>>723561140
>I don't get why would anyone greenlight a Japan AC when samurai shit overflows the market just from Japan's output alone.
Because it along with Egypt and WW2 were the top asks for settings by the fanbase to the point that a dev complained about it years ago.
https://www.eurogamer.net/ubisoft-ww2-japan-and-egypt-would-make-dismal-assassins-creed-locations
These are all essentially FF7 Remake buttons Ubisoft can push for money so now they basically just have WW2 left.
>A russian revolution assassin's creed had been planned for as long as the idea of a Japan AC was thrown around.
We already had the Russian Revolution in The Fall and then Chronicles Russia mentioned it. Pair that with the whole "Russia going full retard with a war they never should have started" and hate for Russia being at an all time high that would be extremely stupid to do as a setting right now. They're likely not going to even look in Russia's direction until years after the war ends.