XDefiant Won't Be Ready For Xbox One & PS4 At Launch, Says Ubisoft

"We're working on last-gen platforms for later"

by Fraser Gilbert Mon 10th Jul 2023

There's been a little bit of confusion surrounding the launch of Ubisoft's popular free-to-play shooter XDefiant and whether it'll be available on Xbox One (and PS4) when it arrives, and now we finally have an answer.

As expected, XDefiant won't be coming to Xbox One or PS4 at launch this summer - instead, it'll be available for Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, PS5 and PC. The last-gen versions are still being worked on for a later date, however.

"Launch will be on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S. We're working on last-gen platforms for later."

XDefiant most recently made an appearance on Xbox as part of a free open beta which seemed to go down well, and we wouldn't be surprised if another beta arrived soon as Ubisoft continues to tweak things ahead of release.

There's still no official date for the full version aside from "later this summer", but we'll obviously let you know when more information is revealed. It should end up proving one of the most popular free-to-play Xbox games of 2023!

Excited for XDefiant? Sad about the lack of Xbox One support at launch? Tell us in the comments.

[source twitter.com]

Fraser is the News Editor at Pure Xbox, where he spends his time reporting on the biggest stories in the world of Xbox and beyond.

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Lup
Mon 10th Jul 2023

Nothing wrong with that. Priority to current gen and then last gen.

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Dusk_Actual
Mon 10th Jul 2023

@Kaloudz it feels like that, too. I played a couple rounds in the beta and it was wonderful

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Rangers420
Mon 10th Jul 2023

Tried the beta and really liked what i played I'll definitely be putting some hours into this at launch reminded me of the good old days of CoD.

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HonestHick
Mon 10th Jul 2023

@Kaloudz Disclaimer alert!! I am NOT saying this game will dent the juggernaut sales of COD. I have not played the beta so i can not even say how it feels yet. With the disclaimer out of the way.

I just want to say to all the Sony fan’s that attacked us online for saying Sony should make shooters and not rely on COD sales. “But but if mean big money MS takes COD off the PS they will fail, you can’t just make a COD shooter overnight’ And then Ubisoft drops this and shows, you don’t need a COD killer. You just need good games and run them right and players will support you. I wasn’t asking Sony to make some genre defying FPS. But they only make action/Adventure games and then when the ABK deal got announced it was like everyone defending Sony for relying on one shooter to carry the system. They have Socom, Resistance, Killzone or even a new IP. But they want the free easy money of COD and not compete against it and their fan’s took it out on us and supported Sony’s mistake of not having a 1st party shooter. I hope this game does well and gives COD some competition. We would all win from that. I will be giving this game a try when it launches and drop it for Quake reboot. Haha

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BrilliantBill
Mon 10th Jul 2023

@HonestHick This is less about making a CoD killer. I think this game is just trying to appeal to the audience that CoD left behind after Black Ops 2-3 era. Plus, CoD has shifted its focus away from arena and classic MP and the DMZ (extraction) and BR is where most people are (Halo Infinite is an example of game with only arena MP and see how they are doing).
Probably extraction shooters are going to be the next big thing after BR. CoD and many other big IP with just move their focus to that. Meanwhile some other IP can pickup the old-school arena shooter.
We have to see just how big this audience actually is when the game releases. However I don't think anything is toppling CoD now, specially with how popular it is in the recent years after MW2019.

@Kaloudz So basically around what era? MW 2007 ?

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BrilliantBill
Mon 10th Jul 2023

@HonestHick Also on a second note, I think Sony could revive Killzone and Resistance but even at their peak these franchises were not even close to CoD, Halo etc in terms of the quality. The only thing KZ had going on was graphics and Resistance, while initially very promising and of decent quality squandered its potential. I don't know much about SOCOM.
I guess what they are doing now, funding new online-only FPS games is probably their safest bet.

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Trmn8r
Tue 11th Jul 2023

I don't get what all the hype is about with this game. I played the beta and wasn't impressed. The maps are way too small, to the point where you often get spawn camped. The graphics are incredibly last gen and so is the gunplay. Got old fast. I'm desperate for something new in the genre too and this ain't it for me...

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Dusk_Actual
Tue 11th Jul 2023

@Kaloudz agreed! I think this might be the one though, really.

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HonestHick
Tue 11th Jul 2023

@BrilliantBill yeah excellent points. I mean i am not a BR guy. I don’t want to build and not see an enemy for 8-10 mins. I like the fast paced shooters. COD has for sure changed over the years and many players dislike the bigger maps with smaller player counts. I would love to see Battlefield get its act right. I want ID to reboot quake. Can’t wait for Gears of war something. Be it a collection of the first 3 or just Gears 6. I play those online a ton. Almost 600 hours in Gears 5 multiplayer player. But i agree Sony never had a Halo killer. But i liked some of those games as variety. PS4 was super boring to me with action/Adventure game after another. Good games but no variety. I am happy to see PS5 widening their variety tho. I will support that more.

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HonestHick
Tue 11th Jul 2023

@Kaloudz thanks buddy, again Sony wanted that easy money on COD and bought marketing rights and said our shooters are taken care of. Well that is a mistake cause now they are in court crying over COD, that they aren’t even losing and yet here is Ubisoft just making a fun looking shooter that will gain a few COD players. That’s how you survive in this industry. Keep the mouth closed, put your head down and create great games that get’s our attention.