This alone would be enough to irritate the Rainbow Six: Siege community. However, the mood was further worsened by the second new feature: R6S membership, that is new subscription. For $10 per month, the player will receive guaranteed rewards and access to attractions from the premium battle pass.
How to annoy loyal fans with one graphic. Source: Ubisoft.
Let's face it: the new microtransaction wouldn't have been warmly received regardless of the attractions of Operation New Blood. However, combined with the modest content of the season, this provoked widespread criticism of Ubisoft. Fans are widely calling for a boycott of the Membership and forcing the devs to back out of plans to introduce this subscription. Internet users recall the successes of similar actions carried out by fans of other titles, including the democratic rebellion of Helldivers 2 players (via Reddit).
Fans are aware of Ubisoft's inspiration - primarily Fortnite. However, as noted, the other title is free and features a TPP camera (meaning: players can see character skins), and the Fortnite team is just more appealing, providing much more than the Membership for only a slightly higher price.
