The Division Had The Biggest Ever Beta For a New IP On PS4 And Xbox One

More than 6.4 million people took part in the open beta for The Division over the weekend, publisher Ubisoft has announced. The company adds that this makes it the largest beta for a new IP to date on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.

The beta was available from Thursday, February 18th on Xbox One and from Friday, February 19th on PC and PlayStation 4. The average play time of the beta was four hours and 52 minutes and over a third of that time was allocated to the Dark Zone, the game’s PvP arena. 2.5 million players turned rogue during the beta and 63,309,800 contaminated items were extracted from the area, with 17 million completed extractions in total.

“We want to thank the millions of people who joined in on The Division’s Open Beta,” creative director Magnus Jansen commented. “We hope everybody enjoyed playing, and we think the beta is going to help ensure a great launch for the game. We’re looking forward to everyone getting their hands on the full game when The Division is released on March 8th.”

While Ubisoft has plenty to boast about coming out of the beta, it wasn’t the largest in current-gen console history. That honour rests with Star Wars Battlefront’s multiplayer beta last October, which attracted 9.5 million players.

If you’re on PC and looking to play the game, a free copy is included sales of select GeForce graphics cards and Logitech keyboards. For more on The Division, check out our tag on the game.

Tom Clancy’s The Division launches on PC, PS4, and Xbox One on March 8th.