Over the weekend, Ubisoft announced that its long-running tactical shooter Rainbow Six Siege would be receiving a monthly membership subscription. Despite the dedicated community that the game has built over the past eight-and-a-half years, the reception to the move has been anything but warm. Instead, as PC Gamer reports, the R6 Membership has been getting universally dunked on since being announced at a tournament over the weekend.
A video included in PC Gamer’s write-up shows a crowd actually booing Ubisoft, which can be seen again from another angle here. The R6 Membership, which will run players $US10 a month or $US80 a year, comes with many of the basic trappings of similar optional subs. Upon buying into the membership, players will be given instant access to the ongoing season’s battle pass, be granted ten level skips to get ahead of the grind, and receive a Bravo pack, which is Siege’s equivalent to loot boxes.
Every month, players will also be given ten more level skips and another Bravo pack on their renewal date. Finally, folks who subscribe to the sub will also get a cosmetic drop with one legendary item and whatever an Epic bundle might be on the 28th of each month. In fairness, there is a decent amount of stuff there for the diehard fans of Siege , and the rest of the battle pass rewards also give out unique weapon and operator skins—as well as in-game currency to add value—but the timing of the sub couldn’t be worse.
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