Star Wars Outlaws had a less than stellar launch, with the game underperforming critically and commercially. This, in turn, had knock-on effects for Ubisoft's next big open-world game, Assassin's Creed Shadows, which had its release pushed back weeks after Outlaws launched with the company citing "learnings from the Star Wars Outlaws release" as the reason for the delay. However, the game's creative director, Jonathan Dumont, told GamesRadar+ that the delay wasn't that deep.
When asked if there were any deeper changes to Assassin's Creed Shadows based on the reception to Star Wars Outlaws, Dumont said, "Not really. We were basically trying to make the most polished game that we [can]" adding, "our game was there, so just making sure that we don't have bugs and that the experience is clean for people." Due to the dynamic weather system (which is extremely impressive to Ubisoft's credit), Dumont also mentioned that "there's a lot of things that we needed to take a look at."
