Ubisoft's Yves Guillemot has confirmed that while the publisher may end making Watch Dogs an annual franchise (much like Assassin's Creed), at this stage they're going to take their time over Watch Dogs 2.
"To start with we will take time on Watch Dogs, to make sure - like with Assassin's Creed II - we can come back with something that takes full advantage of what everything we created to do with the first game," Guillemot told MCV at E3.
"After that, we will see, it depends on our teams. What we try and do is have different teams that take care of a brand, and give each team enough time. So I can't say now if it will be an annual release, we will see in time how it works out depending on the overall ability of the very talented teams that look after the brand."
He then added: "Watch Dogs did a lot better than we expected sales wise. And we are still tweaking some things in the gameplay in some areas. We have built some tools and processes that could make it a huge brand for the company. And the subject of hacking is endless in possibilities, so we think there's big potential to astonish people in the long-run."
Watch Dogs has been a massive success for the publisher, so it goes without saying that they'll continue the franchise. It was confirmed several hours ago that the game was still the best-selling game at UK retail, and has shifted a reported 4 million plus copies worldwide.