Rainbow Six: Siege is still Ubisoft’s live-service darling

Rainbow Six: Siege is quickly approaching its fourth anniversary. But age is not the number that publisher Ubisoft cares about when it comes to its tactical multiplayer shooter. Instead, the company regularly points to Siege as a paragon of its current development and design strategy.

As part of its quarterly earnings report, Ubisoft highlighted a number of milestones and key-performance indicators for Siege. The publisher noted that it is one of the best-selling releases over the last five years. It also saw its player engagement grow year-over-year in Ubisoft’s fiscal Q1. Engagement is the amount of time each player is spending with a certain game. The longer someone plays something like Siege, the more likely they are to purchase microtransactions.