Pasta la Vista
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February is stacked as is. They might as well delay it to March or April.
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Dr.Morris79
Gold Member
Well that's shit. I was looking forward to a funny November full of japes and wheezes
Kumomeme
Member
i doubt delaying would change anything. there is stuff cant be fixed by time only.
isnt black history month is at february? if they think this would shield them from critism then cant wait to see they are wrong. thing might gonna get worse due to this. i doubt other country outside of america especially japan and the rest of asia care either.
isnt black history month is at february? if they think this would shield them from critism then cant wait to see they are wrong. thing might gonna get worse due to this. i doubt other country outside of america especially japan and the rest of asia care either.
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Stu_Hart
Member
They will still be using the same characters, so it's clear that they don't care about the controversy of that 1 character. I am more than certain it's the architectural inaccuracies is what holding it back. They have quite a lot to change since the game is quite big and they discover more of it.
Kacho
Gold Member
Yep that and additional polish are the most important things IMO.
Wonder if they take out the hip hop battle music?
Majormaxxx
Member
Exactly. Waiting for the outlaws blowback to cool down. It's a smart move really.
James Sawyer Ford
Member
It's weird to me that they weren't willing to just rush this out like they have in the past. Fans of the Ass Creed series just got use to it performing like hot jank at launch. I don't think they care that much
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Jinzo Prime
Gold Member
I think they are hoping for a Black History Month bump like Black Panther received in the US. They know they won't get any sales in Japan/SEA, so they will try to squeeze North America and Europe for more sales.
FunkMiller
Gold Member
This delay is entirely about not spooking investors, and absolutely nothing to do with improving the game.
EDMIX
Writes a lot, says very little
I disagree.
Because it cost them money to do this, its more then likely they are continue development to correct things as that would support not spooking investors lol I'm sure they can improve things, by how much in that time frame, remains to be seen, but I didn't see much wrong with it in terms of any massive issues.
genesisblock
Member
I think this is because they're in this make or break position. If AC fails, I don't think any of their franchises can keep them afloat.
yazenov
Gold Member
They are just delaying the inevitable, and there is not enough time to fix the core issues.
They should have hired native Japanese staff and experts to create this game from the foundation until completion. It's too late, instead of hiring activist / DEI consultants and fake Japanese consultant experts who don't even live in Japan.
3 months is not nearly enough time. They're wasting 3 months worth of overheads and salaries, along with huge marketing money spent down the drains. This will inflate the budget, and they are losing vital holiday window sales.
The only smart thing they plan to do is to release their game on Steam on day one. Regardless, this game's sales will pale in comparison to Valhalla without a doubt. They will be lucky to sell half those amounts on deep deep sales.
The positive side is that we can monitor the interest of the game (or lack of it) on Steam now. Its going to be fun dancing on this game's grave (and Ubisoft).
They should have hired native Japanese staff and experts to create this game from the foundation until completion. It's too late, instead of hiring activist / DEI consultants and fake Japanese consultant experts who don't even live in Japan.
3 months is not nearly enough time. They're wasting 3 months worth of overheads and salaries, along with huge marketing money spent down the drains. This will inflate the budget, and they are losing vital holiday window sales.
The only smart thing they plan to do is to release their game on Steam on day one. Regardless, this game's sales will pale in comparison to Valhalla without a doubt. They will be lucky to sell half those amounts on deep deep sales.
The positive side is that we can monitor the interest of the game (or lack of it) on Steam now. Its going to be fun dancing on this game's grave (and Ubisoft).
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Heimdall_Xtreme
Hermen Hulst Fanclub's #1 Member
Fuck them.
Why February 14?
They gonna ruin Valentíne day
Why February 14?
They gonna ruin Valentíne day
FunkMiller
Gold Member
Ok, but don't be surprised when the game releases looking and playing very similar to what it does now.
PeteBull
Member
With this kind of bunch u can tell 0 crunch time and overall close to 100% leisure work culture, no wonder game is in pitiful state and requires big delay, likely in february it wont be ready either.I'm sure the incredible development team is going to use these 3 months to their fullest and completely improve every fuck-up they did in the past 7 years of development on the game
All those woke corpos forgot brownie points wont make their products good xD
Now placing big dick yosuke in japanese setting makes even more sense, many chocolate lovers on the pic
Oh, and with big delay it means AC:Shadows gonna need to sell even more copies to break even, game budget just got bigger after all so even more preasure inc
Cyberpunkd
Gold Member
Wow, crunch apologist and misogynist all in one post. Double idiot points for you.With this kind of bunch u can tell 0 crunch time and overall close to 100% leisure work culture, no wonder game is in pitiful state and requires big delay, likely in february it wont be ready either.
All those woke corpos forgot brownie points wont make their products good xD
Now placing big dick yosuke in japanese setting makes even more sense, many chocolate lovers on the pic
PeteBull
Member
Game development is super competetive business, no place for woke agenda/policies there or u end up getting outcompeted by companies who run based on merit, thats why all the trash woke games bomb so hard almost in every case nowadays
Ubisoft's share price took skydive last few years for a reason, reason being their products became more and more woke, aka shit
ZehDon
Gold Member
Virtually everything else they've released has failed to meet their projections. Skull & Bones, Prince of Persia, Avatar; all they have left is Ass Creed Shadows to carry them and it's already pissed off the customers in the country its based on. I imagine they need this one to land extremely well or investors will be demanding heads on platters.
geary
Member
And how is playing now? Did you play it or know from few minutes you saw on youtube...
yazenov
Gold Member
That's a lot of soy drinkers right thereWith this kind of bunch u can tell 0 crunch time and overall close to 100% leisure work culture, no wonder game is in pitiful state and requires big delay, likely in february it wont be ready either.
All those woke corpos forgot brownie points wont make their products good xD
Now placing big dick yosuke in japanese setting makes even more sense, many chocolate lovers on the pic
Oh, and with big delay it means AC:Shadows gonna need to sell even more copies to break even, game budget just got bigger after all so even more preasure inc
MMaRsu
Member
With this kind of bunch u can tell 0 crunch time and overall close to 100% leisure work culture, no wonder game is in pitiful state and requires big delay, likely in february it wont be ready either.
All those woke corpos forgot brownie points wont make their products good xD
Now placing big dick yosuke in japanese setting makes even more sense, many chocolate lovers on the pic
Oh, and with big delay it means AC:Shadows gonna need to sell even more copies to break even, game budget just got bigger after all so even more preasure inc
You dont see how the faces are all garbled?
Nice getting triggered by an AI trash picture
Cmon man get smart
DavidGzz
Gold Member
Fuck them.
Why February 14?
They gonna ruin Valentíne day
Get the $130 version so you can play it on the 10th and show your girl how much you love her on the 14th. Wallet loses but your penis wins.
MMaRsu
Member
They dont have that anymore. Everybody plays on the same day now
DavidGzz
Gold Member
I know it's coming to Steam day one now, but no preorder early access? That would be crazy. Welcome, but crazy to see.
Do they really think the negativity with the game is going to disappear with a 3 months delay? I really wonder if they have changes planned or improvements. Are they going to make a special version for Japan and one for the rest of the world? I have no idea anymore what these guys are doing.
All I know is we need more good Rayman in our lives.
All I know is we need more good Rayman in our lives.
MMaRsu
Member
I know it's coming to Steam day one now, but no preorder early access? That would be crazy. Welcome, but crazy to see.
Thats what they stated in their PR
ricardo_sousa11
Member
The question is, will they survive until february?
-16% today/ -25% in a week/ -44% in a month/ -68% in 1 year
-16% today/ -25% in a week/ -44% in a month/ -68% in 1 year
PeteBull
Member
Thats massive af, 30% loss over 5 past days, those top heads at ubi who are paid in stocks getting poorer by the minuteThey're cooked. Begining of 2021 their stock was over 80 EUR, it's now less than 10.
Kotaro
Member
The question is, will they survive until february?
-16% today/ -25% in a week/ -44% in a month/ -68% in 1 year
OH. MY. GOD
STARSBarry
Gold Member
February seems like a weird month to release this game... until you realise.
kids.nationalgeographic.com
Take a guess what their PR will be from now on.
Black History Month
Every February, people in the United States celebrate the achievements and history of African Americans as part of Black History Month.
kids.nationalgeographic.com
Take a guess what their PR will be from now on.
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Chuck Berry
Gold Member
Fuck them.
Why February 14?
They gonna ruin Valentíne day
You got big plans with Kat?
Toots
Gold Member
But think of all the promotional content featuring Naoe and Yasuke as a couple in romantic settings they'll be able to do !Fuck them.
Why February 14?
They gonna ruin Valentíne day
Mister Wolf
Gold Member
Avowed and Monster Hunter already got my money for February.
More focus on the brilliant small teams they have. Give us more Pricne Of Persia, Rabbids, FarCry Primal/Blood Dragon; AA stuff the has less flash and more heart
Lord Panda
The Sea is Always Right
They can start by removing Yasuke's hip-hop battle music or something, and then adopting this as the official track for AC's start screen.
SlimySnake
Flashless at the Golden Globes
I think the fact that they cancelled the preview event speaks to them not wanting to demo the game in a buggy state like star wars outlaws which previewed extremely poorly, and went from being highly anticipated to a classic ubisoft disaster in the making.
The game itself isnt that unpolished compared to say Unity, but those previews definitely hurt the game. By giving the team an extra 3 months to polish up the game, they also give the marketing team time to provide a more polished beta for the preview events.
Cyberpunkd
Gold Member
JohnnyFootball
GerAlt-Right. Ciriously.
Can someone explain to me what delaying this game can actually do for it?
The DEI damage has already been done and this is a perfect example of the damage of forced DEI into games.
This video is a perfect example of how DEI has done far more harm than good in the representation world.
DEI has literally created the OPPOSITE of the world it has claimed to create.
The DEI damage has already been done and this is a perfect example of the damage of forced DEI into games.
This video is a perfect example of how DEI has done far more harm than good in the representation world.
DEI has literally created the OPPOSITE of the world it has claimed to create.
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Tams
Gold Member
Then why was there such a massive media push for it? You don't do that, at such expense and taking pre-orders with a specified release date, only to cancel it's first showing at an industry event and delay the release.
It seems pretty clear to me that the reaction to the media push, especially as perceived by the executives, is why it has been delayed.
Reizo Ryuu
Gold Member
Did everyone just forget the AC Unity launch disaster?
It had a similar massive media push, including taking a full year to build the most accurate version of the notre dam etc.
And then it launched in an incredibly shitty state, so bad that they gave every buyer free dlc, and if you bought the season pass you got a entire other game for free, and in return you weren't allowed to sue them or join in a class action.
ChorizoPicozo
Member
im happy Michael pachter is being recognized as a clown outside the gaming bubble as well
Kurotri
Member
I have obviously no idea if any of this has any truth, but damn it was entertaining to listen to. It's the most batshit insane video that has come out of the whole Ubisoft debacle and it probably deserves its own thread. There's tons of stuff here that could easily be made up but sound so ridicolous that they could be true as well. I'm flabbergasted. There's some classic shit in there like:
If you are bored as all hell and have some minutes to spare give it a watch, I had a great time.
- AC Shadows originally having a Japanese male samurai which was replaced by Yasuke due to George Floyd
- Star Wars Outlaws devs thinking their game was as good as Red Dead Redemption 2
- AC Hexe being a full on lesbian simulator full of fantastical elements
- Skull and Bones being the major reason why they are tanking the way they are
- Push to have diversity and female leads everywhere, no white men allowed, not just within Ubisoft but throughout the whole industry
- Kay Vess looks the way she does because they wanted some weird ethnicity-mix where she looks neither fully white, latino or indian so that many women could feel represented
- Future DEI tactics include deceptive marketing where they do not show DEI stuff during promotion but sneakily put them in the actual game
If you are bored as all hell and have some minutes to spare give it a watch, I had a great time.