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We have The Division, Rainbow Six, and Ghost Recon (and Farcry if you want to add that) as military shooters Ubisoft already makes.
And among the seemingly thousands of other military shooter options out there, it's hard to be surprised yet another military shooter didn't do well in this landscape.
That's a little reductive. The Division is a primarily PVE looter shooter with MMO trappings. Rainbow 6 is a competitive hero shooter with emphasis on quick kills and gadgets. Ghost Recon is an open world action game with emphasis on stealth.
Don't get me wrong, "Ubisoft game" could be its own genre at this point, considering the amount of mechanical overlap in some areas, but most of those products do offer generally distinct gameplay experiences. Though, it does seem like Rainbow 6 and xDefiant would be positioned as rivals in market share, upon reflection.
These are fair points.
It's like Mario Kart, GT7, and Forza are all racers, but wildly different.