Ubisoft據報有反騷擾對應計畫，《刺客教條：暗影者》監控宣傳內容且準備法律行動
Ubisoft Reportedly Has A Plan To Protect Devs From Harassment When Assassin's Creed Shadows Launches:If you 'harass' Ubisoft in the wake of the AC: Shadows launch, they are readying teams of lawyers to sue you.How are we feeling about this? pic.twitter.com/HSFZO7f0gQ
— Pirat_Nation 🔴 (@Pirat_Nation) March 17, 2025
根據法國媒體 BFMTV 報導，其訪問了匿名內部員工，稱官方這次有對應騷擾計畫，因為該作品導致開發人員被攻擊辱罵遠遠超過其他系列作，Ubisoft 官方要求員工不要過度在社群透漏自己《刺客教條：暗影者》開發者身分，並且會監控《刺客教條：暗影者》相關社群內容，一但確認騷擾或威脅屬實，將動用法律團隊展開行動，但也提到了要是《刺客教條：暗影者》真的賣不好，4 月開始的新財政年狀況肯定會很糟糕。
當然這種方法肯定社群不會領情，也懷疑現在財政狀況搖搖欲墜的 Ubisoft 是否還有能力搞這種事。官方應該想到是，為何《刺客教條：暗影者》從聲稱自己填補的真實歷史、抄襲與未授權內容、季節到各種日本物品的嚴重錯誤等導致這些問題，這樣繼續將錯就錯只會更難挽回名聲。
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