Ghost Recon Breakpoint’s 1.1.0 update has delayed the implementation of desperately needed quality of life changes into January.

The latest installment of the Ghost Recon franchise got off to a bit of a poor start. The game was released with a dull story, repetitive missions, a horrific monetization scheme, and a Division-style loot system that nobody liked. We gave it 1.5 out of 5 stars in our review, and a lot of other sites did roughly the same in theirs.a

If you’re Ubisoft, then this is the absolute worst-case scenario. The game’s flop meant that the company announced delays to the game’s expansion in order to fix it. Ubisoft also delayed its other blockbuster releases, including Watch Dogs Legion and Rainbow Six Quarantine to later in 2020-2021.

As for how to fix Breakpoint, Ubisoft had a novel idea: it decided to just ask the players. A game-wide survey let everyone who bought Breakpoint have their say in how the game could be improved. The vast majority of players demanded a more interesting story, improved teammate and enemy AI, a revamped gear and inventory system, and great customization for both characters and weapons.

In response to the survey, Ubisoft reiterated that it is committed to fixing Breakpoint and making it the game that it always should have been. It even said it was hard at work making these changes so that some of them could be implemented later that month.

Breakpoint’s December news update said that it would add improved enemy AI, night vision goggles, base jumping, and other quality of life fixes in their December 18th update. Now with December 18th just a day away, Ubisoft has announced that update 1.1.0 has been delayed into late January.

“After careful consideration by the development team, we are choosing to delay the release of the TU until the latter half of January to ensure its quality,” the developers said on Reddit. “Our goal is to deliver you polished content and meaningful bug fixes, to do that we need a little more time. This means that the Terminator Live Event and the fixes referenced in the monthly update will be coming to you in the new year.”

The response has been pretty negative, with many players saying that even smaller updates with incremental changes would show that Ubisoft remains committed to improving Breakpoint. Now, players are concerned that resources have been diverted from the game to other, more profitable titles.

Could this be the first sign of Breakpoint’s imminent demise? Stay tuned.

Source: Ubisoft, Reddit