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[PeteBull]

Remake it with a Japanese bloke and add samurai Black as dlc. Everyone is happy that way

That will never hapen, it would be most sane move to have 3 characters to chose, would add few solid milions copies sold, so u can be sure ubisoft that lives and believes in clown world will never do it xD

 

[Kacho]

Previews will come.

They just need time to make new trailers and gameplay snippets where the Japanese female co-lead gets more show time.

They’ll make it look like the female character is most of the action, but in reality it’s still the back guy as the main star.

I guess both characters are canon this time? For the past couple games Ubisoft was saying the women characters were the real hero, despite most players picking the dude. lol

 

[Kamina]

Era is coping hard

'mUsT bE a bUg!!!'

I mean, the game is actually riddled with bugs and glitches, judging from the last trailer alone.

 

[dottme]

Are we going to see big delays? There marketing was already running, so that’s weird.

 

[PeteBull]

“ We listened to our fans we love and our Japanese fans as well. So we will be keeping the black dude and we will be removing the Japanese girl and replace her with a fat white purple haired bitch. Thank you for the feedback “

Thats what todays ubisoft would love to do, i hope it will not happen coz they want game to actually have some solid sales, but u never know with woke ppl, they tend to push agenda at any cost, even their sanity

 

[Kacho]

Are we going to see big delays? There marketing was already running, so that’s weird.

Shitposting aside I hope not. I was looking forward to playing it in November.

 

[The Cockatrice]

I was looking forward to playing it in November.

 

[Windom Earle]

I really hope this wasn't out of cowardice, because the sharks will sense the blood in the water. If it was, they should have just made this game a mobile game. No one over-analyzed the architecture and customs presented in any of these games:

Jesus the amount of AC slop that is out there is mind boggling.

 

[Kacho]

It's my Madden, bro. Lemme have it.

 

[mckmas8808]

It's my Madden, bro. Lemme have it.

 

[Chuck Berry]

Going to go ahead and assume this has to do with the sudden surge of DEI awareness and pushback, the negative word of mouth from various popular streamers and the severe under performance and response to Outlaws.

Don't even know if it's going back in the oven as much as it's going back to the drawing board.

Or the panic room.

 

[The Cockatrice]

It's my Madden, bro. Lemme have it.

 

[The Cockatrice]

Going to go ahead and assume this has to do with the sudden surge of DEI awareness and pushback, the negative word of mouth from various popular streamers and the severe under performance and response to Outlaws.

Not just Outlaws, but Concords massive flop no doubt sent waves in the industry. It will take time for those waves to hit, but its a start.

 

[Heisenberg007]

Most likely, getting delayed into 2025.

 

[Kacho]

 

[Just_one]

It's my Madden, bro. Lemme have it.

We're together man, already pre-ordered. Hope they pull through

 

[Chuck Berry]

Not just Outlaws, but Concords massive flop no doubt sent waves in the industry. It will take time for those waves to hit, but its a start.

True. Good call.

 

[Diddy X]

Such a bad and dumb movie, why was it so popular?

 

[DeepEnigma]

Such a bad and dumb movie, why was it so popular?

Because the premise/plot was actually neat.

And then the awesome scenes of the monsters just tearing shit up.

 

[Kurotri]

Going to go ahead and assume this has to do with the sudden surge of DEI awareness and pushback, the negative word of mouth from various popular streamers and the severe under performance and response to Outlaws.

Don't even know if it's going back in the oven as much as it's going back to the drawing board.

Or the panic room.

The game is way too advanced for any of this stuff to happen. It's going to release. Imo it's a mixture of the pushback and Outlaws not just underperforming like you said but launching with shittons of bugs. They'll probably delay it to fix the game up and release it a few months later. Ubi's fiscal year ends sometime March next year I think and they have proven to themselves that you don't necessarily need to release near the holidays to make bucks, like with Far Cry 5 and The Division. I can totally see it release in February. If they are gonna release this game, might as well try to release it in a polished state so that the Yasuke stuff becomes the only issue that people focus on. If it ends up a good fun game everyone will forget about Yasuke anyway, for better or worse.

 

[Aurelius]

 

[SidViscous]

Bioware, Blizzard, 343 and (now) Sony have really screwed the pooch by being so vocal about DEI in their games which end up being rubbish, It's now become a dog-whistle to a large group of consumers that a game will be terrible and should be disregarded. Great games will no doubt sell regardless with enough positive reviews/previews, but good luck trying to build up hype for an average or middling game once it's been marked as a DEI initiative.

Ubisoft are experts at middling games, they are fucked.

 

[Interfectum]

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

*actual depiction of a Japanese funeral

 

[Saber]

There was a time they actually said the impressions were good and the pre orders were hot. Too bad that guy from them couldn't show any numbers or source...or whatever is happening now.

Also I don't believe they are doing for bugs, as they could use the famous "patch out later" strategy with day one patchs. Must be something else, they must be retreating for a new approach or take notice of people awareness over their low effort videos.

 

[rubenburgt]

It is probably delayed in the hopes that people calm down and accept this game that shits on Japanese history that's was designed to appeal to a very small audience.

Great choice Ubisoft.
And I'm talking about delaying it and not the game itself. This game is riddled with terrible choices.

 

[{insert code here}]

Asmongold actually sold me on this game. I mean I'm buying it used so ubi doesn't get my money but, I'm hyped to see all bugs, glitches, and design flaws. I mean if they can't line up a door correctly, or remove bullets from a scene correctly, WHAT ELSE is going to be in it

 

[PatientGamer]

Chances of the game getting cancelled???

Would be more catastrophic than Concord lol

 

[Thief1987]

Chances of the game getting cancelled???

Would be more catastrophic than Concord lol

No way. Don't need to overdramatize things.

 

[ReyBrujo]

Chances of the game getting cancelled???

Game will easily sell 5m copies, 10m probable. Most players will never care about the protagonist being black.

 

[Interfectum]

*actual depiction of a Japanese funeral

 

[Hyet]

This is not getting changed or canceled. Stop dreaming.

They just read the room and decided to shove it under the rug in Japan.

 

[gow3isben]

Assassins Creed 2 and Brotherhood are the only ACs I liked so not trying to cope but if the game was so ass wouldn't they have cancelled this shit before? Sounds like something came up last minute.

 

[Interfectum]

The cope on REEEE is insane... "must be a bug"



Here is a guess: Pre-orders are a dumpster fire so Ubi is trying to regroup.

 

[bundylove]

Era is coping hard

'mUsT bE a bUg!!!'

A bug called wokebeetle.

So can we move onto GOT2 now please?

 

[rubenburgt]

Does this mean I don't get to play as a tall black man in a large armor in a game that's all about sneaking around and stealth kills in Japan that happens to be riddled with Chinese symbols any time soon?

Then I guess I just have to wait and keep playing Concord in the meantime.

Boy, those westerns developers sure know what type of games they should make. Every single one of them has been a great hit.

 

[Saber]

With how things are being badly handled today I wouldn't discart the possibility of cancelling(even though I believe it won't). Also theres no way to tell how Japan would react, they may though this game was made out of mockery to their culture.

 

[Gerdav]

 

[DonkeyPunchJr]

just watch them removing the black samurai completly from the game.

- replace Yasuke

- cause another shitstorm as the progressive legacy gaming media and vocal minority of slacktivists lose their shit

- ignore the whiners

- get rewarded with massive sales #s despite sites like PC Gamer, IGN, and Kotaku trashing it or refusing to even cover it.



Yeahhh probably not gonna happen but that would be a hell of a show.

 

[Reaseru]

I don't think Ubisoft has the balls to change anything with almost 2 months left for the release date. Capcom did it once with Resident Evil 2.

 

[Bloobs]

just watch them removing the black samurai completly from the game.

Nah, replace him with Tom Cruise. Problem solved.

 

[RCX]

No way they'd bend to the opinion of the Japanese market. AC barely even registers there.

I'm thinking pre-orders suck in the west and the preview cycle was coming up very negative and they freaked out.

The Concord "incident" has maybe got a lot of AAA publishers second guessing themselves?

Possible replacement character?

 

[Interfectum]

No way they'd bend to the opinion of the Japanese market. AC barely even registers there.

I'm thinking pre-orders suck in the west and the preview cycle was coming up very negative and they freaked out.

The Concord "incident" has maybe got a lot of AAA publishers second guessing themselves?

Yup, agreed. Follow the money. The pre-orders are probably well below the norm for AC and instead of releasing it into a bloodbath they will regroup and try to figure something out.

The question as to why are pre-orders so low I'll leave to the internet...

 

[RCX]

Yup, agreed. Follow the money. The pre-orders are probably well below the norm for AC and instead of releasing it into a bloodbath they will regroup and try to figure something out.

The question as to why are pre-orders so low I'll leave to the internet...

Amazing isn't it, people have been asking for Japanese AC for years.

All they had to do was ninjas and samurais, it'd make everyone happy and it'd sell great.

But no, they had to kneel at the alter of the DEI gods instead.

 

[RoboFu]

just watch them removing the black samurai completly from the game.

Not a chance. That would be death sentences or wise. But what they may do is a quick run through of the gave and switch out things here and there that we don't even know about.

 

[Raven117]

there is no question that the industry is going through some weirdness right now.

I think it’s across the board. Not just “woke” stuff.

(Imo, too many companies chased GaaS and that’s falling apart. So there is a pivot going on… because games take so long to make…. It’s really apparent. And that’s why we are getting “remasters”. Cheap and quick and crowd favorites. Mix that in with some forced politics… and walah… a really bummer of a generation)

 

[VanCityGamer]

I don’t get it. Some of you guys think they are delaying the game for being “woke”? Come on.

 

[Kerotan]

The problem with the game is it's too polished. In particular the main character.

They need to replace him with a traditional samurai and sales will increase 50%.

Their share price can't handle another under performance. Hopefully the diversity team has already been sacked. We need based UBI back.

 

[lmimmfn]

It's beautiful!!!

 

[pqueue]

so many opportunities to course correct.

yet they put their foot on the accelerator and kept going.