Its main purpose is to help fund the creation ofArk 2, however.
Wildcard more or less plainly state the latter is because Survival Ascended will be buggy at launch.
“Crossplay will not work for Steam PC at launch.

Early posts from developers had suggested Survival Ascended would be a free upgrade for Survival Evolved.
Expansion remakes would be sold separately.
Real “bold strategy Cotton, let’s see if it pays off for ‘em” territory.