Yesterday, Ubisoft responded to the boycott of Assassin's Creed: Shadow by Japan players, claiming that the game is pure fiction and does not want to show real people and historical events. Foreign media DSOGaming issued an article today saying that Ubisoft's rhetoric is pure lies.
DSOGaming turned up a press release issued by Ubisoft in May this year: "Assassin's Creed: Shadow is set in the 16th century Momoyama period of Azuchi, Japan. Players will take on the role of two different characters, one as the Japan ninja Naojiang and the other as a real samurai Yasuke from history. ”
Ubisoft further stated that Assassin's Creed: Shadows will be the first game in the entire Assassin's Creed series to feature real historical figures. Ubisoft's claim that Yasuke was a real samurai in history is what sparked the controversy. Now, Ubisoft has changed the "Historically Real Samurai Yasuke" in the Assassin's Creed: Shadows introduction to "The Mighty and Legendary African Samurai Yasuke".
According to DSOGaming, Ubisoft's problem is that instead of apologizing for the "factual error" and admitting that it was wrong, it has changed its rhetoric to justify itself and even lied. The reason is that Ubisoft is too arrogant to accept "failure".