Are the Tom Clancy games a shared universe?

[WarmongerPhoenix]

Are Rainbow Six, Division, Splinter Cell, ect. all in the same conical timeline?

[Acidic__Thought]

No, and this isn’t even a Tom Clancy property. The only reason his name is attached is because Red Storm did a small amount of work on the game.

[Konran]

Yes, but Ubi doesn't mind to connect the games.

[HollowLight]

bunch of top level (covert) agents fallen because of shareholders, CEO and his dog.

[Kitai]

division isnt connected it is its own timeline, or else the whole universe of splintercell rainbow six and ghost recon would have been dead by the black friday virus/small pox or whatever the virus was called, unless it takes place 10+years after ghost recon wildlands and rainbow six siege, cant see it being in the same timeline, as for universe like i said everyone in said universe would be either mia rouge or dead due to the virus, but considering the game doesnt feel like a tom clancy game just like rss(rainbow six siege) i cant say its in the same timeline or universe, could be wrong so dont correct me if i am

[Donoghu]

The Tom Clancy's brand has stopped following the "same universe" ever since the 90's, when Tom Clancy (the Author) started to agree to let others to use his brand.

To reason why anyone would like to "use" his brand is because he was in the spot light when it came to military based story. In the early 90's, 4 of his books were turned into succesful movies (The Hunt for Red October, Patriot Games, Clear and Present Danger and The Sum of All Fears).

Tom Clancy, even back then, was well known as a "Military savy" as he had friends in many part of the military world and liked to talk with them about their work since it helped him in his own work.

As anything, when something gains recognition, others wants to gain from it. The brand "Tom Clancy" in the military based entertainment was seen a bit like the "007" is in the James Bond series since his name was quite recognizable on all his books.

This is nothing new and it's not rare, in many parts of the world, were a popular brand's name is often so much linked toward a precise product that people even start using that brand as the product's general name. Where I live, many people call tissues "Kleenex" (which is a brand) and refrigerators as "Frigidaire" (which is also a brand). That's because, at some point, the market was so much saturated with these particular brands that people found it easier to call it by its catchy brand instead of the real dull name. Marketing also played a big role in it.

At some point, in the 90's, Tom Clancy agreed that his brand could be used for books and other product in which he never worked on. The only "rule" was that the work had to sound authentic and that the general idea had to follow premises or storylines generally in keeping with his own works. In other words, believable military stories with believable technologies.
(Whatever he gain anything from each case is not publicly known.)

That was when the Tom Clancy's brand became more of a "Style" than a "story".

[DZKolbe]

I read something on Reddit a while ago about how some people think that R6:Siege could be linked to The Division as a kind of prequel, made for an intresting read.