User blog comment:Master Sima Yi/Assassinews 25-03-'13 — Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag gameplay trailer/@comment-31.205.65.28-20130328023621/@comment-1153722-20130330171459

You are on the Assassin's Creed Wiki, don't expect any fan here to have skipped over those conversations.

Shaun did not 'confirm' anything, he said he wanted to go to the time of the First Civilization and Desmond agreed. This is in absolutely no way a confirmation of where the next game will go - not to mention that Desmond is dead.