Any Watch Dogs sequel, whether it's Watch Dogs 2 or beyond, would have a significantly reduced development cycle compared to the upcoming first installment.

Though there's yet to be any official word regarding further entries in the franchise, it's likely an inevitability given how much hype and investment surrounds the new title. When quizzed about this by Eurogamer, creative director Jonathan Morin gave a tease about what form it might take.

"Right now there is no such thing as a Watch Dogs 2," he asserted, before explaining, "It's certainly not going to be the same amount of time if we ever embark on such a journey. A big part of it was defining whatever Watch Dogs is. Once you have that starting point, then what becomes interesting is what players want more of - what comes next?

"Especially with the delay we have just been really concentrating on getting it [the original Watch Dogs] launched. After that we'll see where it goes - I think Ubisoft is showing more and more that they're willing to take the time for it to be right.

"I think we're in a pretty good shape. I certainly like the idea of going deeper in the thematics - the hyperconnectivity and hacking in an entire city, controlling a city, monitoring everyone. There's stuff we discovered by making Watch Dogs that are interesting to pursue. But it's up to players. [And] for me right now - it's vacation."

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No shit. Any sequel wouldn't take as long, unless they want to completely rebuild the game engine, and I don't think they're gonna do that.

Plenty of sequels take a long time. It's only shit like CoD that doesn't...

CoD doesnt take a long time because they now have 3 different developers working on games.