In fact, the title's launch appears to have spooked the French publisher, prompting it to delay Assassin's Creed Shadows until 14th February. "While the game is feature complete," it said of its upcoming Japanese open world outing, "the learnings from the Star Wars Outlaws release led us to provide additional time to further polish the title."
Among Star Wars Outlaws' many launch issues, PS5 players who'd paid extra for Early Access were forced to start the campaign over, after a critical progression breaking bug had to be fixed by the publisher. This rendered the Early Access period pointless – and has resulted in the French publisher nixing the entire idea with Assassin's Creed Shadows.