Fear for the Future of Assassin’s Creed

VGR: This is a very big moment for Ubisoft. Annualizing the franchise without it following the story is completely different than shipping out new titles with a handful of new features.

[hivycox]

I agree. Ubi is milking hard. Time will tell if they will be successful

[Xof]

I may have been disappointed by certain things in a few of the AC games, but there hasn't been a single one yet that I didn't feel was worth buying.

So I'm okay with the milking. Until they start making bad games, who cares?

[Sovereign59]

Yeah, Assassin's Creed is something I look forward to playing each year. I've yet to come away from one of the games and feel as though I wasted my money. The one that disappointed me the most was Revelations, but I still thought overall it was a good game and I had a lot of fun with it. I think my hopes were a little too high for 3, but again, I think overall it was a good game and I had a lot of fun with it.
I'm definitely looking forward to 4... pirates and more naval combat, count me aboard.

[-Gespenst-]

The reason they get released so frequently isn't because they're rushed but because they have loads of different teams developing at once. Black Flag started development started development like 2 years ago, and is releasing at the end of this year, that's 3 years development time. They probably even have a team developing or planning Assassin's Creed V as we speak.