Ubisoft is focusing a significant chunk of its energies on The Division right now. The new title will be released shortly and it certainly wants the game to perform well right out the door. Recently there have been rumors that The Division will support microtransactions, called Phoenix Credits in the game, but Ubisoft has come out strongly against those rumors and put them to rest once and for all.
Ubisoft community manager Natchai Stappers was in conversation on Twitter in which he was asked about Phoenix Credits. He didn’t reveal what this in-game element see, only saying that Ubisoft will provide more information about Phoenix Credits later.
He did address the rumors of microtransactions directly. When told that people were worried that Phoenix Credits were actually microtransaction currency that players can use to purchase end game, and essentially pay to win, Stappers replied “There will be no microtransactions and definitely no P2W.”
So it appears that Phoenix Credits might be an in-game currency but players will have to grind through the game to earn it as Stappers has confirmed that there absolutely won’t be any support for microtransactions or a pay to win model in The Division. Ubisoft is yet to provide more details on this in-game currency.
The Division is out March 8th for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC.
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