Glenn Young bought The Division and the “season pass” (a pre-purchase of future downloadable content) for £70.
Players stack items for unintended bonuses, farm missions in seconds, and – worst of all – using third-party hacks to cheat in player vs player (PvP) competition. Not just one, either, but a critical mass of glitches, exploits, and hacks that – in the eyes of the playerbase at least – threaten the game’s immediate and long-term future on the PC. But, just over a month after release, the best selling game in Ubisoft’s 30-year history looks to be heading for catastrophe.
Released in March by French publisher Ubisoft, this New York-set third-person shooter quickly became the best selling new franchise of all time, generating more than $330m in sales in its first five days. I n financial terms, Tom Clancy’s The Division is a hugely successful video game.
