User blog comment:MeDeoPal/Assassin's Creed IV Story Ideas (Ye Be Warned Of Ye Spoilers)/@comment-5702817-20121108022928/@comment-4999424-20121108151239

If Desmond had sided with Minerva the World would have experised(bad English) the end of the world(but some would survive) and the AC series is based on history so if the world is ending in real life then he could have sided with Minerva.