Ubisoft justified this by saying that having fewer operators allows the development team to focus on gameplay improvements, such as reworking existing operators.
The first two, coming in Season 1, were revealed on the same stream. Year 5, as previously revealed, will bring six new operators to the game, down from eight as in previous years.
The content map reveal for Rainbow Six Siege's Year 5 came with a big update about Year 6.Īt the Six Invitational over the weekend, Rainbow Six Siege developer Ubisoft talked a great deal about its plans for the game's current year - Year 5 - and a little bit about Year 6.