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[Kurotri]

Post sauce pls

A part of that guy's videos was about how there was a male Japanese samurai before Georde Floyd made Ubi turn to Yasuke instead. Yasuke is also not going to be removed, which was stated in his article: https://insider-gaming.com/exclusive-context-around-the-assassins-creed-shadows-delay/

 

[Warnen]

 

[Camreezie]

 

[Kurotri]

Did Tom Henderson disprove this yet?

Rumor - Sales-Age - Tom Henderson: Assassin's Creed Shadows Pre Orders are very strong

Assassin's Creed Shadows pre-orders are looking very strong. I don't have the exact numbers yet, but no one in the know is disappointed with them.

www.neogaf.com

Well he did say it's not anywhere near Valhalla numbers, for what it's worth Tom has a good track record especially regarding AC so I believe him

 

[Big Baller]

Outlaws DLC footage

 

[Jaybe]

Sweet Baby Inc is probably involved in this in some way. Both the SBI co-founders, Kim Belair and David Bedard, were with Ubisoft Montreal before starting the company, and this is an Ubisoft Montreal game since Ubisoft is still listed as a client there.

 

[DeepEnigma]

Well he did say it's not anywhere near Valhalla numbers, for what it's worth Tom has a good track record especially regarding AC so I believe him

I'm sure he does. A lot of information will also be fed to him from what they want told as well. Narratives and all that gravy.

 

[PanzerCute]

Lol at the source.

Come on guys...

 

[DaciaJC]

I would hope for better from Clint Hocking, but this guy is also not a great source.

 

[Rocinante618]

Lesbian stuff, witchcraft, rituals, dark atmosphere by Ubi Montreal and Day 1 steam release?

I think this will be the first time I'll buy a Ubisoft game on release. Sign me up!

 

[Clear]

When is this nightmare going to end

When they run out of money. Which is an inevitability if Ubi continued to expend huge amounts of cash whilst failing to deliver what the audience actually wants.

 

[Jaybe]

You know, I wish some people – and that goes both for on here and on social media – would learn some media analysis and start investigating the validity of shit like this, instead of blindly trusting it all at face value. This is the sort of fake shit that builds up a narrative in people's minds and leads to all this 'anti-woke' nonsense.

I think the rage bait stuff is certainly over done, however mainstream gaming media can’t be trusted on some of this either. In the case of Sweet Baby Inc being called out earlier this year, every single mainstream gaming press that was called in to defend the company, completely and likely purposefully, ignored that one of Sweet Baby Inc own employees set off the firestorm by calling for a mass reporting campaign against a Steam user. Why? I’m not sure. Press friends protect gaming company friends and help drive the narrative they want, obfuscating or removing facts, particularly anything that touches on DEI based issues.

 

[Woopah]

What a weird thing for developers to say. Imagine calling AC II "the straightest Assassin's Creed yet".

 

[Robb]

 

[E-Cat]

More gay than Ass Creed Bro?

 

[Go_Ly_Dow]

Hilarious if true but not believing it until announced.

We should stick to credible sources on GAF like HipHopGamer who played the PS6 behind closed doors at GDC in spring.

 

[Nitty_Grimes]

 

[Killer8]

Ubisoft right now:

 

[mitch1971]

'If we are going out, we are going out with a bang!' Yves Guillemot, 2024.

 

[winjer]

This can't be real....

 

[kiphalfton]

Ubisoft is doubling tripling quadrupling down it seems. Morons.

 

[SEGAvangelist]

 

[CGNoire]

Sounds kinda cool.

 

[DonkeyPunchJr]

I feel guily for saying this because I posted the video in the article in some other thread for shits n giggles, but do not believe this guy. He's just a shitposter taking advantage of the drama from what I can see. Tom Henderson already disproved it.

Yeah I watched the video and I’d take it with a huge grain of salt. Seems like it’s designed to provoke rage by confirming people’s worst speculations. Some of the other stuff he said:

- Shadows originally had a Japanese protagonist who had a model + some animations done before they replaced him with Yasuke

- the decision to swap the MC was made because of the BLM protests/riots

- Ubisoft honestly thought that having a black MC would be a huge selling point for the game

- preorders only 7% of what Valhalla had in the same timeframe



Yeahh…. I dunno. Maybe it’s true but I’m gonna need a more reliable source before I get my pitchfork. Anyway this might all be moot considering Ubisoft might go bankrupt before we ever get Assassin’s Creed: The Acolyte

 

[Astray]

Endymion as source rofl.

I swear some of you could be sold a bridge with zero effort involved..

 

[Flabagast]

I mean if its main theme is witch trials it kinda make sense imho

 

[NickFire]

I'm actually kind of intrigued by a Salem Witch Trial setting.

 

[SHA]

Bankruptcy speedrun

Simulator 2025*

 

[Humdinger]

Endymion exaggerates, but I don't have much trouble believing the basics. If the setting is the witch trials, it will naturally be a female-centric game, and it will be ripe for feminist messaging about how men are bad and women are wonderful. I mean, it's almost predictable. And it's Ubisoft, so I don't find it hard to believe at all.

 

[Topher]

Endymion as source rofl.

I swear some of you could be sold a bridge with zero effort involved..

yeah......I'm not believing for a second that this guy has any legit "sources".

 

[SHA]

You can't be a gamer and have that line of thoughts to run a company.

 

[fastest finger]

But it’s Lesbians. Homophobic men are cool with Lesbians, right?

 

[Kacho]

This can't be real....

It likely isn’t but people’s willingness to believe it says a lot about the state of the entertainment industry.

Like Disney promoting the latest Star Wars or Marvel thing as the gayest one yet.

 

[Hookshot]

But it’s Lesbians. Homophobic men are cool with Lesbians, right?

Right!

 

[InterMusketeer]

Wouldn't surprise me. They've probably been working on the concept for this game for years. Seeing their other output this doesn't seem out of the ordinary. Recent backlash might still change their mind though. If it is even true of course.

 

[Saber]

Fellow incels

Assemble

 

[Zathalus]

YouTube grifter continues to grift.

 

[Brock2621]

WTF is going on inside these studios?

 

[Crispy Gamer]

Rage grifting is the new craze

 

[Zathalus]

WTF is going on inside these studios?

Plenty wrong in these studios. But in this case it’s an obvious fake story from somebody who makes money off outrage.

 

[DAHGAMING]

As long as there not them butch dykes and there sexys slags finger blasting and licking the fuck out of each others fish pockets then im all in. I was worried it was going to be geezas cocks out every 20mins, groaning and slapping noises coming out my tv.

 

[clarky]

Who asked for this?

A topic with the source as Endymion? Nobody.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

"I command you to be a lesbo!"

"No!"

"Tie her up and burn her!"

Yeahh…. I dunno. Maybe it’s true but I’m gonna need a more reliable source before I get my pitchfork. Anyway this might all be moot considering Ubisoft might go bankrupt before we ever get Assassin’s Creed: The Acolyte

Bankruptcy speedrun

I took a very quick skim of their financials on Yahoo finance. I dont think they'll go bankrupt. They do make profit every year. And someone posted a 10 year chart a couple weeks ago showing they almost always make profit.

Two things I dont like though.

1. A lot of their asset value (about 40% $2B out of $5B) is god awful Goodwill and Intangibles. That;s subjective stuff like brand value and if they bought out any companies over the years, the excess overpayment goes there

2. Cash Flow is negative a lot lately (hundreds of million per year for 2022, 2023, 2024. That'll catch up with ay company especially ones like UBI which arent gigantic corporations.

Who knows. Outlaws and AC delay will kill their financials next quarter or two. After that shakes out will really be interesting. If they dont rebound and keep going like this for another year or two, maybe they do wave the white flag.

 

[Astray]

yeah......I'm not believing for a second that this guy has any legit "sources".

That guy somehow has sources in 2-3 different studios simultaneously telling him things that conveniently fit his shitty content.

Like I disagree with the Concord $400m stuff, but you can see it because Colin used to have contacts as an industry insider. On the other hand, this guy has shown zero credibility as a leaker whatsoever, so why is he being believed like this?

 

[Hypereides]

EndymionTV allegedly vetted his insider sources. I'm in "wait-and-see" territory.

 

[KINGMOKU]

I see a ton of posts stating "Oh this is from *insert person* so it's not true"

Sure. 100% could be the case. There are grifters galore out there these days, looking for that dopamine, and cash high.

With that said, we have all seen some absolutely crazy ass shit, that has bombed in spectacular fashion because it went off the rails so far, no one in their right mind thought it was going to be a success, which brings me to my point;

This sounds exactly like something that could be absolutely true, because of the wackadoo times we live in, where companies(I don't CARE the industry)are losing BILLIONS on obvious turds on the drawing board.

Do I believe rumours? Nope. I need to see the receipts. Do I believe this could be a real game? You bet your ASS.

 

[Kacho]

EndymionTV allegedly vetted his insider sources. I'm in "wait-and-see" territory.

That doesn’t mean anything. He has never been considered a reliable source. He needs to earn that and probably never will because he peddles bullshit.

 

[Branded]

I actually laughed so hard on this

Well...its official. Ass Ass Ceed is gay.

Well actually far from official as it's just 'trust me bro' at this point.

 

[violence]

But it’s Lesbians. Homophobic men are cool with Lesbians, right?

I got a feeling they’re not gonna look like Sabrina the teenage witch.

 

[LordCBH]

That one I will hard pass on.