Ubi apologises for R6 Vegas DLC

By Tom Bramwell Published 2 July, 2007

Was meant to be free. Is now.

Ubisoft has apologised to Rainbow Six: Vegas owners who paid 800 Microsoft points (around seven quid) for five downloadable maps last week. It turns out they were meant to be free.

The Black Pack, which we wrote about last Tuesday, offered up a "reduxed" version of "Streets", a "PRESIDIO" from Rainbow Six III and three newcomers.

"Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas Black Pack Downloadable Content for Xbox 360 Live was originally intended to be free content for the fans of Rainbow Six Vegas," Ubisoft said in a statement released through official blogs.

"We apologise for the error. All players who purchased the Black Pack will be reimbursed automatically [within 8 to 10 weeks, according to Microsoft].

"The Black Pack will be posted Saturday June 30th and will be free of charge. Also, as a token of our appreciation for the Rainbow Six community, we are making the Red Pack free as of Friday July 6th as well. Thanks for playing and we hope you enjoy this free content."

True to its word, you can now pop onto Xbox Live Marketplace and download the Black Pack for zero monies. We'll be doing something similar.

Which is to say we'll be playing Pac-Man: Championship Edition instead. 293,000. Take it.

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Comments (27) Latest comment 5 years ago

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  • Yaster #1 5 years ago

    I think they also need to apologise for the shoddy PS3 version

    But hey, at least it includes the Red and Black pack

  • Der_tolle_Emil #2 5 years ago

    Too bad that there was a mistake. Nevertheless I welcome Ubi's effort to put things like this out for free.

    Edit: PS3; Oh, that's why they are free.
    Edited by 1 at 02/07/07 @ 09:23

  • Scurrminator #3 5 years ago

    probably did it on purpose to draw more attention to it and seem like the 'good guys'

  • lambtron #4 5 years ago

    8-10 weeks! How long does it take just to assign some points? Its not even real money for chrissakes!

  • jonsaan #5 5 years ago

    8-10 weeks. LOL. Blood from a stone..

    Is the PS3 version shoddy? Not in the reviews I've read it isn't?
    Edited by 1 at 02/07/07 @ 09:29

  • ccfb #6 5 years ago

    Last time I pay for map packs then. Red Pack free on July 6th indeed. Bah to this nonsense, I say. Bah.

  • Yaster #7 5 years ago

    @jonsaan

    When you compare it to the 360 version it is, which to be fair the reviews do mention. What they don't mention is how much of a mess the online lobby system is, especially the fact that only friends of the host can join private rooms making it a nightmare to organise clan matches

  • jonsaan #8 5 years ago

    Oh dear. Although that does seem par for the course with Ubi's PS3 output.
    Luckily I am playing so much Superstardust I don't need to worry for now:)

  • thinktank #9 5 years ago

    Apparently patients is a virtue.

  • BadBoyBonner #10 5 years ago

    8 - 10 weeks - Cheeky twats - doesn't seem to take that long for the points to leave your account when you purchase something.

  • BadBoyBonner #11 5 years ago

    never bought a single thing (extras with MS - tempted with Crackdown but resisted) myself - and is my only positive (as yet) take of the PS3 which is effectivley forcing Microsoft to stop being money grabbing C**ts for a second, when the same content is released on PS3 without charge.
    Edited by 1 at 02/07/07 @ 10:03

  • kangarootoo #12 5 years ago

    I'm actually pretty impressed by that. They could have just said nothing and kept the cash. Its not like they were legally bound to do this in any way and big companies tend to like money to much to give it back if they can help it.

    Ubisoft may take one item of their choosing from the fruit basket.

  • kangarootoo #13 5 years ago

    @BadBoyBonner

    MS don't decide what contant is free and what gets charged for. If you are referring to the charge for XBLive then fair enough (though I might suggest that XBLive is actually brilliant and worth the money), but if you are talking about the content at the centre of this article you can't really vent at MS for the potential costs involved.

  • el-bandito #14 5 years ago

    @kangarootoo:

    I thought MS did have a big say in what the charges are. Epic mentioned they wanted the Gears maps to be free, but MS would only agree to them being free after a certain period. I'm sure they said something along the lines of "It's their Marketplace, they can charge what they want"

    Could be wrong though... it's early :)

    Edit: May be different as MS was the publisher for Gears I suppose...
    Edited by 1 at 02/07/07 @ 10:47

  • ProtoformX #15 5 years ago

    Interesting - the initial assigning of points to your Live account and thus the taking of your money is alost instantaneous. But when Microsoft have to refund points it takes a lot longer. They're probably making people wait because they're due to announce some figures to shreholders or somethig soon and they wanna keep hold of the points until then.

  • DUFFKING #16 5 years ago

    Scurr:

    Bit cynical today?

  • GamerAddict #17 5 years ago

    "Also, as a token of our appreciation for the Rainbow Six community, we are making the Red Pack free as of Friday July 6th as well."

    What about all of us who HAVE bought the red pack?! What about our thanks?!

    God I'm hating Ubi more n more every day!

  • Furbs #18 5 years ago

    You got to play it for a few months before the rest of us. Whats the problem? You should be happy (you certainly were at the time I assume)..everyone being able to get the Red Pack will mean your game gets more players to play against, prolonging it.

    Did you moan when they started bundling games in with consoles? Or when you buy a bottle of coke one day and the next Tesco are doing buy one get one free?

  • IAmBatman #19 5 years ago

    Everything should stay at a fixed value because once I have bought something it should never devalue and mean that I could have got it cheaper if I had waited because that is wrong and it's awful that Ubi are doing this because nothing else in the world depreciates so optional map packs for games should be the same it is terrible I hate Ubisoft they are wrong did you know that Rainbow Six vegas is available for £18 now I paid £30 for it and I feel robbed it's as if they came in to my house and stole my mother's ashes off the mantlepiece.

    Or some other equally as stupid opinion.

  • PatrickEwing #20 5 years ago

    @ IamBatman, My head hurts after trying to decipher your post. Aside from that, I can't agree with your reasoning, things do get cheaper as time goes on.

  • Retroid #21 5 years ago

    "800 Microsoft points (around seven quid)"

    /Buys 2100 MS points for £15, so 800 points = ~£5.70

  • IAmBatman #22 5 years ago

    Sorry, I thought putting "Or some other equally as stupid opinion" and likening a game getting cheaper to having my mother's ashes stolen would have made it clear I was joking. I'll edit a big smily face in there now just in case anyone else was confused.

  • ruckus #23 5 years ago

    Can these maps be used for offline co-op/single player?

  • Benny_Gee #24 5 years ago

    @IAtBatman

    Put "TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: JOKE ALERT" at the top of the post and "THIS IS NOT A DRILL" at the bottom. That should do it.

  • urban #25 5 years ago

    8 to 10 WEEKS!?

  • DrunKao #26 5 years ago

    Hats off to Ubi!

  • Lateralaus #27 5 years ago

    shoulda made the red pack free earlier aswell... wankers lol