Far Cry 6 reportedly shipped wrong versions to UK, blocking upgrades

Some owners of the boxed version of Far Cry 6 PS4 report that they received the Russian version of the game in error, despite its purchase in the UK.

Mostly, this means those who are unlucky enough to receive the wrong regional version of the PS4 game cannot upgrade it to PlayStation 5.

As Twitter user SJPearson85 demonstrated, PS5 users can fix the issue by creating a Russian PlayStation account. However, they will not be able to access their DLC through this method, such as the additional content included with the premium editions of the game.

Users from other European territories such as Germany and Greece also claim to have received the Russian version on the official Ubisoft support forum, thus blocking their free upgrade to the PS5.

VGC has reached out to Ubisoft for comment on the allegations and will update this story when we have a response.

This is not the first time this issue has been reported for Ubisoft games: Last year some users claimed to have received Russian region versions of Assassin’s Creed Valhalla on PS4 in the UK, this which also prevented them from upgrading to the PS5.

This issue would have been resolved again by switching to a Russian PlayStation account.

Sony recently sparked controversy when it opened pre-orders for the delayed Horizon Forbidden West and revealed that the standard PS4 version could not be upgraded to the PS5 version, without “any plans for an update offer. “.

Instead, only those who bought the $ 80 / £ 80 Deluxe Digital Edition, or even more expensive physical editions, were eligible for the PS4 and PS5 versions of the sequel.

Following player reaction, Sony announced a surprise U-turn later in the week, Sony Interactive Entertainment CEO Jim Ryan confirming that PS4 Forbidden West players will now be able to upgrade their games to PS5. free.